The network AERONET - Ocean Color (AERONET-OC) provides the capability of measuring the radiance emerging from the sea (i.e., water-leaving radiance) with sun-photometers installed on offshore platforms like lighthouses, oceanographic and oil towers. AERONET-OC is instrumental to satellite ocean color validation activities through standardized measurements
Dataset: Normalized Water-Leaving Radiance corrected for the effects of the non-isotropic distribution of the in-water radiance field (i.e., f/Q Corrected) (Data Units: mW/(cm2 sr um))
Level 1.0 - unscreened data
Level 1.5 - cloud-screened data
Level 2.0 - cloud-screened and quality-assured data
Platforms and Geographic locations:
Galata (43N - 28E)
Gloria (44N - 29E)
Gustav Dalen Tower (58N - 17E)
Helsinki Lighthouse (59N - 24E)
AAOT Venise (25N - 12E)
AERONET-OC “Acqua Alta Oceanographic Tower” (AAOT, also identified as Venise). The site established and maintained by the JRC since 2002 is located in the northern Adriatic Sea at ...
AERONET-OC “Helsinki Lighthouse” site in the Gulf of Finland. The site is characterized by optically complex waters dominated by colored dissolved organic matter. AERONET-OC is the...
AERONET-OC “Gloria”site in the Black Sea in Romanian waters. The site is characterized by optically complex waters moderataly dominated by sediments and colored dissolved organic m...
AERONET-OC “Gustav Dalen Tower” in the Baltic proper. The site is characterized by optically complex waters dominated by colored dissolved organic matter. AERONET-OC is the Ocean C...
AERONET-OC “Galata Platform” in the Black Sea in Bulgaria waters. The site is characterized by optically complex waters moderataly dominated by sediments. AERONET-OC is the Ocean C...