SeaPRISM observations in the western basin of Lake Erie in the summer of 2016

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• Journal Title:
  Journal of Great Lakes Research
• Personal Author:
  Moore, Timothy S. ; Feng, Hui ; Ruberg, Steven A. ; Beadle, Kyle ; Constant, Stephen A. ; Miller, Russell ; Muzzi, Ronald W. ; Johengen, Thomas H. ; DiGiacomo, Paul M. ; Lance, Veronica P. ; Holben, Brent N. ; Wang, Menghua
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; STAR (Center for Satellite Applications and Research) ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GLERL (Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory) ; CIGLR (Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research)
• Description:
  In the summer of 2016, a robotic sun photometer called the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) Photometer Revision for Incident Surface Measurements (SeaPRISM), was deployed at a Coast Guard channel marker in western Lake Erie, measuring atmospheric properties and spectral water-leaving radiance. The instrument was deployed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support remote sensing validation and harmful algal bloom (HAB) satellite products. The Lake Erie SeaPRISM is also part of the international federated AERONET program maintained by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and more specifically is part of the AERONET Ocean Color (AERNOET-OC) network. The main purpose of this component of AERONET is specific to calibration/validation efforts for ocean color. The AERONET-OC network currently consists of 23 field radiometers at aquatic sites around the world. The Lake Erie site is the second freshwater lake location world-wide after the Palgrunden site in Sweden. During its operating period from mid-July to early September 2016, various environmental conditions were observed including a cyanobacteria bloom. Water-leaving radiance observations were generated on 43 out of 51 days, and varied by a factor of five. The variability in the above-water radiometry tracked that of in-water measurements made by a nearby buoy. During this brief operating window, satellite matchups were generated for several satellites. We highlight the first year's observations in relation to remote sensing validation and report on observations of cyanobacteria blooms from hourly to weekly time scales.
• Keywords:
  Algal Blooms Remote Sensing Algal Blooms Remote Sensing Harmful Algae Validation
• Source:
  Journal of Great Lakes Research 45 (2019) 547–555
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2018.10.008
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Erie, Lake
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