Expanded Worldwide Ocean Optics Database

摘要

The long-term objective is to provide a comprehensive worldwide optics database that includes data on a broad range of important optical properties, including diffuse attenuation, beam attenuation, and scattering. For the public version of the database, data from ONR-funded bio-optical cruises are given priority for loading into the database, but data from other scientific programs (NASA, NODC, NSF) and from other countries will also be routinely added to the Worldwide Ocean Optics Database (WOOD). For the operational Navy version of the database, forward area datasets, such as those collected in US Naval Oceanographic Office 'military surveys' will be given priority. A main objective in FY10 has been to add the NASA world-wide monthly climatologies for chlorophyll concentration, and another objective was to publish a paper that documents the DoD-restricted version of WOOD. The US Navy has a special interest in locations such as the East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Gulf of Oman, and the Persian Gulf. As a result special attention is given to obtaining and loading data from such locations. An on-going objective is to develop more automated procedures for ingesting complex datasets, such as from hyper-spectral sensors or from high-density measurement systems like a glider or SeaSoar system. Finally, assuring high data quality is a major objective, so substantial effort is given to removing noise, calibration shifts, and other data artifacts from the data.