Sources of Ocean Satellite Images & Data Ricardo Letelier & Jasmine Nahorniak
Sources of Data & Images Used by Workshop Attendees results of the pre-workshop survey NOAA NESDIShttp:// NOAA CoastWatchhttp:// NOAA CLASShttp:// NASA OceanColorhttp://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA PO.DAAChttp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov NASA Giovannihttp://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni USGS GloVishttp://glovis.usgs.gov USGS EarthExplorerhttp://earthexplorer.usgs.gov ESA Rolling Archivehttps://earth.esa.int/web/guest/data-access/online- archives AVISOhttp:// IKONOS/Spatial Solutions Direct broadcast receiving stations in Japan Pacific Fish Traxhttp://pacificfishtrax.org
Company / AgencyCostRegion RipCharts ripcharts.com $99 / yearUSA, Australia ROFFS™ roffs.com $65 / analysis $2250 /season Eastern USA, Gulf of Mexico Hilton’s Fishing Charts, LLC realtime-navigator.com $200 / yearUSA Offshore Satellite Services offshoresatelliteservices.com $200 / 10 analyses $900 / year Northeast USA Terrafin Satellite Imaging terrafin.com $99 / yearUSA, Mexica, Central America ClearPoint International, LLC clearpointweather.com $79 / 30 days $499 / year global FishTrack fishtrack.com $14.95 / month $79.95 / year USA and several other regions SeaView (Ocean Imaging) seaviewfishing.com $368 / month $1859 / 6 months global SeaStar (GeoEye) geoeye.com/seastar $500 / monthglobal NANOOS Visualization System nvs.nanoos.org freePacific Northwest Disclaimer: The purpose of this list is to provide an overview of the current providers of fisheries satellite imagery. This list is likely incomplete and may not be up-to-date. No endorsement is intended. More Sources of Images
RipCharts (Texas,
Terrafin Satellite Imaging (California,
Hilton’s Fishing Charts, LLC (Texas,
ROFFS™ (Florida,
SeaView (Ocean Imaging, California, )
CoastWatch (California, coastwatch.noaa.gov )coastwatch.noaa.gov.
NANOOS Visualization System (nvs.nanoos.org )nvs.nanoos.org
Colorado Center for Astrophysical Research ( )
Satellite Data Generally Used in Images for Fisheries SST NOAA 15 – km resolution infrared total of 4-12 images per day Chlorophyll & True Color MODIS-AQUA, MODIS-TERRA, VIRRS 1-2 images per day True Color MODIS-AQUA, MODIS-TERRA 1-2 images per day Altimetry Jason2, Cryosat2 Other Data Used buoy Data - Temperature - Wave data - Wind - Salinity Topography/bathymetry meteorological data weather forecasts fishing reports oil rig reports Argo Floats Seaglider data
Questions to Address: - What do you look for in a data source? -What products characteristics are important: - image types - speed - ease interpretation - cost.... ? How can the data sources be improved to help you with your work?
Front Detection and Persistence Analysis Kirchers et al.
River Plume Detection and Sea Surface Salinity proxy From: Palacios et al. (2009)
Spectral signatures as a tracking tool From: Sackmann & Perry (2009)