The Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY) is a NOAA funded project to provide vicarious calibration of ocean color satellites (SeaWiFS, MODIS, and VIIRS).

MOBY is an autonomous optical buoy which is moored off the island of Lanai in Hawaii. The system was designed for measuring sunlight incident on and scattered out of the ocean.

These measurements are provided in near real time for the vicarious calibration procedures conducted by ocean color scientists.

Deployment Information • Operational at the Lanai site since July 1997. • Daily data collection. • Four month deployment. • Deployment Record: July 1997 to current. Deployment Information

Gold Directory • Current Processing: October 2016 • Satellite weighted data; SeaWiFS, MODIS, NPP, and more. • No bad observations. Gold Directory

MOBY Spectral Data Listing • All observed raw data. • Filename Font Color indicates data quality:    1) Good    2) Bad    3) Questionable    4) Bad and Cloudy MOBY Spectral Data Listing