De Vis, P; Melin, F; Hunt, S E; Morrone, R; Sinclair, M; Bell, B (2022) Ancillary Data Uncertainties within the SeaDAS Uncertainty Budget for Ocean Colour Retrievals. Remote Sensing, 14 (3). 497

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Abstract

Atmospheric corrections introduce uncertainties in bottom-of-atmosphere Ocean Colour (OC) products. In this paper, we analyse the uncertainty budget of the SeaDAS atmospheric correction algorithm. A metrological approach is followed, where each of the error sources are identified in an uncertainty tree diagram and briefly discussed. Atmospheric correction algorithms depend on ancillary variables (such as meteorological properties and column densities of gases), yet the uncertainties in these variables were not studied previously in detail. To analyse these uncertainties for the first time, the spread in the ERA5 ensemble is used as an estimate for the uncertainty in the ancillary data, which is then propagated to uncertainties in remote sensing reflectances using a Monte Carlo approach and the SeaDAS atmospheric correction algorithm. In an example data set, wind speed and relative humidity are found to be the main contributors (among the ancillary parameters) to the remote sensing reflectance uncertainties.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	ocean colour; atmospheric correction; uncertainty; ancillary parameters
Subjects:	Optical Radiation and Photonics > Environment and Climate Change
Divisions:	Thermal & Radiometric Metrology
Identification number/DOI:	10.3390/rs14030497
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2022 14:24
URI:	https://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/9585