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Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) International Primary Reference Standard for Climate Quality Ocean Color Data. Completed Eighth year of time-series (July 20, 1997 to present) Advances capabilities of NOAA’s global environmental observing system for ecosystem health
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Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY)International Primary Reference Standard forClimate Quality Ocean Color Data • Completed Eighth year of time-series (July 20, 1997 to present) • Advances capabilities of NOAA’s global environmental observing system for ecosystem health • Contributes to estimation of North American carbon uptake in understanding climate variability • NIST Radiometric Traceability and Collaboration • Stray Light and Thermal Characterizations • Sensor Spectral Band Matching • Ocean Color Sensors Validated with MOBY Scale: • Europe – MERIS • France – POLDER • Japan – OCTS & GLI • U.S. – SeaWiFS, MODIS (Terra), • MODIS (Aqua) & MISR (Terra)