Abstract

This dataset includes selected points and their sun glint strength values of image pairs which were used in determining the sun glint threshold required for remotely sensing oil films in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The satellite imagery used in the analyses were collected by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra (MODIST), MODIS Aqua (MODISA), and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments. The dataset includes original raw file lists of the imagery used and information about how they can accessed can be found in the Supplemental Information section of the metadata. Post processing MODIS Rayleigh corrected reflectance (Rrc) data, VIIRS radiance data and corresponding RGB true color images are provided. The datasetset corresponds to the following publication: Sun, S., and C. Hu (2016), Sun glint requirement for the remote detection of surface oil films, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 309–316, doi:10.1002/2015GL066884.

Comments

Data and metadata is made available by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) through a CC0 license in compliance with the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI). The original dataset landing pages may be accessed at GRIIDC’s dataset monitoring webpage.

Data users are encouraged to contact the originating investigator prior to data use and provide appropriate credit.

Purpose

This dataset was used to quantify sun glint requirement of oil film detection for MODIS Aqua, MODIS Terra and VIIRS in Gulf of Mexico.

Keywords

oil spill, optical remote sensing, sun glint

UDI

R4.x267.180:0004

Date

2-3-2017 12:00 AM

Point of Contact

Sun, Shaojie
University of South Florida
College of Marine Science
140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL 33701
USA
suns@mail.usf.edu

Funding Source

RFP-IV

Start of Data Collection

1-4-2012

End of Data Collection

9-30-2014

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7266/N7BZ641J

Rights Information

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.

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