Evaluation of Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B ocean land colour instrument green instantaneous fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation

• Published in: Remote sensing of environment Vol. 270; p. 112850
• Main Authors: Gobron, Nadine, Morgan, Olivier, Adams, Jennifer, Brown, Luke A., Cappucci, Fabrizio, Dash, Jadunandan, Lanconelli, Christian, Marioni, Mirko, Robustelli, Monica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.03.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: 3D-RT model; Algorithms; Climatology; Color; Copernicus; Correlation; Data acquisition; Evaluation; GBOV; Green instantaneous FAPAR; Imaging spectrometers; Land cover; Land use; Meteorological satellites; MODIS; Oceans; OLCI; Photosynthetically active radiation; Quality assurance; Radiation; Radiative transfer; Seasonal variations; Spatial discrimination; Spatial resolution; Spectroradiometers; Terrestrial environments; Three dimensional models; Validation; Vegetation; Validation; Copernicus; GBOV; 3D-RT model; Green instantaneous FAPAR; OLCI

This article presents the evaluation of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 Ocean Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) operational terrestrial products corresponding to the green instantaneous Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) and its associated rectified channels. These products are e...