As can be seen from Table 3, the results with algorithms
selleck chemicals #9 – Baltic_chlor_MODIS and #10 – Baltic_chlor_a_2 (Darecki & Stramski 2004) are better than those obtained with the MODIS_standard but noticeably worse than those using the regional algorithm #8. The results of the comparison of TSM values, calculated from the floating spectroradiometer and MODIS-Aqua data using the regional algorithm (3), with the measured ones are presented in Table 4 (TSM is not a standard product processed from MODIS-Aqua data). As seen from Table 4, retrieval from satellite data, as compared with in situ data, results in an increase in errors and a lowering of the coefficient of determination, but the algorithms work acceptably with satellite data – the averaged ratio of the calculated TSM values to the measured ones is 1.21; the maximum overestimation is > 60%, and the underestimation PCI32765 is 21%. The errors of the atmospheric correction are analysed in more detail in the next paragraph. As mentioned above, the values of ρ(λ), measured with a floating spectroradiometer,
can be used for validating the atmospheric correction algorithm if the measurements are performed simultaneously with satellite observations. For that, we have the 10 stations considered above. Four comparisons between spectra of the remote sensing reflectance Rrs(λ), measured in situ and retrieved from satellite data of MODIS-Aqua and VIIRS, are shown in Figure 13. It is seen that the atmospheric correction is not ideal – the errors are rather great in
most cases. But from the practical point of view, only the errors for spectral bands of 531 and 547 nm, used in the bio-optical algorithm, are important. But as Figure 13 shows, the errors for these wavelengths are not so high. The effect of errors in the input parameter X on the retrieval of Chl concentration with our regional algorithm #8 can be estimated by using the approximation formula equation(4) Δ(logChl)=ΔX(19.8−85.4X),Δ(logChl)=ΔX(19.8−85.4X),where Δ (log Chl) is the error in log Chl, Δ X – in the X parameter. The errors in the retrieval of different input parameters of the bio-optical algorithms are presented in Table 5. One of our objectives was to estimate the effect of the atmospheric correction www.selleck.co.jp/products/BafilomycinA1.html using different spectral bands on the derived values of the input parameter; the calculation was performed with MODIS-Aqua and VIIRS satellite data (averaged over 9 pixels). For comparison, the values calculated from the floating spectroradiometer data (11 stations in 2012 and 2013) were taken (‘measured’). Three potential input parameters using different spectral bands of MODIS-Aqua and VIIRS scanners are considered: X1 = log[Rrs(547)/Rrs(531)], X2 = log[Rrs(547)/Rrs(488)] and X3 = log[Rrs(551)/Rrs(486)]. It is seen from Table 5 that the errors increase when using spectral bands of 488 nm (MODIS) or 486 nm (VIIRS) instead of 531 nm.