Ocean Color Instrument Archives

A depiction of the full product generation pipeline for a single OC instrument + TROPOSIF data stream. Each box represents a discretized step of the process. The top of each box lists the name of the step or product generated, and the bottom lists the processes used. The three separate flows across the first four boxes depict the separate TROPOSIF, OC + TROPOSIF, and OC processing pipelines, as described above.

Analog Studies, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Orbital Biosignature Recon: NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae

by Keith CowingMay 25, 2026May 25, 2026

Editor’s note: for more than half a century we have been learning how to use the viewpoint from space to study our home world. The instruments we have developed often […]

Bloom season, already underway for several months, continued to dazzle in the productive South Atlantic waters off Argentina. Earlier, in austral spring 2024, satellites captured a clear image of a sizeable phytoplankton bloom along the Patagonian Shelf. -- NASA - More imagery and information

Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Cryobiology, Exploration Gear & Tech, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Ocean World Orbital Biosignature Survey: Phytoplankton In Patagonian Waters

by Keith CowingJanuary 17, 2025June 21, 2026

Editor’s note: when our first missions – human or robotic – arrive at a new world we’ll want to do glean as much information from space – via fly by […]