Eastern equatorial Pacific phytoplankton bloom image

by **OB WebDev - norman** » Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:26 am America/New_York

Hi Daniele,

I assume you are referring to this image.
https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/feature/AnomalousEquatorialPacificBloom/A2007311222500.TropicalSouthPacificBloom.png

I made it while being paid by U.S. tax payers using a tax-payer-funded data set,
so the image is in the public ___domain and free to be used as you see fit.

Yes, the bright streak running diagonally across the left half of the image is
caused by the specular reflection of sunlight from the sea surface. The striping
that you see within that band is caused by the imperfect intercalibration of the
detectors in the MODIS focal plane. Such sensor artifacts tend to become more
visible in regions of sun glint.

My name is Norman Kuring. Pleased to meet you. :-)

Even though it's been over ten years since I made this particular image, I did manage
to find a version without an embedded graticule. I put a copy here.

https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/fileshare/norman_kuring/A2007311222400.rgb.jpg

Best wishes on your thesis.
Norman

reghe1984 · by **reghe1984** » Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:23 am America/New_York

Hi Norman,

My name is Daniele Reghellin, and it is a great pleasure to meet you. Your explanations are extraordinary. And your job seems so exciting. How is it possible to apply to work with NASA ocean? :wink:

I am Italian but I work for Stockholm University.

Best Wishes,
Daniele

by **OB WebDev - norman** » Mon Apr 29, 2019 9:13 am America/New_York

If you haven't already, you might consider applying for the biennial ocean optics
course held at the University of Maine in the summer. This year's class is now
filled, but this is probably one of the best introductions around for the field of
satellite ocean color. I am not an alumnus myself, but some of my colleagues are,
or they are instructors for the course.

https://dmc.umaine.edu/2017/08/02/oceanographers-shine-light-ocean/
https://dmc.umaine.edu/ocean-optics-2019-application-form/

Norman

reghe1984 · by **reghe1984** » Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:51 am America/New_York

I didn't know about that course. It looks very interesting. I will think about it.

I should be done with questions for now. Thank you again Norman for your help and time.

Cheers,
Daniele