Oceans Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, USA.
Ann Rev Mar Sci. 2009;1:19-42. doi: 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163650.
After the successful Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS, 1978-1986) demonstration that quantitative estimations of geophysical variables such as chlorophyll a and diffuse attenuation coefficient could be derived from top of the atmosphere radiances, a number of international missions with ocean color capabilities were launched beginning in the late 1990s. Most notable were those with global data acquisition capabilities, i.e., the Ocean Color and Temperature Sensor (OCTS,Japan, 1996-1997), the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS, United States, 1997-present), two Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS, United States, Terra/2000-present and Aqua/2002-present), the Global Imager (GLI, Japan, 2002-2003), and the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS, European Space Agency, 2002-present). These missions have provided data of exceptional quality and continuity, allowing for scientific inquiries into a wide variety of marine research topics not possible with the CZCS. This review focuses on the scientific advances made over the past decade using these data sets.
继海岸带水色扫描仪（CZCS，1978-1986 年）成功演示了可以从大气顶部辐射率定量估算叶绿素 a 和漫衰减系数等地球物理变量之后，从 20 世纪 90 年代末开始，启动了多项具有海洋颜色功能的国际任务。其中最值得注意的是那些具有全球数据采集能力的任务，即海洋颜色和温度传感器（OCTS，日本，1996-1997 年）、宽视场海洋成像仪（SeaWiFS，美国，1997 年至今）、两颗中等分辨率成像光谱仪（MODIS，美国，Terra/2000 年至今和 Aqua/2002 年至今）、全球成像仪（GLI，日本，2002-2003 年）和中分辨率成像光谱仪（MERIS，欧洲航天局，2002 年至今）。这些任务提供了质量和连续性都非常出色的数据，使得人们能够对各种海洋研究课题进行科学研究，而这在 CZCS 时代是不可能实现的。本综述重点介绍了过去十年中利用这些数据集取得的科学进展。
