-

Bryan Sinkovec
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- Advisors: Dr. Raphael Kudela and
Jennifer Broughton

C-OPS (Biospherical
Instruments Inc.)
Compact Optical Proling

System
Descent speed: 3 cm/s 30
cm/s

Analog-to-Digital

Converter (ADC): 24-bit

HyperPro (Satlantic Inc.)

HyperPro Free Falling Optical

Proler (Proler II)

Descent speed: 10 cm/s 100
cm/s
Analog-to-Digital Converter
(ADC): 16-bit
ProSoft processing program

What do they measure?

Both instruments measure the same optical

parameters
Measure in-water upwelling radiance (Lu) and either
downward irradiance (Ed) or upward irradiance (Eu)
Used for calibration and validation for ocean color
satellites

Goals
Compare data from three separate missions:
- Santa Barbara Channel
- Monterey Bay
- Pinto Lake

Evaluate Kd:
- Light attenuation coecient
- Negative

Santa Barbara Channel

Cast 3
0
0

200

400

600

800

1000

-1
C-OPS

-1.5

HyperPro

-2
-2.5
-3

Wavelength (nm)

Cast 10
0
0

200

400

600

800

1000

-0.5
-1
Kd (m-1)

Kd (m-1)

-0.5

C-OPS

-1.5

HyperPro
-2
-2.5
-3

Wavelength (nm)

Monterey Bay
Cast 3
0
-0.5

200

400

600

800

1000

-1.5

C-OPS

-2

HyperPro

-2.5
-3
-3.5

Wavelength (nm)

Cast 6
0
0

200

400

600

800

1000

-0.5
-1
Kd (m-1)

Kd (m-1)

-1

-1.5

C-OPS

-2

HyperPro

-2.5
-3
-3.5

Wavelength (nm)

Pinto Lake
Cast 1
0
0

200

400

600

800

1000

-10
C-OPS
-15

HyperPro

-20
-25

Wavelength (nm)

Cast 4
0
0

200

400

600

800

1000

-5

Kd (m-1)

Kd (m-1)

-5

-10
C-OPS
HyperPro

-15
-20
-25

Wavelength (nm)

Santa Barbara Channel

Cast 3
0
0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

-0.5

560
780
380
443 nm
-1.5

-2

-2.5

-3

0
0 0.1
0
0
-0.1
0
0 0 2
-0.1
-0.5
-0.1 0
-0.2 -0.2
-0.3
-0.3 -0.2
-1
-0.3
-0.4
-0.4
-1.5
-0.4
-0.5
-0.5
-0.5
-0.6
-0.6 -2
-0.6
-0.7
-0.7 -0.7
-0.8
-2.5
-0.8 -0.8
-0.9
-0.9 -0.9
-3
-1
-1 -1

C-OPS
2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6
2
4
6

k d( m
K
(m-1-1) )

Kd (m-1)

-1

8 8 8 10 10
8
10

HyperPro

HyperPro
HyperPro
C-OPS
C-OPS

Cast
Cast

Wavelength (nm)

Monterey Bay
Case 6
0
0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

-0.5

-1.5

-2

780 nm

0
0

-3

-2

C-OPS
0 0
6
8
0 0
2 2 2
-0.2
-0.5
-0.5
-0.4
-1
-0.6
-1.5
-1
-0.8

C-OPS

560
380
443 nm
4 4

-2
-1
-1.5
-2.5
-1.2

-3
-4

-3.5

HyperPro

KK
Kdd d( (m
(m
m-1-1-1) ) )

-2.5

-1
Kd (m-1)

Kd (m-1)

-1

Cast

-1.4 -3
-2

Wavelength (nm)

Cast
Cast
Cast

6 6 6

HyperPRO
HyperPRO
HyperPRO
C-OPS
C-OPS
C-OPS
8 8 8

HyperPro

Pinto Lake
Cast 4
0
0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

Kd (m-1)

-5

-10

-20

-1-1)
-1)
((m
) )
KKK
m

dd d( m

-15

0 0
0 0 0
-1 0 0 0
-2
-1
-0.5
-2
-4
-3 -1
-2
-6
-4
-3
-1.5
-8
-5
-4 -2
-10
-6

560
780
380
443 nm
1 1
1 1

-5
-7
-2.5
-12
-25

Wavelength (nm)

2
2
2 2

3 3
3 3

Cast
Cast
Cast
Cast

HyperPro
HyperPRO
HyperPRO
C-OPS
C-OPS
C-OPS
4 4
5 5
4 4
5 5

C-OPS
HyperPro

Santa Barbara Channel

0
-0.8

-0.7

-0.6

-0.5

-0.4

-0.3

-0.2

-0.1

0
-0.1

-0.2

K670 (m-1)

-0.3

-0.4

HyperPRO
C-OPS

-0.5

-0.6

-0.7

K412 (m-1)

-0.8

Monterey Bay
0
-1.8

-1.6

-1.4

-1.2

-1

-0.8

-0.6

-0.4

-0.2

0
-0.2
-0.4

K670 (m-1)

-0.6
-0.8
HyperPRO
-1
-1.2
-1.4
-1.6

K412 (m-1)

-1.8

C-OPS

Pinto Lake
0
-9

-8

-7

-6

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

-0.5

K670 (m-1)

-1

-1.5

HyperPRO
C-OPS

-2

-2.5

K412 (m-1)

-3

Importance and Contribu>on

1

aCDOM(440) m-1

0.02

0.2

0.1

0.01

0.001
Kd(320)/Kd(780)

Stan Hooker (Unpublished)

C-OPS data: 4 Stations from

the Santa Barbara Channel

Conclusions
Both instruments do well and match up in the middle

of the spectrum, but the HyperPro does not do as well

on the outer parts

There is always variability over each cast, less so with

the C-OPS

Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM)

measurements are variable among environments

Satlantics ProSoft processing software is very useful

Acknowledgements
Dr. Raphe Kudela
Mentor Jennifer Broughton
Laura Judd
Dr. Emily Schaller
Rick Shetter

References
http://www.biospherical.com/index.php?

option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=66
http://www.iopan.gda.pl/RSL/images/c-ops.jpg
http://hahana.soest.hawaii.edu/hot/methods/Proler2.jpeg
S.B. Hooker, J. H. Morrow, and A. Matsuoka. Brown 2013: Apparent optical

properties of the Canadian Beaufort Sea Part 2: The 1% and 1 cm perspective

in deriving and validating AOP data products.' Biogeosciences, NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.