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Kenneth J. Voss is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research spans areas within Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specific focus on Oceanography, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to ocean color remote sensing, bio-optical data integration, and marine instrumentation. These papers include:

  • "A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean colour satellite applications - version three" (2022), published in Earth system science data
  • "Deriving consistent ocean biological and biogeochemical products from multiple satellite ocean color sensors" (2020), published in Optics Express
  • "European Radiometry Buoy and Infrastructure (EURYBIA): A Contribution to the Design of the European Copernicus Infrastructure for Ocean Colour System Vicarious Calibration" (2020), published in Remote Sensing
  • "Improved shadow correction for the marine optical buoy, MOBY" (2021), published in Optics Express
  • "Rotation of reference frame dependent polarimetric variables for equidistant fisheye lens projections" (2024), published in Applied Optics

The most frequent co-authors in this scientist's work are Michael Ondrusek, Menghua Wang, Jianwei Wei, David Antoine, and Giuseppe Zibordi.

Key venues for their publications include:

  • Optics Express
  • Remote Sensing
  • Earth system science data
  • Applied Optics
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

The main research topics covered in their work are:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and fisheries research

This scientist's contributions focus on the integration of ocean color satellite data with in situ measurements, improvements in marine optical buoy methodologies, and development of calibration infrastructures for ocean color systems. Their work intersects fields that address critical environmental and ecological dynamics in marine ecosystems as well as technological advances in monitoring water quality and ocean parameters.

Best Publications

  • An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol optical depth from AERONET

    B. N. Holben;D. Tanré;A. Smirnov;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck

  • The role of seawater constituents in light backscattering in the ocean

    Dariusz Stramski;Emmanuel Boss;Darek Bogucki;Kenneth J. Voss

  • An ocean-colour time series for use in climate studies: The experience of the ocean-colour climate change initiative (OC-CCI)

    Shubha Sathyendranath;Robert J.W. Brewin;Carsten Brockmann;Vanda Brotas

  • Biological and optical properties of mesoscale coccolithophore blooms in the Gulf of Maine

    William M. Balch;Patrick M. Holligan;Steven G. Ackleson;Kenneth J. Voss

  • Dominance of mineral dust in aerosol light-scattering in the North Atlantic trade winds

    X. Li;H. Maring;D. Savoie;K. Voss

  • Validation of atmospheric correction over the oceans

    D. K. Clark;H. R. Gordon;K. J. Voss;Y. Ge

  • Measurement of the Mueller matrix for ocean water

    Kenneth J. Voss;Edward S. Fry

  • Measurements of aerosol vertical profiles and optical properties during INDOEX 1999 using micropulse lidars

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Patricia K. Quinn;Piotr J. Flatau

  • Ground-Based Lidar Measurements of Aerosols During ACE-2 Instrument Description, Results, and Comparisons with Other Ground-Based and Airborne Measurements

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Howard R. Gordon;Hal Maring

  • Maritime aerosol network as a component of AERONET - first results and comparison with global aerosol models and satellite retrievals

    A. Smirnov;B. N. Holben;D. M. Giles;I. Slutsker

  • Ocean Optics Protocols For Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation, Revision 4, Volume III: Radiometric Measurements and Data Analysis Protocols

    J. L. Mueller;A. Morel;R. Frouin;C. Davis

  • Impacts of VIIRS SDR performance on ocean color products

    Menghua Wang;Xiaoming Liu;Xiaoming Liu;Liqin Tan;Liqin Tan;Lide Jiang;Lide Jiang

  • Raman scattering by pure water and seawater

    Jasmine S. Bartlett;Kenneth J. Voss;Shubha Sathyendranath;Anthony Vodacek

  • An inherent-optical-property-centered approach to correct the angular effects in water-leaving radiance

    Zhong Ping Lee;Keping Du;Kenneth J. Voss;Giuseppe Zibordi

  • Spectral reflectance of whitecaps: Their contribution to water‐leaving radiance

    Karl D. Moore;Kenneth J. Voss;Howard R. Gordon

  • Hyperspectral absorption coefficient of “pure” seawater in the range of 350–550 nm inverted from remote sensing reflectance

    Zhongping Lee;Jianwei Wei;Ken Voss;Marlon Lewis

  • Clear-sky closure studies of lower tropospheric aerosol and water vapor during ACE-2 using airborne sunphotometer, airborne in-situ, space-borne, and ground-based measurements

    Beat Schmid;John M. Livingston;Philip B. Russell;Philip A. Durkee

  • A spectral model of the beam attenuation coefficient in the ocean and coastal areas

    Kenneth J. Voss

  • Polarized radiance distribution measurements of skylight. I. System description and characterization.

    Kenneth J. Voss;Yi Liu

  • Bidirectional reflectance of oceanic waters: A comparison of modeled and measured upward radiance fields

    André Morel;Kenneth J. Voss;Bernard Gentili

  • Measurement of the Mueller Matrix for Ocean Water

    Kenneth John Voss

  • Measurements of aerosol vertical profiles and optical properties during INDOEX 1999 using micropulse lidars : Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX)

    Ellsworth J. Welton;Kenneth J. Voss;Patricia K. Quinn;Piotr J. Flatau

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Frouin
Robert Frouin University of California, San Diego
Giuseppe Zibordi
Giuseppe Zibordi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Howard R. Gordon
Howard R. Gordon University of Miami
David Antoine
David Antoine Curtin University
Michael S. Twardowski
Michael S. Twardowski Florida Atlantic University
William M. Balch
William M. Balch Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Vanda Brotas
Vanda Brotas University of Lisbon
Robert Arnone
Robert Arnone University of Southern Mississippi
Stanford B. Hooker
Stanford B. Hooker Goddard Space Flight Center
Timothy J Smyth
Timothy J Smyth Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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