IOCCG Hyperspectral Task Force

The International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG) is an international organization established in 1996 by the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The group serves as a bridge between the ocean color research community and space agencies, enabling effective coordination and collaboration. The primary goal of IOCCG is to develop a strong foundation for global applications of ocean color technology. This includes developing consensus and standards for algorithms, ensuring compatibility and comparability between different sensors, and facilitating broad access to high-quality ocean color data. Ocean color data is essential for monitoring the health and productivity of the oceans and has wide-ranging applications, from climate studies to fishery management.

This particular Task Force group, chaired by myself and Dr. Astrid Bracher, will assess the efforts that have been done and identify the strategies for the upcoming years in the area of hyperspectral remote sensing so that our community can prepare most efficiently and our efforts be focused on the identified gaps. By gathering international specialists of various relevant expertise (on different hyperspectral RS missions, and associated in-situ data collection and uncertainties, algorithm development, and RTM) we will summarize the state-of-the art and the remaining challenges. Specifically two guiding questions are to be answered with the proposed TF on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing:

1. What are the key quantitative advantages of hyperspectral over multispectral ocean

colour radiometry (including across study ranges, water types, and varied sensor

specifications)?

2. What science would these hyperspectral quantitative advantages enable that is not

being addressed by current and planned missions?

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