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Description

The CORAL experiment is a Earth Venture Suborbital-2 (EVS-2) mission designed to provide an extensive, uniform picture of coral reef composition through the use of the Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer (PRISM) instrument aboard the Tempus Applied Solutions Gulfstream-IV (G-IV) aircraft combined with a variety of in situ data to identify reef composition and model primary production. The CORAL experiment covers the Mariana Islands, Palau, portions of the Great Barrier Reef, and the Main Hawaiian Islands.INTERNAL LINKSCORAL-PRISM Browser (Aircraft data)EXTERNAL LINKSBIOS CORAL Page

Product Summary

Platforms
BUOYS ,
MOORINGS ,
Water-based Platforms ,
AUVS ,
ROVS ,
Ships
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2014-07-21 to Present
Data Partner
Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/OB.DAAC) ,
SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/SeaBASS)
Concept ID
C1633360196-OB_DAAC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
1273
Processing Level
2
Science Keywords
Ocean Chemistry ,
Ocean Optics ,
Ocean Temperature ,
Salinity/Density

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

SeaBASS. (2016). CORAL [Data set]. NASA Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SEABASS/CORAL/DATA001 Date Accessed: 2026-05-03

Publications Citing This Dataset

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Lightuse efficiency for coral reef communities and benthic functional types Hochberg, Eric J., Pisapia, Chiara, Carpenter, Robert C., Hall, Siarah Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Salinity/Density
Expanded Signal to Noise Ratio Estimates for Validating Next-Generation Kudela, Raphael M., Hooker, Stanford B., Guild, Liane S., Houskeeper, Henry F., Taylor, Niky Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Salinity/Density
Living up to the hype of hyperspectral aquatic remote sensing: science, resources and outlook Dierssen, Heidi M., Ackleson, Steven G., Joyce, Karen E., Hestir, Erin L., Castagna, Alexandre, Lavender, Samantha, McManus, Margaret A. Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Salinity/Density
Autonomous coral reef survey in support of remote sensing Ackleson, Steven G., Smith, Joseph P., Rodriguez, Luis M., Moses, Wesley J., Russell, Brandon J. Ocean Chemistry, Ocean Optics, Ocean Temperature, Salinity/Density
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