Sources of Ocean Satellite
Images & Data
Ricardo Letelier & Jasmine Nahorniak
Sources of Data & Images Used by Workshop Attendees
results of the pre-workshop survey
NOAA NESDIS
http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov
NOAA CoastWatch
http://www.coastwatch.noaa.gov
NOAA CLASS
http://www.class.noaa.gov
NASA OceanColor
http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov
NASA PO.DAAC
http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
NASA Giovanni
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni
USGS GloVis
http://glovis.usgs.gov
USGS EarthExplorer
http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov
ESA Rolling Archive
https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/data-access/onlinearchives
AVISO
http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/en/
IKONOS/Spatial Solutions
Direct broadcast receiving
stations in Japan
Pacific Fish Trax
http://pacificfishtrax.org
More Sources of Images
Company / Agency
Cost
Region
RipCharts
ripcharts.com
$99 / year
USA, Australia
ROFFS™
roffs.com
$65 / analysis
$2250 /season
Eastern USA, Gulf of Mexico
Hilton’s Fishing Charts, LLC
realtime-navigator.com
$200 / year
USA
Offshore Satellite Services
offshoresatelliteservices.com
$200 / 10 analyses
$900 / year
Northeast USA
Terrafin Satellite Imaging
terrafin.com
$99 / year
USA, Mexica, Central America
ClearPoint International, LLC
clearpointweather.com
$79 / 30 days
$499 / year
global
FishTrack
fishtrack.com
$14.95 / month
$79.95 / year
USA and several other regions
SeaView (Ocean Imaging)
seaviewfishing.com
$368 / month
$1859 / 6 months
global
SeaStar (GeoEye)
geoeye.com/seastar
$500 / month
global
NANOOS Visualization System
nvs.nanoos.org
free
Pacific Northwest
Disclaimer: The purpose of this list is to provide an overview of the current providers of fisheries satellite
imagery. This list is likely incomplete and may not be up-to-date. No endorsement is intended.
RipCharts (Texas, www.ripcharts.com)
.
Terrafin Satellite Imaging (California, www.terrafin.com)
.
Hilton’s Fishing Charts, LLC (Texas, www.realtime-navigator.com)
ROFFS™ (Florida, www.roffs.com)
SeaView (Ocean Imaging, California, www.seaviewfishing.com )
.
CoastWatch (California, coastwatch.noaa.gov )
.
NANOOS Visualization System (nvs.nanoos.org )
Colorado Center for Astrophysical Research
(http://eddy.colorado.edu/ccar/data_viewer/index )
Satellite Data Generally Used
in Images for Fisheries
Other Data Used
SST
NOAA 15 – 18
1.1 km resolution
infrared
total of 4-12 images per day
buoy Data
- Temperature
- Wave data
- Wind
- Salinity
Chlorophyll & True Color
MODIS-AQUA, MODIS-TERRA, VIRRS
1-2 images per day
Topography/bathymetry
meteorological data
weather forecasts
True Color
MODIS-AQUA, MODIS-TERRA
1-2 images per day
fishing reports
oil rig reports
Altimetry
Jason2, Cryosat2
Argo Floats
Seaglider data
Questions to Address:
- What do you look for in a data source?
-What products characteristics are important:
- image types
- speed
- ease interpretation
- cost .... ?
How can the data sources be improved to help you with your work?
Front Detection and Persistence Analysis
Kirchers et al.
River Plume Detection and Sea Surface Salinity proxy
From: Palacios et al. (2009)
Spectral signatures as a tracking tool
From: Sackmann & Perry (2009)