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

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 Sun Mar 3 00:00:08 2024
: /data/data652/coastwatch/oc/L3/scripts/bin/nccomposite -M gmean -T Month -m chlor_a /data/data652/coastwatch/oc/L3/scripts/config/chlor_a_comp_config.input /data/aftp/socd1/mecb/coastwatch/viirs/science/L3/global/chlora/monthly/WW00/V2024032_2024060_F29_WW00_chlora.nc
attribute NC_GLOBAL id String noaacwNPPVIIRSSQchlaMonthly
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, 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, monthly, 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/
The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

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, Monthly 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 Month
attribute NC_GLOBAL testOutOfDate String now-33days
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2024-02-01T12:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_resolution String PM1
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 2012-01-02T12:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String Chlorophyll, NOAA S-NPP VIIRS, Science Quality, Global 4km, Level 3, 2012-present, Monthly
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double -179.98125
dimension time   double nValues=141, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=31 days 12h 30m 51s
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 1.3255056E9, 1.7067888E9
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 month)
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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