An ad hoc subgroup was formed to produce a stand - alone report on the advantages and requirements for polarimetry
for atmospheric correction, aerosol characterization, and oceanic retrievals.
A composite product based on active (ASCAT aboard the EUMETSAT METOP satellite) and passive (SSM / I) microwave data with advanced
atmospheric correction of raw data (Figure 3) shows a range of sea ice types.
Additionally, the testing of their correlations over a broad range of temperate sites using Landsat 5 surface reflectance data
with atmospheric correction gave us confidence that it would be applicable in our study area.
The scientists funded under this call and selected for the science team were partitioned into two subject areas: One focused
on atmospheric correction and atmospheric products, and the other addressed the retrieval of inherent optical properties of the ocean.
Several consensus reports are being finalized to provide NASA with input and recommendations about the most likely paths forward for
PACE atmospheric correction, atmospheric products, and oceanic optical properties [e.g., Werdell et al., 2018].
Cairns, B., B.E. Carlson, R. Ying, and J. LaVeigne, 2002: Accuracy vs speed: Evaluation of tradeoffs
in atmospheric correction methods.
AMSR - 2 (Level - 1B) data accessed via GCOM - W1 Data Providing Service, ECMWF forecast for atmospheric correction
An issue involving
the atmospheric correction algorithm used to process SMAP Level - 1B (L1B) brightness temperatures, as noted in the Select Data Files Impacted by SMAP L1B Processing Error data announcement, has been corrected as of 24 April 2017.