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Atmospheric correction of ocean color data is a key factor in obtaining accurate water Rrs(\u03bb) data. Based on the QA (quality assurance) score spectral quality evaluation system, the quality of Rrs(\u03bb) spectral of GOCI (Geostationary Ocean Color Imager) obtained from four atmospheric-correction algorithms in the Bohai Sea were evaluated and analyzed in this paper. The four atmospheric-correction algorithms are the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) standard near-infrared atmospheric-correction algorithm (denoted as Seadas\u2014Default), MUMM (Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models, denoted as Seadas\u2014MUMM), and the standard atmospheric-correction algorithms of KOSC GOCI GDPS2.0 (denoted as GDPS2.0) and GDPS1.3 (denoted as GDPS1.3). It is shown that over 90% of the Rrs(\u03bb) data are in good quality with a score \u22654\/6 for the GDPS1.3 algorithm. The probability of Rrs(\u03bb) with a QA score of 1 is significantly higher for the GDPS1.3 algorithm (57.36%), compared with Seadas\u2014Default (37.91%), Seadas\u2014MUMM (35.96%), and GDPS2.0 (33.05%). The field and MODIS measurements of Rrs(\u03bb) were compared with simultaneous GOCI Rrs(\u03bb), and they demonstrate that the QA score system is useful in evaluating the spectral shape of Rrs(\u03bb). The comparison results indicate that higher QA scores have higher accuracy of the Rrs band ratio. The QA score system is helpful to develop and evaluate bio-optical algorithms based on the band ratio. The hourly variation of QA score from UTC 00:16 to 07:16 was investigated as well, and it demonstrates that the data quality of GOCI Rrs(\u03bb) can vary in an hour scale. The GOCI data with high quality should be selected with caution when studying the hourly variation of biogeochemical properties in the Bohai Sea from GOCI measurements.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14051075","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,22]],"date-time":"2022-02-22T22:35:00Z","timestamp":1645569300000},"page":"1075","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Evaluation of GOCI Remote Sensing Reflectance Spectral Quality Based on a Quality Assurance Score System in the Bohai Sea"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0151-0243","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaoyan","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China"},{"name":"School of Mathematical Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China"},{"name":"Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Qingdao 266100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Ocean Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4770-3753","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yunhua","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Mathematical Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5755","DOI":"10.1364\/AO.41.005755","article-title":"Deriving inherent optical properties from water color: A multi-band quasi-analytical algorithm for optically deep waters","volume":"41","author":"Lee","year":"2002","journal-title":"Appl. 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