Sean Bailey is an oceanographer in the Global Change Data Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and serves as the Manager for the Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC). He received a dual-major Bachelors of Science in Marine Science and Biology from the University of Miami in 1992, and a Masters of Science in Biological Oceanography from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1997. His research interests are focused on bio-optical remote sensing of the oceans. In 1997, he was employed by Futuretech Corporation under contract to support the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) in the Ocean Ecology Branch at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. In 2015, he left Futuretech to become a civil servant. His duties as the DAAC manager include the management and distribution of the data products produced by the OBPG, the in situ archive component (SeaBASS), and the OBPG science software support team, including the staff responsible for the development and maintenance of the SeaWiFS Data Analysis System (SeaDAS). His work with the OBPG has been focused on the on-orbit calibration of these satellites and the validation of their data products. He has worked on the development and evaluation of algorithms implemented for ocean color satellite data processing, ranging from the atmospheric correction to the bio-optical models that derive geophysical products.
Sean W Bailey
(AST, DATA SYSTEMS)
| Email: | sean.w.bailey@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.3931 |
| Org Code: | 619 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 619 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
AST, Data Systems
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
January 2022 - Present
DAAC Manager
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC)
January 2022 - Present
Research Oceanographer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
September 2015 - January 2022
Deputy DAAC Manager
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC)
September 2015 - January 2022
Lead Scientific Programmer/Analyst
Futuretech Corporation - Greenbelt, MD (on-site contractor @ Goddard Space Flight Center)
October 1997 - September 2015
Education
University of Southern Mississippi (1997)
Major: Biological Oceanography
Bachelor of Science
Univerity of Miami (1992)
Majors: Marine Science and Biology
Awards
- 2021 - NASA Agency Honor Award - Group Achievement - DAAC Management Team
- 2019 - Hydropsheric, Biospheric and Geophysics Peer Award - CyAN Team Scientific Achievement Award
- 2018 - NASA Sentinel Gateway Team Group Achievement Award
- 2016 – VIIRS Level-1 Algorithm/Software Working Group Group Achievement Award
- 2015 - Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Peer Award - Outstanding Publication Award
- 2012 – Aquarius Launch, Early Orbit Ops, and Commissioning Team Group Achievement Award
- 2012 – Suomi NPP Mission Development Team Group Achievement Award
- 2011 – Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement for Science Team to the Ocean Biology Processing Group
- 2008 - Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement for Quality and Process Improvement to the MODIS Ocean Support Team
- 2005 – Quality and Process Improvement Award for the Ocean Biology Processing Team
- 2005 – Sensor Intercomparison and Merger for Biological Interdisciplinary and Oceanic Studies (SIMBIOS) Project Group Achievement Award
- 2002 - Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes Peer Award for Outstanding Support Services Contractor
- 2001 – Public Service Group Achievement Award for SeaWiFS/SIMBIOS/SeaDAS Support Team
- 1999 – SeaWiFS Project Science Team Group Achievement Award
Publications
Refereed
2024. "High-resolution ocean color imagery from the SeaHawk-HawkEye CubeSat mission." Scientific Data 11 (1): 1246 [10.1038/s41597-024-04076-4] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Optimal Estimation Framework for Ocean Color Atmospheric Correction and Pixel-level Uncertainty Quantification." Applied Optics Vol. 61 No. 20 [10.1364/ao.461861] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Satellites for long-term monitoring of inland U.S. lakes: The MERIS time series and application for chlorophyll-a." Remote Sensing of Environment 266 112685 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112685] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Cross-calibration of MODIS and VIIRS long near infrared bands for ocean color science and applications." Remote Sensing of Environment 260 112439 [10.1016/j.rse.2021.112439] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Analysis of simultaneous aerosol and ocean glint retrieval using multi-angle observations." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 14 3233-3252 [10.5194/amt-14-3233-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Skin Sea-Surface Temperature from VIIRS on Suomi-NPP—NASA Continuity Retrievals." Remote Sensing 12 (20): 3369 [10.3390/rs12203369] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Sensitivity of Satellite Ocean Color Data to System Vicarious Calibration of the Long Near Infrared Band." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 59 (3): 2562-2578 [10.1109/tgrs.2020.3000475] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Multiband Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for Ocean Color Retrievals." Frontiers in Earth Science 7 [10.3389/feart.2019.00116] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Improving Satellite Global Chlorophyll a Data Products Through Algorithm Refinement and Data Recovery." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 124 (3): 1524-1543 [10.1029/2019jc014941] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Vicarious calibration of GOCI for the SeaDAS ocean color retrieval." International Journal of Remote Sensing 40 (10): 3984-4001 [10.1080/01431161.2018.1557793] [Journal Article/Letter]
2018. "Mobile device application for monitoring cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms using Sentinel-3 satellite Ocean and Land Colour Instruments." Environmental Modelling & Software 109 93-103 [10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.08.015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Landsat 8 remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) products: Evaluations, intercomparisons, and enhancements." Remote Sensing of Environment 190 289-301 [10.1016/j.rse.2016.12.030] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "On-orbit calibration of the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite for ocean color applications ." Applied Optics 54 (8): 1984-2006 [10.1364/AO.54.001984] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Ocean color measurements with the Operational Land Imager on Landsat-8: implementation and evaluation in SeaDAS." Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 9 (1): 096070 [10.1117/I.JRS.9.096070] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Regional to global assessments of phytoplankton dynamics from the SeaWiFS mission." Remote Sensing of Environment 135 77-91 [10.1016/j.rse.2013.03.025] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties." Applied Optics 52 (10): 2019-2037 [10.1364/AO.52.002019] [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "On-orbit calibration of SeaWiFS." Applied Optics 51 (36): 8702-8730 [10.1364/AO.51.008702] [Journal Article/Letter]
2011. "Assessment of MERIS reflectance data as processed with SeaDAS over the European seas." Opt. Express 19 (25): 25,657-25,671 [10.1364/OE.19.025657] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Evaluation of shortwave infrared atmospheric correction for ocean color remote sensing of Chesapeake Bay." Remote Sensing of Environment 114 (10): 2238-2247 [10.1016/j.rse.2010.04.027] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Estimation of near-infrared water-leaving reflectance for satellite ocean color data processing." Optics Express 7521-7527 [Journal Article/Letter]
2009. "Regional and seasonal variability of chlorophyll-a in Chesapeake Bay as observed by SeaWiFS and MODIS-Aqua." Remote Sensing of Environment 113 (6): 1319-1330 [10.1016/j.rse.2009.02.012] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Sources and assumptions for the vicarious calibration of ocean color satellite observations." Applied Optics 47 (12): 2035 [10.1364/AO.47.002035] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "On-orbit vicarious calibration of ocean color sensors using an ocean surface reflectance model." Applied Optics 46 (23): 5649 [10.1364/AO.46.005649] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "SeaWiFS on-orbit gain and detector calibrations: effect on ocean products." Applied Optics 46 6733-6750 [10.1364/AO.46.006733] [Journal Article/Letter]
2007. "Sensor-independent approach to the vicarious calibration of satellite ocean color radiometry." Appl Opt 46 (22): 5068-5082 [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "A multi-sensor approach for the on-orbit validation of ocean color satellite data products." Remote Sens Environ 102 12-23 [10.1016/j.rse.2006.01.015] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "An improved in-situ bio-optical data set for ocean color algorithm development and satellite data product validation." Remote Sens Environ 98 122-140 [10.1016/j.rse.2005.07.001] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Unique data repository facilitates ocean color satellite validation." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 84 (38): 377 [10.1029/2003EO380001] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Calibration of SeaWiFS. II. Vicarious techniques." Applied Optics 40 (36): 6701-6718 [10.1364/AO.40.006701] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Calibration of SeaWiFS. II. Vicarious Techniques." Applied Optics 40 (36): 6701-6718 [10.1364/AO.40.006701] [Journal Article/Letter]
2001. "Correction of sun glint contamination on the SeaWiFS ocean and atmosphere products." Applied Optics 40 (27): 4790-4798 [10.1364/AO.40.004790] [Journal Article/Letter]
2000. "SeaWiFS provides unique global aerosol optical property data." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 81 (18): 197-202 [10.1029/00EO00132] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2019. "The NASA OBPG 2020 on-orbit calibration of SNPP VIIRS for ocean color applications." Earth Observing Systems XXIV [10.1117/12.2528769] [Proceedings]
2014. "On Orbit Calibration of Ocean Color Reflective Solar Bands (Chapter 2.2)." Optical Radiometry for Ocean Climate Measurements, 1st Edition 47 121- 153 [Article in Book]
2014. "Ocean Color Measurements from Landsat-8 OLI using SeaDAS." Proc. Ocean Optics XXII [Proceedings]
2014. "SWIM: a semi-analytical ocean color inversion algorithm for optically shallow waters." Proc. Ocean Optics XXII [Proceedings]
2014. "The SeaBASS validation system: redesigned tools and online resources for ocean color satellite match-ups." Proc. Ocean Optics XXII [Proceedings]
2012. "Quality and Consistency of the NASA Ocean Color Data Record." Proc. Ocean Optics XXI [Journal Article/Letter]
2012. "VIIRS on-orbit calibration for ocean color data processing." Proc. SPIE 8510, Earth Observing Systems XVII 8510 85101G [10.1117/12.930483] [Proceedings]
2011. "Requirements for an Advanced Ocean Radiometer ." NASA Tech Memo 37 [Other]
2007. "Approach for the long-term spatial and temporal evaluation of ocean color satelliet data products in a coastal environment." Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng 6680 12 pp [10.1117/12.732489] [Proceedings]
2007. "On-orbit calibration of SeaWiFS: revised temperature and gain corrections." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 6677 15 pp [Other]
2006. "Recent Advances in the Operational Vicarious Calibration of Visible and Near- infrared Ocean Color Satellite Radiometry." Proc. Ocean Optics XVIII [Proceedings]
2006. "Comparison of SeaWiFS on-orbit lunar and vicarious calibrations." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 6296 7 pp [10.1117/12.679168] [Proceedings]
2006. "MODIS Land Bands for Ocean Remote Sensing Applications." Proc. Ocean Optics XVIII [Proceedings]
2005. "The continuity of ocean color measurements from SeaWiFS to MODIS." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 5882 304-316 [Other]
2003. "Algorithm Updates for the Fourth SeaWiFS Data Reprocessing." NASA/TM 2003-206892 22 74 pp [Report]
2003. "SIMBIOS Program in Support of Ocean Color Missions: 1997-2003." Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 5155 49-60 [Other]
2003. "Overview of SeaBASS and MODIS Validation Activity." NASA/TM-2003 35-40 [Article in Book]
2003. "Modifications to the SeaWiFS NIR Correction." NASA/TM 2003-206892, Vol 22 26-28 [Article in Book]
2003. "Masks and Flags Updates." NASA/TM 2003--206892, Vol 22 34-40 [Report]
2003. "Changes to the Atmospheric Correction Algorithm and Retrieval of Oceanic Optical Properties." NASA/TM 2003-206892, Vol 22 29-33 [Report]
2003. "Diagnostic data set." NASA/TM-2003 32-34 [Report]
2003. "Changes to the Vicarious Calibration of SeaWiFS." NASA/TM 2003-206892, Vol 22 20-25 [Report]
2003. "SIMBIOS Project Data Processing and Analysis Results." NASA/TM-2003-211622 11841 [Article in Book]
2002. "SeaBASS Data Protocols and Policy." NASA Tech Memo 2002-210004, Rev 3, Vol 2 284-287 [Report]
2002. "Ocean Optics Potocols for Satellite Ocean Color Sensor Validation." NASA Tech Memo 2002-210004, Rev 3, Vol 1 iii-iv [Other]
2002. "The SeaWiFS Bio-Optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS): Current Architecture and Implementation, Introduction." NASA Tech Memo 2002-211617 1 [Other]
2000. "The description of the SeaWiFS absorbing aerosol index." SeaWiFS NASA Technical Memorandum 2000-206892 10 3-5 [Journal Article/Letter]