No API or Standard Data Source for Underwater Visibility Exists
Scuba divers rely on water clarity (viz) as a critical factor for dive planning, but no API or reliable data source for it exists. A builder had to engineer a complex ensemble Kalman filter from noisy satellite data as a workaround, dealing with cloud interference and shallow-reef reflectance errors. The absence of a standardized viz data layer blocks any dive planning application from surfacing real conditions.
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