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Description: A VISAT plug-in and stand-alone processor which makes use of MERIS Level-1b TOA radiances in the bands 1-7, 9-10 and 12-14 in order to retrieve case II water properties and atmospheric properties above case II waters.
Author: Thomas Schroeder, Michael Schaale of FUB
Version: 1.2.4
Module: beam-wew-water-1.2.4.jar
Documentation (refers to version 1.2.2 and may therefore be partially obsolete): README
- Article in International Journal of Remote Sensing: Atmospheric correction algorithm for MERIS above case-2 waters
- Article in International Journal of Remote Sensing: Retrieval of atmospheric and oceanic properties from MERIS measurements
- Article in Science Direct: Using MERIS full resolution data to monitor coastal waters
AATSR SEBS Processor
Description: The Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) processor is aimed to estimate the land surface physical properties from AATSR product, in combination with meteorological information.
Author: lichun at itc.nl, ITC, Netherland
Version: 1.2
Module: beam-sebstool-1.2.jar
Documentation:
- Article in Journal of Geophysical Research: Partitioning the solar radiant fluxes in forest canopies in the presence of snow
MERIS Vegetation Processors
Description: A set of three VISAT plug-ins and stand-alone processors:
- BAER - computes the Aerosol Optical Thickness, the Angstrom coefficient and generates atmospherically corrected reflectances in 13 channels over land from MERIS Level-2 data
- TOA-VEG - computes the Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR), the fCover, the LAI and the LAI chlorophyll content product from MERIS Level-1b data
- TOC-VEG - computes the Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR), the fCover, the LAI and the LAI chlorophyll content product from MERIS Level-2 data
Author: F. Baret of INRA, Wolfgang v. Hoyningen Huene of Uni Bremen, C. Castillon of Noveltis
Version: 2.0.3 (= BAER 1.0, TOA-VEG 1.1.0, TOC-VEG 0.6)
Module: beam-meris-veg-2.0.3.jar
Documentation: - BAER: README, ATBD, Validation Report
- TOA-VEG: README, ATBD, Validation Report
- TOC-VEG: README, ATBD, Validation Report
AATSR Recalibration Processor
Description: The purpose of the AATSR Recalibration processor is to perform appropriate nonlinearity and drift corrections on AATSR L1b products.
Algorithm: D. Smith from Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
Software: O.Danne, Brockmann Consult
Version: 1.1
Module: beam-aatsr-recalibration-1.1.1.jar
Documentation:
- Calibration Status of AATSR and MERIS Reflectance Channels (workshop presentation)
- Software User Manual (SUM)
MERIS/AATSR Synergy Toolbox
Description: The MERIS/AATSR Synergy Toolbox provides processing schemes for improved cloud screening, global aerosol retrieval and land atmospheric correction using the combined multi-spectral and multi-angle information from geo-located and geo-registered MERIS and AATSR measurements
Algorithms: P. North et al. from Swansea University, J. Fischer et al. from Free University of Berlin, L. Gomez-Chova et al. from University of Valencia
Software: O.Danne/R.Quast of Brockmann Consult, L.Gomez-Chova of University of Valencia, A.Heckel of Swansea University
Version: 1.1.1
Modules: All the following modules are required:
- beam-meris-aatsr-synergy-core-1.1.1.jar
- beam-meris-aatsr-synergy-preprocessing-1.1.1.jar
- beam-meris-aatsr-synergy-cloud-screening-1.1.1.jar
- beam-meris-aatsr-synergy-aerosol-retrieval-1.1.1.jar
- beam-aatsr-recalibration-1.1.1.jar
- beam-meris-brr-2.2.jar
- beam-meris-sdr-2.2.jar
Documentation:
- Cloud screening ATBD
- Land aerosol and surface reflectance ATBD
- Ocean aerosol ATBD
- Detailed Processing Model (DPM)
- Input/Output Data Description (IODD)
- Software User Manual (SUM)
MERIS MEPIX Processor
Description: MEPIX is a BEAM scientific processor for multiple use. In the short term, it was serving as an experimental platform to evaluate the new products which are derived from the exploitation of the oxygen band. This work was done in the context of the ESA O2 project. In parallel that part of the MERIS L2 processing which is relevant for the pixel classification has also been implemented in an extended version of MEPIX, with the objective to test the standard MERIS pixel classification with the new pressure products. Furthermore, the pixel classification as developed in the GlobCover and AlbedoMap projects has been integrated in the MEPIX processor. This allows e.g. to compare the standard L2 pixel classification with the GlobCover one, which is part of work being done for the MERIS Data Quality Working Group.
Algorithms: R. Santer from LISE (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France), J. Fischer et al. from Free University of Berlin
Software: O.Danne of Brockmann Consult
Version: 1.1.1
Module: All the following modules are required:
Documentation:
MERIS/AATSR Glint Processor
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Algorithms: R. Doerffer from GKSS Research Centre, C. Brockmann from Brockmann Consult, J. Fischer et al. from Free University of Berlin
Software: M.Peters/O.Danne of Brockmann Consult
Version: 1.1.1
Module: All the following modules are required :
Documentation:
- Glint Correction with MERIS (ATBD 1)
- Glint Correction with MERIS and AATSR (ATBD 2)
- Software User Manual (SUM)
MERIS ICOL+ Processor
Description: ICOL+ is an advanced version of the ICOL processor, which is used to correct for the adjacency effect (increased radiance due to scattering and reflection of photons) in MERIS L1B data.
Among other improvements, ICOL+ allows for an adjacency correction over land, and is able to process also Landsat TM data.
Algorithms: R. Santer of LISE (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France), F. Zagolski from Parbleu, Canada
Software: M. Zühlke and O.Danne, Brockmann Consult
Version: 2.5
Module: ICOL version 2.5 will be available as public BEAM 4.7 plugin in early autumn 2010. In the meantime, please use the former ICOL version 1.0.4, which is available as BEAM 4.5 plugin.
Documentation: in preparation
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