马克Yarbrough

海洋光学浮标:MOBY

MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES, 理学院 
SPONSORS: NASA, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 

马克Yarbrough’s life changed the moment he set foot in the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML). “My first interaction with MLML was as a junior in high school, when I took a day trip in search of advice regarding my 科学 Fair project. 实验室1 found in Moss Landing was an amazing place.” 

These interests eventually led him to a career back at MLML. Stints developing oceanographic instrumentation and conducting shipboard research took Mark from Alaska to the Antarctic, 亚速尔群岛和夏威夷. “I had found a niche that married my two primary interests: technology and natural sciences.” 

The Marine Optical Sensor (MOS) and the Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY) design process started with NOAA funding in 1988, and in 1992 MLML was selected through a NASA grant process to participate in the engineering and construction of the initial system. Construction was followed by deployments of prototypes, first in Monterey Bay (1993) 然后是夏威夷(1995年). The buoy was tested in the fall of 1996 in Hawaii, and MOBY became operational at the current Lanai site in July 1997. 

The buoy is a primary ocean observatory for the calibration of satellite ocean color 传感器. By measuring water-leaving radiance, and assessing the resulting water color, MOBY provides data that satellites can use to continuously calibrate and validate 他们的在轨测量. 

Today, MOBY is in its 21st year of continuous operation, supporting over a dozen U.S. and international ocean color satellite programs. “MOBY has become a life’s work for 耶尔伯勒说. “The opportunity to regularly work at sea and face new technological and scientific challenges almost daily has provided motivation and held my interest 几十年来,. There is great satisfaction in knowing your work can provide tangible benefit to the extremely valuable satellite programs we support.”

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