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There are numerous ocean applications that can be achieved with measurements of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and ocean colour including physical processes such as tides, monitoring and forecasting of flood plumes and algal blooms, data assimilation of biological phenomena, and water quality and river plume monitoring.

Target Products/Applications

Water-leaving Radiance

Water-leaving Radiance

– Remote sensing reflectance

Dependencies: Validation data, cloud masking algorithm, glint masking algorithm, glint correction algorithm, surface pressure map, ozone map

Potential end users: GBRMPA BoM CSIRO JCU JFA JCG

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
Artificial Neural Network CSIRO (4), JCU (5) 0.3 FTE Yes
Iterative coupled atmosphere-ocean inversion model CU (1) TBD No
Gordon and Wang algorithm JAXA/EORC (3) 0.1 FTE Yes
Total Suspended Matter and IOPs

Total Suspended Matter and IOPs

Dependencies: Remote Sensing Reflectance, validation data

Potential end users: GBRMPA, BoM, CSIRO, JCU, JFA, JCG

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
Artificial Neural Network CSIRO (4), JCU (5) 0.3 FTE Yes
Empirical

Semi-analytical

 CU (1) TBD No
Empirical IOP model JAXA/EORC (3) 0.1 FTE Yes (partially)
Chlorophyll-a

Chlorophyll-a

Dependencies: Remote sensing reflectance, validation data

Potential end users: GBRMPA, BoM, CSIRO, JCU, JFA, JCG

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
Artificial Neural Network CSIRO (4), JCU (5) 0.3 FTE Yes
Empirical

Semi-analytical

 CU (1) TBD No
Empirical equation or IOP model JAXA/EORC (3) 0.1 FTE Yes
Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient for Downward Irradiance

Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient for Downward Irradiance (Kd)

Dependencies: Remote sensing reflectance, validation data

Potential end users: TBD

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
Empirical, Semi-analytical CU (1) TBD No
Particulate Backscattering Coefficient (510nm)

Particulate Backscattering Coefficient at 510 nm

Dependencies: Remote sensing reflectance, Chlorophyll-a, lookup tables for BRDF coefficients from radiative transfer

Potential end users: TBD

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
Semi-analytical (tentative) CU (1) TBD No
Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR)

Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR)

Dependencies: Path radiance and transmittances from the atmospheric correction, remote sensing reflectance, a model of clear-sky solar irradiance at surface

Potential end users: TBD

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
Tentative (essentially adapting existing multispectral algorithms) CU (1) TBD No
Flood Plume Mapping

Flood Plume Mapping

Dependencies: Validation data

Potential end users: GBRMPA

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
TBD via Total Suspended Matter product CSIRO (4), JCU (5) TBD No
Algal Bloom Detection

Algal Bloom Detection

Dependencies: Validation data

Potential end users: GBRMPA

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
TBD via TOA radiance product CSIRO (4), JCU (5) TBD No
True-colour Imagery

True-colour Imagery

– Rayleigh corrected and colour enhanced

Dependencies: None

Potential end users: GBRMPA, BoM, CSIRO, JCU, DPaW

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
Semi-analytical CU (1) Not long at all – depends mainly on data format No
Sea Surface Temperature

Sea Surface Temperature

Dependencies: TBD

Potential end users: TBD

Algorithm Type Developing Institution Estimated Resources Currently Funded
TBD BoM (2) TBD TBD

Coordination Leads

Hiroshi Murakami

Hiroshi Murakami

JAXA
Geo Applications
Thomas Schroeder

Thomas Schroeder

CSIRO
Geo Applications

Product & Advisory Leads

(1) David Antoine (Curtin University)
(2) Leon Majewski (BoM)
(3) Hiroshi Murakami (JAXA)
(4) Thomas Schroeder (CSIRO)
(5) Larissa Valerio (JCU)
(6) Peter Fearns (Curtin University)

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