The Apparent Optical Properties (AOP) Workshop was held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from Jan. 13-15, 2009. The primary objective was to specify the requirements of a community maintained, open-source, Web-based interface for the Processing of Radiometric Observations of Seawater using Information Technologies (PROSIT). Although it is envisioned that PROSIT will be capable of handling above- and in-water AOP measurements, this workshop was concerned with the latter.
The workshop was opened with oral presentations from each of the attendees on the first day of the meeting. The remaining time was spent in working groups to define the required and desired specifications of a web-based processor, define how these specifications would impact the current ocean optics protocols, and to define the performance metrics needed to ensure data quality.
Access workshop materials below.
- Agenda (PDF, 27 KB)
- Attendees (PDF, 36 KB)
- Summary Report (PDF, 202 KB)
- Presentations
- Introduction - Stanford Hooker (PDF, 11.0 MB)
- AOP Questionnaire: Summary of Responses - Stanford Hooker (PDF, 13.8 MB)
- Prototype of the Web-Based AOP Data Processor - Stanford Hooker (PDF, 9.1 MB)
- The CVO AOP Data Processor - Stanford Hooker (PDF, 31.3 MB)
- Measuring in Water: Radiometric Quantities and AOPs - Richard Zimmerman (PDF, 19.6 MB)
- The BBOP Data Processing System: 1992-2009 A long-term study of oceanographic radiometry - David Siegel (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- AOP Measurements at USF - Dave English (PDF, 2.6 MB)
- Radiometric data at BOUSSOLE: Techniques for data collection, processing, and quality control - David Antoine (PDF, 31.1 MB)
- The SeaBASS AOP processor - Jeremy Werdell (PDF, 725 KB)
- MER Data Processing at SPG - Mati Kahru (PDF, 1.5 KB)
- Measuring Radiometric Variables for the AOPs: An instrument manufacturer’s perspective - John Morrow (PDF, 44.5 MB)
- Challenges in Measuring Near-Surface Light Fields - Dariusz Stramski (PDF, 42.8 MB)
- Hyperspectral AOP Processing at HOBI Labs - David Dana (PDF, 15.8 MB)
- AOP Observations and Processing at WHOI - Heidi Sosik (PDF, 1.9 MB)
- Acquiring and Processing AOP - Carlos Garcia (PDF, 31.6 MB)
- A Case for Making AOP Measurements in the NE Pacific Bloom Region - Cara Wilson (PDF, 30.8 MB)
- An Antarctic Data Set: Palmer LTER PRR Data 1998-2008 - Kozlowski (PDF, 7.7 MB)
- MOBY System Processing and MOBY System Processing and Calibration - Stephanie Flora and Carol Johnson (PDF, 14.8 MB)
- Legacy Processors - David Siegel (PDF, 39 KB)
- Practical Calibration and Validation - Sean Bailey (PDF, 1.0 MB)
- Measuring Optical Properties in Case 2 Waters: Some AOP and IOP considerations - David Dana (PDF, 6.8 MB)
- Practical Considerations for Case-2 AOP Data Acquisition and Data Processing - Stanford Hooker (PDF, 41.7 MB)
- Temperature Effect on Dark Offsets with Satlantic uPro II - Dave Menzies (PDF, 14.6 MB)
- Working Groups
- Buoys (PDF, 3.6 MB)
- Winch/Frame (PDF, 49 KB)
- Freefall Profilers (PDF, 39 KB)
- Case 1 - Clear Water (PDF, 80 KB)
- Case 2 - Optically Shallow Water (PDF, 36 KB)
- Corrections (PDF, 66 KB)
- Extrapolation Intervals (PDF, 64 KB)
- Data Ingestion (PDF, 47 KB)
- Inputs/Outputs (PDF, 56 KB)
- Processing/Reprocessing (PDF, 66 KB)