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Dataset Title:	Chlorophyll-a, aCDOM(300), DOC and SPM. S3A/B OLCI, Long Island Sound, 300m, PROVISIONAL, Daily
Institution:	NOAA NESDIS CoastWatch (Dataset ID: noaacwappsS3ABcolorLISDaily)
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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (Start Time, UTC)	1764	1 day 16h 34m 2s (uneven)

latitude (degrees_north)	481	-0.0027 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	814	0.0027 (even)

Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables)

chlor_a (Chlorophyll-a, mg m^-3)

cdom (Absorption coefficient of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Material at 300 nm, m^-1)

doc (Dissolved Organic Carbon, Âµmole/liter)

spm (Suspended Particulate Matter, mg L^-1)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.4832288e+9, 1.7407008e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String calendar "gregorian";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Start Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 actual_range 40.204, 41.5;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float64 valid_max 41.5;
    Float64 valid_min 40.2;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 actual_range -74.0, -71.8049;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float64 valid_max -71.8049;
    Float64 valid_min -74.0;
  }
  chlor_a {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.01;
    String cw_atmospheric_correction "POLYMER V4.16.1 Atmospheric Correction";
    String cw_processing_algorithm "LIS MLR Algorithm";
    String cw_product_status "Experimental";
    String ioos_category "Ocean Color";
    String long_name "Chlorophyll-a";
    String references "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843223000456";
    String source "S3A/B OLCI Rrs from POLYER AC, ESA snap mosaic, Chl-a from LIS MLR";
    String standard_name "mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water";
    String units "mg m^-3";
    Float32 valid_max 1000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  cdom {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String cw_atmospheric_correction "POLYMER V4.16.1 Atmospheric Correction";
    String cw_processing_algorithm "LIS MLR Algorithm";
    String cw_product_status "Experimental";
    String ioos_category "Ocean Color";
    String long_name "Absorption coefficient of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Material at 300 nm";
    String references "https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2023JG007767";
    String source "S3A/B OLCI Rrs from POLYER AC, ESA snap mosaic, aCDOM from LIS MLR";
    String standard_name "acdom(300nm)";
    String units "m^-1";
    Float32 valid_max 50.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  doc {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 400.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String cw_atmospheric_correction "POLYMER V4.16.1 Atmospheric Correction";
    String cw_processing_algorithm "LIS MLR Algorithm";
    String cw_product_status "Experimental";
    String ioos_category "Ocean Color";
    String long_name "Dissolved Organic Carbon";
    String references "https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2023JG007767";
    String source "S3A/B OLCI Rrs from POLYER AC, ESA snap mosaic, aCDOM from LIS MLR";
    String standard_name "doc";
    String units "Âµmole/liter";
    Float32 valid_max 1500.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  spm {
    Float32 _FillValue -9999.0;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 20.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String cw_atmospheric_correction "POLYMER V4.16.1 Atmospheric Correction";
    String cw_processing_algorithm "Nechad Algorithm";
    String cw_product_status "Experimental";
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Suspended Particulate Matter";
    String references "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425709003617";
    String source "S3A/B OLCI Rrs from POLYER AC, ESA snap mosaic, SPM from Nechad";
    String standard_name "spm";
    String units "mg L^-1";
    Float32 valid_max 15.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String acknowledgement "Support provided by NOAA CoastWatch and SeaGrant";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "CF-1.10, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "coastwatch.info@noaa.gov";
    String creator_name "CoastWatch Applications Team";
    String creator_type "person";
    String creator_url "https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cwn/index.html";
    String date_created "2025-02-20T03:35:48Z";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting -71.8049;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 41.5;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min 40.204;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.002699999999999999;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max -71.8049;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -74.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.002699999999999996;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    Float64 grid_mapping_inverse_flattening 298.257223563;
    Float64 grid_mapping_longitude_of_prime_meridian 0.0;
    String grid_mapping_name "latitude_longitude";
    Float64 grid_mapping_semi_major_axis 6378137.0;
    String history 
"Thu Mar 27 19:26:58 2025: ncks --overwrite -x -v time_bounds ./2024/20240508_OLCI_LIS_WQ.nc ./2024/20240508_OLCI_LIS_WQ.nc
L2 Rrs data derived with POLYMER atmospheric correction. Daily composites made with snap mosaic. Chlorophyll-a derived using an MLR algorithm developed for the Long Island Sound
2026-01-01T06:10:43Z (local files)
2026-01-01T06:10:43Z https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/noaacwappsS3ABcolorLISDaily.das";
    String infoUrl "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843223000456";
    String institution "NOAA NESDIS CoastWatch";
    String instrument "OLCI";
    String keywords "300m, 300nm, absorption, acdom, acdom(300nm), carbon, cdom, chla, chlor, chlor_a, chlorophyll, chlorophyll-a, chromophoric, coefficient, color, colored, commerce, concentration, copernicus, daily, data, day, department, dissolved, doc, island, latitude, long, longitude, mass, mass concentration of chlorophyll in sea water, material, matter, ocean, ocean color, olci, organic, particulate, program, provisional, s3a, sea, seawater, sound, spm, suspended, time, water";
    String license "Data courtesy of Copernicus Program. Any use of this data must include the statement: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States.";
    String NCO "netCDF Operators version 4.7.5 (Homepage = http://nco.sf.net, Code = https://github.com/nco/nco)";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 41.5;
    String platform "Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B";
    String references "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569843223000456";
    String source_data "Sentinel-3A OLCI, Sentinel-3B OLCI";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing 40.204;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v79";
    String summary "Chlorophyll-a, aCDOM(300), Department of Commerce (DOC) and SPM. S3A/B OLCI, Long Island Sound, 300m, PROVISIONAL, Daily";
    String testOutOfDate "now-52days";
    String time_coverage_end "2025-02-28T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z";
    String title "Chlorophyll-a, aCDOM(300), DOC and SPM. S3A/B OLCI, Long Island Sound, 300m, PROVISIONAL, Daily";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -74.0;
  }
}

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