This document stipulates protocols for measuring bio-optical and radiometric data for the Sensor Intercomparision and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies (SIMBIOS) Project activities and algorithm development. The document is organized into 6 separate volumes as Ocean Optics Protocols for Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation, Revision 4. Volume I: Introduction, Background, and Conventions; Volume II: Instrument Specifications, Characterization and Calibration; Volume III: Radiometric Measurements and Data Analysis Methods; Volume IV: Inherent Optical Properties: Instruments, Characterization, Field Measurements and Data Analysis Protocols; Volume V: Biogeochemical and Bio-Optical Measurements and Data Analysis Methods; Volume VI: Special Topics in Ocean Optics Protocols and Appendices. The earlier version of Ocean Optics Protocols for Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation, Revision 3 is entirely superseded by the six volumes of Revision 4 listed above.Mueller, J. L. and Fargion, G. S. and McClain, C. R. (Editor) and Pegau, S. and Zanefeld, J. R. V. and Mitchell, B. G. and Kahru, M. and Wieland, J. and Stramska, M.Goddard Space Flight CenterWATER COLOR; PROTOCOL (COMPUTERS); OCEAN SURFACE; OCEANOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS; OCEAN COLOR SCANNER; SATELLITE OBSERVATION; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ALGORITHMS

This document stipulates protocols for measuring bio-optical and radiometric data for the Senor Inter comparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic Studies (SIMBIOS) Project activities and algorithm development. This document supersedes the earlier version published as Volume 25 in the SeaWiFS Technical report series ...