Ocean Color - Near Real Time - MODIS Aqua

  1. Satellite Data Products
  2. Ocean Color (Chlorophyll, radiances, etc.)
  3. Near-real-time
  4. Ocean Color - Near Real Time - MODIS Aqua
Updated: August 16, 2019
Data are available through the following servers:
Service Resource Locator
HTTPS https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cw_html/NearRealTimeSearch.html?region=ALL&product=chlorNOAA&sensor=MODIS&daysback=1
FTP ftp://cw-okeanos.noaa.gov

[Please acknowledge "NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch" when you use data from our site and cite the particular dataset DOI as appropriate.]

KeyDescription
Platform/Sensor

Morning: Aqua / MODIS
Measurement/Products

Ocean Color:
chlor_a
chlor_a anomaly
chlor_frontal
Rrs 667
Rrs_anomaly
DOI

n/a
Short Name

MODIS_L3
Sample Filename

    MODWCW_P2016304_1735_CB05_closest_chlora.hdf
Dataset Type

n/a
Processing Level

n/a
Spatial Coverage

CW Regions
Temporal Coverage

Near real-time + 3 days
Latency

Near real-time
Resolution

n/a
Projection

Mercator / WGS84
Swath Width

    n/a
Sample Frequency

n/a
Temporal Repeat

n/a
Orbital Period

n/a
Orbit

n/a
Data Provider

Creator: NOAA OSPO
Release Place: Suitland, MD, USA
Formats

PNG, TIFF, HDF
Keywords

NOAA, MODIS, ocean color, chlorophyll, reflectance, CoastWatch