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 data       graph  M    files  Chlorophyll, NOAA S-NPP VIIRS, Science Quality, Global 4km, Level 3, 2012-present, Daily    ?   F   I   M   background RSS
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noaacwNPPVIIRSSQchlaDaily

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Grid
attribute NC_GLOBAL comment String This is science quality data.
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String coastwatch.info at noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String NOAA CoastWatch
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_url String https://coastwatch.noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double 179.98125
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 89.75625
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double -89.75625
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_resolution double 0.0375
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double 179.98125
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double -179.98125
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_resolution double 0.0375
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_max double 0.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_min double 0.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_positive String up
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_units String m
attribute NC_GLOBAL grid_mapping_name String latitude_longitude
attribute NC_GLOBAL history String /data/data369/hgu/v224/bin/l3mapgen par=/data/data652/coastwatch/oc/L3/scripts/bin/../config/l3mapgen_par_chlor_a ifile=/data/data652/coastwatch/oc/L3/scripts/bin/../temp/Config_bmw/infile_2km_G.nc ofile=/data/data369/viirs/L3/2024/03/18/V2024078_D1_WW00_chlor_a.nc Wed Mar 27 19:15:26 2024
: /data/data652/coastwatch/oc/L3/scripts/bin/l3cnvtr -r 4 /data/data369/viirs/L3/2024/03/18/V2024078_D1_WW00_chlor_a.nc /data/aftp/socd1/mecb/coastwatch/viirs/science/L3/global/chlora/daily/WW00/V2024078_D1_WW00_chlora.nc
attribute NC_GLOBAL id String noaacwNPPVIIRSSQchlaDaily
attribute NC_GLOBAL identifier_product_doi String https://dx.doi.org (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL identifier_product_doi_authority String https://dx.doi.org (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cw/satellite-data-products/ocean-color/science-quality/viirs-snpp.html
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String NOAA NESDIS CoastWatch
attribute NC_GLOBAL instrument String VIIRS
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String algorithm, altitude, chemistry, chlor_a, chlorophyll, color, concentration, daily, data, default, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll, image, imager, imager/radiometer, imaging, infrared, L3, latitude, level, level-3, longitude, mapped, mass, mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water, national, npp, ocean, ocean color, oceans, Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ocean Color, optics, orbiting, partnership, polar, polar-orbiting, radiometer, sea, seawater, smi, standard, star, suite, suite/suomi-npp, suomi, time, VIIRS, viirs, viirs-n, visible, water, ww00
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords_vocabulary String GCMD Science Keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL l2_flag_names String ATMFAIL,LAND,HIGLINT,HILT,HISATZEN,CLOUD,HISOLZEN,LOWLW,CHLFAIL,NAVWARN,CLDSHDSTL,MAXAERITER,CHLWARN,ALGICE,SEAICE,NAVFAIL,FILTER
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/earth-science-data/data-information-policy/

Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statement: \"These data were provided by NOAA's Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) and the CoastWatch program.\" To reference these data as a citation in a paper, please follow the instructions in the license and at this link: https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/erddap/information.html#citeDataset
attribute NC_GLOBAL map_projection String geographic
attribute NC_GLOBAL measure String Mean
attribute NC_GLOBAL naming_authority String gov.noaa.coastwatch
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 89.75625
attribute NC_GLOBAL platform String Suomi-NPP
attribute NC_GLOBAL processing_level String L3 Mapped
attribute NC_GLOBAL processing_version String Unspecified
attribute NC_GLOBAL product_name String NOAA S-NPP VIIRS ocean color products from CoastWatch
attribute NC_GLOBAL project String Ocean Color Science Team (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/OCST)
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_email String coastwatch.info at noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_name String NOAA CoastWatch Central
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_type String group
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_url String https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/erddap/
attribute NC_GLOBAL references String O and #39;Reilly J. E. et al. (1998), Ocean color chlorophyll algorithms for SeaWiFS, J. Geophys. Res., 103(C11), 2493724953
attribute NC_GLOBAL Satellite String Suomi-NPP
attribute NC_GLOBAL Sensor String VIIRS
attribute NC_GLOBAL source String Satellite observations from VIIRS ocean color sensor
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double -89.75625
attribute NC_GLOBAL spatialResolution String 4.17 km
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v29
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String Level-3 Standard Mapped Image (SMI), Global, 4km, Chlorophyll, Daily composite data from the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). These are science quality data with a 15-day latency. The data, processed by the NOAA/STAR Ocean Color Team, are produced from MSL12 v1.2 using OC-SDR v04 and were release by CoastWatch as of 2017-08-07. VIIRS is a multi-disciplinary instrument that flies on the Suomi-NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite and is the successor to MODIS. Suomi-NPP is the initial spacecraft in the JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite Systems) series of spacecraft. JPSS is our Nation's next generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between NOAA and its acquisition agent NASA.
attribute NC_GLOBAL temporal_range String day
attribute NC_GLOBAL testOutOfDate String now-2days
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2024-03-18T12:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_resolution String PD1
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 2012-01-03T12:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String Chlorophyll, NOAA S-NPP VIIRS, Science Quality, Global 4km, Level 3, 2012-present, Daily
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double -179.98125
dimension time   double nValues=3966, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=1 day 2h 59m 3s
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 1.325592E9, 1.7107632E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time calendar String gregorian
attribute time coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String Centered Time
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
dimension altitude   double nValues=1, onlyValue=0.0
attribute altitude _CoordinateAxisType String Height
attribute altitude _CoordinateZisPositive String up
attribute altitude actual_range double 0.0, 0.0
attribute altitude axis String Z
attribute altitude coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute altitude ioos_category String Location
attribute altitude long_name String Altitude
attribute altitude positive String up
attribute altitude standard_name String altitude
attribute altitude units String m
dimension latitude   double nValues=4788, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=-0.0375
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude actual_range double -89.75625, 89.75625
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude comment String The latitude values are the centers of the grid cells.
attribute latitude coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
attribute latitude valid_max double 90.0
attribute latitude valid_min double -90.0
dimension longitude   double nValues=9600, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.0375
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude actual_range double -179.98125, 179.98125
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude comment String The longitude values are the centers of the grid cells.
attribute longitude coverage_content_type String coordinate
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
attribute longitude valid_max double 180.0
attribute longitude valid_min double -180.0
variable chlor_a   float time, altitude, latitude, longitude
attribute chlor_a _FillValue float -999.0
attribute chlor_a C_format String %.4g
attribute chlor_a cell_methods String time:mean(interval:1 day)
attribute chlor_a colorBarMaximum double 30.0
attribute chlor_a colorBarMinimum double 0.03
attribute chlor_a colorBarScale String Log
attribute chlor_a coverage_content_type String physicalMeasurement
attribute chlor_a grid_mapping String coord_ref
attribute chlor_a ioos_category String Ocean Color
attribute chlor_a long_name String Chlorophyll Concentration, Default Algorithm
attribute chlor_a references String O and #39;Reilly J. E. et al. (1998), Ocean color chlorophyll algorithms for SeaWiFS, J. Geophys. Res., 103(C11), 2493724953
attribute chlor_a standard_name String mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water
attribute chlor_a units String mg m^-3
attribute chlor_a valid_max float 100.0
attribute chlor_a valid_min float 0.001

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.


 

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