Application studies using geostationary ocean color imager around the Korean waters

Abstract

The Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI), the world’s fi rst ocean-color observation sensor at the geostationary orbit will be launched on June 2010. GOCI will perform the real-time monitoring of the ocean environment by daily analysis of the chlorophyllconcentration, Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) and Suspended Sediments (SS) around the sea are of Korean Peninsula. Eight times observations of GOCI by one hour interval per day should be enable to monitor the detailed oceanic environmental changes. After launch,various ocean environmental information processed by GOCI data like as concentration of chlorophyll and SS, DOM, red tide and green algae distribution, ocean current vector, fi shing ground, primary production and so on will be offered to user. Furthermore, the landand atmospheric environmental information such as yellow dust, forest fi re, fl ood, typhoon and sea ice will be also proffered. In this paper, various application studies using GOCI data are introduced.