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1809

Overview

P. Jeremy Werdell is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics explored in Werdell's research include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Werdell has contributed to multiple research publications, frequently appearing in the following venues:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Optics Express
  • Applied Optics
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

Frequent collaborators include Amir Ibrahim, Meng Gao, Bryan A. Franz, Peng-Wang Zhai, and Kirk Knobelspiesse, each with multiple coauthorships alongside Werdell.

Selected recent papers authored by Werdell include:

  • Satellites for long-term monitoring of inland U.S. lakes: The MERIS time series and application for chlorophyll-a (2021), Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Satellite remote sensing to assess cyanobacterial bloom frequency across the United States at multiple spatial scales (2021), Ecological Indicators
  • Phytoplankton composition from sPACE: Requirements, opportunities, and challenges (2024), Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Particulate Backscattering in the Global Ocean: A Comparison of Independent Assessments (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • Evaluation of a satellite-based cyanobacteria bloom detection algorithm using field-measured microcystin data (2021), The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • A multi-sensor approach for the on-orbit validation of ocean color satellite data products

    Sean W. Bailey;P. Jeremy Werdell

  • An improved in-situ bio-optical data set for ocean color algorithm development and satellite data product validation

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Sean W. Bailey

  • Examining the consistency of products derived from various ocean color sensors in open ocean (Case 1) waters in the perspective of a multi-sensor approach

    André Morel;Yannick Huot;Bernard Gentili;P. Jeremy Werdell

  • Chlorophyll algorithms for ocean color sensors - OC4, OC5 & OC6

    John E. O'Reilly;P. Jeremy Werdell

  • Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Bryan A. Franz;Sean W. Bailey;Gene C. Feldman

  • Estimation of near-infrared water-leaving reflectance for satellite ocean color data processing.

    Sean W. Bailey;Bryan A. Franz;P. Jeremy Werdell

  • The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem Mission: Status, Science, Advances

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Michael J. Behrenfeld;Paula S. Bontempi;Emmanuel Boss

  • Sensor-independent approach to the vicarious calibration of satellite ocean color radiometry

    Bryan A. Franz;Sean W. Bailey;P. Jeremy Werdell;Charles R. McClain

  • An overview of approaches and challenges for retrieving marine inherent optical properties from ocean color remote sensing.

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Lachlan I.W. McKinna;Emmanuel Boss;Steven G. Ackleson

  • Performance metrics for the assessment of satellite data products: an ocean color case study.

    Bridget N. Seegers;Richard P. Stumpf;Blake A. Schaeffer;Keith A. Loftin

  • Regional to global assessments of phytoplankton dynamics from the SeaWiFS mission

    David Siegel;Michael Behrenfeld;Stephanie Maritorena;Charles R. McClain

  • Unique data repository facilitates ocean color satellite validation

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Sean Bailey;Giulietta Fargion;Christophe Pietras

  • Satellite monitoring of cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom frequency in recreational waters and drinking water sources

    John M. Clark;Blake A. Schaeffer;John A. Darling;Erin A. Urquhart

  • Uncertainties of optical parameters and their propagations in an analytical ocean color inversion algorithm.

    ZhongPing Lee;Robert Arnone;Chuanmin Hu;P. Jeremy Werdell

  • Regional and seasonal variability of chlorophyll-a in Chesapeake Bay as observed by SeaWiFS and MODIS-Aqua

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Sean W. Bailey;Bryan A. Franz;Lawrence W. Harding

  • Ocean Color Measurements with the Operational Land Imager on Landsat-8: Implementation and Evaluation in SeaDAS

    Bryan A. Franz;Sean W. Bailey;Norman Kuring;P. Jeremy Werdell

  • Calibration of SeaWiFS. II. Vicarious techniques.

    Robert E. Eplee;Wayne D. Robinson;Sean W. Bailey;Dennis K. Clark

  • Improving Satellite Global Chlorophyll a Data Products Through Algorithm Refinement and Data Recovery

    Chuanmin Hu;Lian Feng;Zhongping Lee;Bryan A. Franz

  • Proxy indicators of sand temperature help project impacts of global warming on sea turtles in northern Australia

    M. M. P. B. Fuentes;J. A. Maynard;Michael L. Guinea;I. P. Bell

  • Are the world's oceans optically different?

    Unknown

  • The Seawifs Bio-Optical Archive and Storage System (Seabass): Current Architecture and Implementation

    P. Jeremy Werdell;Giulietta S. Fargion;Charles R. McClain;Sean W. Bailey

  • The continuity of ocean color measurements from SeaWiFS to MODIS

    Bryan A. Franz;P. Jeremy Werdell;Gerhard Meister;Sean W. Bailey

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan A. Franz
Bryan A. Franz Goddard Space Flight Center
David Antoine
David Antoine Curtin University
Hervé Claustre
Hervé Claustre Université Paris Cité
Vanda Brotas
Vanda Brotas University of Lisbon
Stanford B. Hooker
Stanford B. Hooker Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert Arnone
Robert Arnone University of Southern Mississippi
Vittorio E. Brando
Vittorio E. Brando National Research Council (CNR)
Michael S. Twardowski
Michael S. Twardowski Florida Atlantic University
Hubert Loisel
Hubert Loisel University of Lille
Timothy J Smyth
Timothy J Smyth Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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