First, we compiled weekly SST data from the National Climatic Data Center (National
Operational Model Archive and Distribution System Meteorological Data Server, NOMADS, NOAA Satellite and Information Service), and interpolated maps at 0.1 ° resolution.
Over the next 3 years the Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative project aims to: Develop and validate algorithms to meet the Ocean Colour GCOS ECV requirements for consistent, stable, error - characterized global satellite data products from multi-sensor data
archives; Produce and validate, within an R&D context, the most complete and consistent possible time series of multi-sensor global satellite data products for climate research and
modelling; Optimize the impact of MERIS data on climate data records; Generate complete specifications for an
operational production system; Strengthen inter-disciplinary cooperation between international Earth observation, climate research and
modelling communities, in pursuit of scientific excellence.