Space remote sensing of subtropical oceans : proceedings of COSPAR Colloquium on Space Remote Sensing of Subtropical Oceans (SRSSO), held in Taiwan, 12-17 September 1995

This volume contains the proceedings from the COSPAR Colloquium on "Space Remote Sensing of Subtropical Oceans" which took place between 12 and 16 September, 1996, at the Institute of Oceanography of the National Taiwan University. Included are contributions addressing the issue, from scientific points of views, of why the first scientific satellite of Taiwan, ROCSAT-1, should be equipped with the Ocean Colour Imager (OCI) for oceanographic investigations. Front Cover 1 Space Remote Sensing of Subtropical Oceans 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 6 Preface 10 Section 1 – Invited 14 Chapter 1. The COSPAR Colloquium on Space Remote Sensing of Subtropical Ocean 16 Chapter 2. Three Decades of Satellite Oceanography: The View from on High 20 Chapter 3. The Advances of Satellite Remote Sensing for the Earth Environment – Determination of CO2 Distribution in the North Pacific Ocean 30 Chapter 4. ROCSAT-1 Space Program 44 Section 2 – Programs 52 Chapter 5. German Program for Ocean Remote Sensing 54 Chapter 6. Indian Satellite Programme 64 Chapter 7. ADEOS/OCTS Mission, Operation Status and Science 72 Chapter 8. OCISAT – A Micro Satellite Ocean Color Imaging Mission 78 Chapter 9. Possible Infrastructure in the Developing Countries to Help their COSPAR Members 90 Section 3 – Atmosphere 96 Chapter 10. Analyses of 1994 Typhoons in the Taiwan Region Using Satellite Data 98 Chapter 11. IRVIS Application on Monitoring and for Casting Deep Convection and Convective Potential Area 106 Chapter 12. Comparing NOAA- 12 and Radiosonde Atmospheric Sounding Profiles for Mesoscale Weather Model Initialization 112 Section 4 – Air-Sea 120 Chapter 13. The Spaceborne Scatterometer in Studies of Atmospheric and Oceanic Phenomena from Synoptic to Interannual Time Scales 122 Chapter 14. Sensible Heat Flux Estimated by using Satellite Data over the North Pacific 136 Chapter 15. Surface "Roughness" of the Oceanic Frontal Zones, with Application to Radar Observations 146 Chapter 16. Estimation of the Spatial Distribution of Ocean Surface and Atmospheric Parameters from Coinciding Satellite Microwave Radiometer and Radar Observations over the Northwestern Pacific Ocean 152 Section 5 – Color 164 Chapter 17. Contribution of the Subtropical Oceans to Global Primary Production 166 Chapter 18. Factors to be Considered in Securing the Quality of Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Ocean Color Data 178 Chapter 19. The Relationship Between Surface Chlorophyll a and Biogenic Matter in the Euphotic Zone in the Southern East China Sea in Spring 184 Chapter 20. The Anisotropic Nature of the Water-Leaving Radiance Field and its Consequence in the Remote Sensing of the Ocean Color 188 Chapter 21. Regional Challenges for Development of Satellite Ocean Color Algorithms 192 Chapter 22. Optical Model of Ocean Remote Sensing: Application to Ocean Color Algorithm Development 200 Chapter 23. Statistical Approach to the Atmospheric Correction of Satellite Ocean Color Data 208 Section 6 – Oceanographic 216 Chapter 24. Preliminary Result of Ocean Tide Estimation over the Western Pacific using Topex/Poseidon and ERS-1 Altimetry 218 Chapter 25. An Bathymetric Algorithm of Water-Leaving Radiances in Aviris 230 Chapter 26. Generalized Grazing Kinetics by Marine Zooplankton 238 Chapter 27. Ocean Wave Detection by SAR 244 Section 7 – Application 248 Chapter 28. Relationship Between Oceanographic Patterns and Larval Anchovy Production in Coastal Waters of Southwestern Taiwan by Remote Sensing Method 250 Chapter 29. A University Ground Station Facility for Microsatellite Tracking and Data Receiving 256 Chapter 30. Search of Ocean Convergence Zones via the Observation of Whitecap Coverage Application to Fishery 264 Chapter 31. Application of NOAA/AVHRR Data in Environmental Monitoring 270 Author Index 274 Contains the proceedings from the COSPAR Colloquium on "Space Remote Sensing of Subtropical Oceans". This volume also includes contributions addressing the issue of why the first scientific satellite of Taiwan, ROCSAT-1, should be equipped with the Ocean Colour Imager (OCI) for oceanographic investigations.