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- Title
Monte Carlo–Based Quantification of Uncertainties in Determining Ocean Remote Sensing Reflectance from Underwater Fixed-Depth Radiometry Measurements.
- Authors
Białek, Agnieszka; Vellucci, Vincenzo; Gentil, Bernard; Antoine, David; Gorroño, Javier; Fox, Nigel; Underwood, Craig
- Abstract
A new framework that enables evaluation of the in situ ocean color radiometry measurement uncertainty is presented. The study was conducted on the multispectral data from a permanent mooring deployed in clear open ocean water. The uncertainty is evaluated for each component of the measurement equation and data processing step that leads to deriving the remote sensing reflectance. The Monte Carlo method was selected to handle the data complexity such as correlation and nonlinearity in an efficient manner. The results are presented for a prescreened dataset that is suitable for system vicarious calibration applications. The framework provides uncertainty value per measurement taking into consideration environmental conditions present during acquisition. A summary value is calculated from the statistics of the individual uncertainties per each spectral channel. This summary value is below 4% (k = 1) for the blue and green spectral range. For the red spectral channels, the summary uncertainty value increases to approximately 5%. The presented method helps to understand the significance of various uncertainty components and to provide a way of identifying major contributors. This can be used for efficient system performance improvement in the future.
- Subjects
REMOTE sensing; CHLOROPHYLL in water; MONTE Carlo method; RADIOMETRY; MICROWAVE radiometry; REFLECTANCE; OCEAN color; INFRARED radiometry
- Publication
Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology, 2020, Vol 37, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
0739-0572
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0049.1