NASA PO-DAAC oceancolor MODIS monthly l3m_data: chlorophyll a data

PO-DAAC oceancolor MODIS monthly chlorophyll a from NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jul 2002) to (Jun 2025) by 1.0 N= 276 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.9792W) to (179.9792E) by 0.04166667 N= 8640 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.97916N) to (89.97916S) by 0.04166666 N= 4320 pts :grid

Other Info

datatype
realarraytype
iridl:hasSemantics
iridl:Chlorophyll
iridl:DissolvedConcentration
missing_value
-32767.0
units
mg /m3
standard units*
10-06 kilogram meter-3

References

Bryan A. Franz, Sean W. Bailey, Robert E. Eplee Jr., Gene C. Feldman, Ewa Kwiatkowska, Charles McClain, Gerhard Meister, Frederick S. Patt, D. Thomas, P. Jeremy Werdell (2005). The continuity of ocean color measurements from SeaWiFS to MODIS. Proceedings of SPIE, 5882, 304-316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/12.620069

Last updated: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT

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