The Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) is completing development to provide a monitoring of Ocean Color around the Korean Peninsula from geostationary platforms. It is planned to be launched onboard Communication, Ocean, and Meteorological Satell...
The Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) is completing development to provide a monitoring of Ocean Color around the Korean Peninsula from geostationary platforms. It is planned to be launched onboard Communication, Ocean, and Meteorological Satellite (COMS) of Korea. It will be the first ocean color imager to operate from geostationary orbit. The mission is designed to significantly improve ocean observation by providing a high frequency coverage. The GOCI is designed to provide multi-spectral data to detect, monitor, quantify, and predict short-term changes of coastal ocean environment for marine science research and application purpose such as red-tide detection, oil-spill, turbid water and algal blooms events. This paper gives an overview of the observation data frequency and observation area analysis for description of the GOCI data design and main characteristics using MODIS data.
Key Words : MODIS, COMS, GOCI, Observation area analysis