Project record of MERIS water product validation in Belgian waters

Information

Type
Project
Name
MERIS water product validation in Belgian waters
Acronym
BELMER
Description @en
The objective of the BELMER project is to validate the MERIS water products for Belgian coastal waters and neighbouring French, UK and Dutch waters, providing a quantitative statement of product accuracy and recommendations for improvements in the scientific algorithms, where appropriate. In particular the problems reported by the MERIS validation and user communities of turbid water atmospheric correction, case 2 water chlorophyll retrieval, adjacency effects (straylight), moderate sunglint, spatio-temporal variability of specific inherent optical properties and bottom reflectance will be addressed. Satellite(s) or flight opportunity(ies): - ENVISAT Field of research: Earth Observation
Start date
2006-1
End date
2008-10

Institutes & people involved

Ruddick Kevin
associated with: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen; Departement Beheer van het Mariene Ecosysteem; Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium; Brussel
Lancelot Christiane
associated with: Université Libre de Bruxelles; École Interfacultaire de Bioingénieurs; Laboratoire d'Écologie des Systèmes Aquatiques
Belgian Science Policy
role: Sponsor

record metadata

date created: 2009-12-15
date modified: 2009-12-17