Sentinel-3 OLCI: Daily Coastal Remote Sensing Reflectance

Daily satellite-derived remote sensing reflectance data for coastal waters, produced by CSIRO under the eReefs project. The data is processed using the FUB-CSIRO Coastal Water Processor and provided at a reduced resolution of approximately 1000 meters per pixel. It includes multiple quality control flags for data assessment.

Use Cases

• Monitoring coastal water quality trends based on daily spectral reflectance measurements.
• Calibrating and validating ocean color models using the described quality control flags.
• Assessing marine ecosystem health by analyzing above-water spectral remote sensing reflectance.

Strengths

• Data is produced by CSIRO, a national scientific research organization.
• Includes multiple quality control flag layers (standard Level 1 and algorithm-specific flags) for data assessment.
• Data is reprojected onto a regular grid using nearest neighbor resampling for consistency.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Australian Ocean Data Network source.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from Sentinel-3 OLCI Level 2 geophysical quantities using the FUB-CSIRO Coastal Water Processor.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 02:06:11.751987; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely focuses on Australian coastal waters, particularly the Great Barrier Reef region under the eReefs project.