In-situ optical data of Southeast Asia Region for NASA SeaBASS

Invitation from NASA GSFC to voluntarily submit in-situ optical data of Southeast Asia Region

“Congratulations on the concise, informative portal for ocean color in Southeast Asia. I work in coastal and global ocean color algorithm development at NASA GSFC, and have found certain regions of the world – including Southeast Asia – somewhat underrepresented in terms of accessible in situ optical data. These data are critical to ocean color characterization and algorithm calibration and validation. For this reason, I hope you will consider encouraging principal investigators visiting your site to voluntarily (if not NASA funded) submit field data to ongoing collections such as NASA’s SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS;http://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/seabasscgi/news.cgi). Thanks, and good luck with the future of the portal.”

By Dirk Aurin, NASA