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A Korean satellite provides an hourly view of the phytoplankton in the ocean, while also offering a testbed for future ocean-observing satellite missions.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) data from the Communication, Ocean, and Meteorological Satellite (COMS). Data hosted on the NASA Ocean Color data archive through a cooperative agreement between NASA and the Korean Institute of Ocean Science and Technology. Caption by Mike Carlowicz, based in part on a story by Kate Ramsayer.
Published June 21, 2016 Data acquired May 12, 2016