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Following on our recent announcement regarding the availability of data from HICO (Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean), we are pleased to announce that at this, time, all HICO data that have been provided to us from 15 October 2009 through the present have been processed and are available for browse and download on our multi-mission Level-1/2 web browser at: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi/browse.pl?sen=hi Attached is a coverage map showing where HICO data have been collected during the mission to date.  Please read the earlier announcement regarding data access here: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/forum/oceancolor/topic_show.pl?tid=5119 -- Best Regards, CK Tan

Fourth WESTPAC Summer School on the Monsoon Onset Monitoring and its Social & Ecosystem Impacts (MOMSEI), Terengganu, Malaysia, 19-23 August 2013 http://oceancolor.marufish.com/2013/08/01/fourth-westpac-summer-school-on-the-monsoon-onset-monitoring-and-its-social-ecosystem-impacts-momsei-terengganu-malaysia-19-23-august-2013/

New ocean color remote sensing portal has been prepared by Marufish to disseminate the latest ocean color remote sensing development in the Southeast Asia region. This effort is aimed to promote stronger collaboration among the ocean remote sensing researchers in the region as well as to encourage more young scientist to involve in this unique technology for monitoring the ocean health status. If you have any publication on the ocean remote sensing that related to the Southeast Asia region, you are welcome to submit your publication information to the Ocean Color Remote Sensing Portal for sharing with others. For more details, kindly access to http://oceancolor.marufish.com/

Postdoctoral Scholar in Optical Remote Sensing and Applications The Optical Oceanography Lab ( http://optics.marine.usf.edu ) of the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida (USF) is offering a 2-year Postdoctoral Scholar position in the field of optical remote sensing and applications. We are seeking an outstanding scientist with a recent doctorate in ocean optics or remote sensing, or a closely related field to work on Federal funded projects.   The successful candidate should demonstrate excellence in radiative transfer modeling, atmospheric correction (multi-band and hyperspectral) of satellite and airborne measurements (e.g., MODIS, MERIS,         AVIRIS), algorithm development, and scholarly productivity. Strong programming skills in common languages such as FORTRAN, C/C++, IDL, or MatLAB are required. The successful candidate is expected to work heavily on hyperspectral data         collected from both satellite and airborne platforms over both lan

Could it be related to the red tide outbreak in Sabah? The high chlorophyll a water is extended far into the Spratly Island area. The attached MODIS-Aqua image(s) were generated by the automated Ocean-Color Data Processing System (ODPS).   There is a color bar legend on the Ocean Color Home Page if you chose not to have the color bar appended to the image: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/HTML/colorbars.html Regards from the Ocean Biology Processing Group

The attached MODIS-Aqua image(s) were generated by the automated Ocean-Color Data Processing System (ODPS).  There is a color bar legend on the Ocean Color Home Page if you chose not to have the color bar appended to the image: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/HTML/colorbars.html Regards from the Ocean Biology Processing Group

The attached MODIS-Aqua image(s) were generated by the automated Ocean-Color Data Processing System (ODPS).   There is a color bar legend on the Ocean Color Home Page if you chose not to have the color bar appended to the image: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/HTML/colorbars.html Regards from the Ocean Biology Processing Group

The attached MODIS-Aqua image(s) were generated by the automated Ocean-Color Data Processing System (ODPS).   There is a color bar legend on the Ocean Color Home Page if you chose not to have the color bar appended to the image: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/HTML/colorbars.html Regards from the Ocean Biology Processing Group

The attached MODIS-Aqua image(s) were generated by the automated Ocean-Color Data Processing System (ODPS).   There is a color bar legend on the Ocean Color Home Page if you chose not to have the color bar appended to the image: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/HTML/colorbars.html Regards from the Ocean Biology Processing Group

International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) meeting - Abstract Deadline 15 March 2013 The first International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) meeting will take place in the city of Darmstadt, Germany from 6 to 8 May 2013 (see http://iocs.ioccg.org ). The deadline for abstract submission is 15 March 2013. Abstracts dealing with any aspect of remote sensing of ocean colour will be accepted (see http://iocs.ioccg.org/abstracts/submit-an-abstract/ ). You are encouraged to register for the meeting as soon as possible. Registration is free but all participants must be registered in order to attend the meeting. Register at: http://iocs.ioccg.org/register/

Project manager for BOUSSOLE A project manager position is proposed (with a start as soon as possible; ideally beginning of May 2013) at the "Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, LOV", within the "Marine optics and remote sensing" group (see at http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/LOV/OMT ). Our group is composed of 8 scientists, 9 engineers and a dozen of Post-Docs, Phds and trainees. We are embedded into the "Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche" ( http://www.obs-vlfr.fr ), which employs about 180 total staff (60 researchers). The proposed job develops within the "BOUSSOLE" project, whose main goals are fundamental bio-optics research and calibration/validation activities for satellite ocean color sensors. The project is centered on the development, deployment, and maintenance of a deep-sea mooring of a new type, precisely designed and dedicated to marine optics measurements (inherent and apparent opt

Ocean Optics Summer Class:   Calibration and validation of ocean color remote sensing.   July 7 – August 2, 2013 at the Darling Marine Center  An intensive four-week, cross-disciplinary, graduate-level course in Optical Oceanography will be offered at the University of Maine, Darling Marine Center in summer 2013.  This class is a continuation of the Optical Oceanography course first offered at the Friday Harbor Laboratories in 1985 and more recently at the Darling Marine Center.  Past graduates are many of today's leaders in oceanography.   The major theme of the course is calibration and validation of ocean color remote sensing. The course will provide students with a fundamental knowledge of ocean optics

Summer Satellite Remote Sensing Training Course May 31 - June 14, 2013, Cornell University, Ithaca New York A two-week summer satellite training course is being offered once again to marine scientists who have modest or no prior experience with satellite remote sensing techniques. The course is highly methods-oriented and intended to give participants the practical skills needed to work independently to acquire, analyze and visualize large data sets derived from a wide variety of ocean satellite sensors. Strong emphasis is given to ocean color remote sensing and the use of NASA's SeaDAS software (both version 6 and 7-beta) to derive mapped imagery of geophysical parameters (e.g., chlorophyll or CDOM) from raw SeaWiFS, MODIS, MERIS and VIIRS data.  The course also covers image analysis methods to work with satellite imagery of sea surface temperature, ocean wind speed and s

MODIS-Aqua ocean color climatologies allow 10 years of anomaly analysis New insights possible from higher spatial resolution and new data products   The incorporation of the recently released 10-year climatology of ocean color data from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the Aqua satellite (MODIS-Aqua) allowed the Giovanni data system to provide anomaly analysis for this important ocean data set. The Earth Observing System Aqua satellite was launched in early 2002, and the onboard MODIS instrument began collecting data on July 4, 2002. Thus, at the end of June 2012, there were 10 years of monthly averaged MODIS data for each month of the year. The Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at Goddard Space Flight Center updates their monthly climatology files as each new month is completed. In July 2012, the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Informat

星洲日报, 7 Jan 2013 （沙巴‧亞庇6日訊）沙巴漁業局總監雷納卡力今日勸告西海岸魚販勿售賣源自吧巴、斗亞蘭、布打丹和亞庇一帶海域，以及瓜拉班尤的西多博湖的貝殼類海產或小魚，否則可被衛生部執法當局援引食品法令檢舉和提控。 他說，由於上述海域出現紅潮現象，有關海產和小魚或已受到毒素污染，食用後可對人体造成生命威脅，尤其在來臨的2至3月份的高峰期。 他今日受詢2名公眾疑食用了遭紅潮毒素污染的貝殼海產喪命時，再次提醒公眾在紅潮象期間，勿進食可能受污染的貝殼類海產或小魚。 他說，若公眾誤食有關的貝殼類海產或小魚，或出現紅潮毒素的病徵，應儘速到最靠近的醫院求診，以免發生不幸事件。 他表示，該局在去年11月時就發現了紅潮現象，依據過往的歷史記錄，此現象將會持續，並在來臨的2至3月時進入高峰期，最後在6月份左右才完全消失。 沙巴衛生總監克麗絲狄娜昨日證實，州內有6人因感染紅潮毒素而送院就醫，有2人不幸喪命。 她說，經調查後，上述就醫的人士是進食了源自實邦加海域的蛤蜊，而出現食物中毒、頸部刺痛、嘔吐、暈眩和呼吸急速的徵狀。喪命的2人則出現嚴重的過敏休克和昏迷症狀，最後不幸喪命。 她勸告公眾在紅潮期間，暫時不要食用源自出現紅潮現象的貝殼類海產，至於魚、蝦、螃蟹和烏賊，則安全食用。 （星洲日报） Source:  http://news.sinchew.com.my/node/273993

The Star, 7 Jan 2013 KOTA KINABALU: The deadly algae bloom, commonly known as the red tide phenomenon, will peak in the next two months statewide. Sabah Fisheries Department director Rayner Stuel Galid said that red tide was recorded in November last year and will begin peaking between this month and February before tailing off by June. "We are conducting daily tests and have found high toxicity in the west coast," he said, adding that anything above 400 mouse units (MU) was considered dangerous. Galid advised people to avoid eating oysters, mussels, cockles and any type of clam though other marine products like fish, prawns and crabs were safe for consumption. He said the red tide has been seen in waters off Papar, Kota Kinabalu and Tuaran in the west coast while they have not received any reports in the east coast. Two boys, aged 14 and nine, died from paralytic shellfish poisoning after consuming cockles on Jan 1. The older boy died a day after e