On a new-generation satellite mission to study the colour of the ocean from space, providing vital information about ocean health and its role in climate regulation.
Researchers recently deployed a 15-metre-tall buoy off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, as part of a new project to ensure the data quality for NASA’s newly launched Plankton, Aerosols, Clouds, Ocean Ecosystems – or PACE – satellite mission.
Professor David Antoine, head of Curtin’s Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the new optical system, known as MarONet – or the Marine Optical Network, deployed near WA’s Rottnest Island will play a critical role in verifying – or ‘ground-truthing’ – PACE’s satellite observations.
