Dataset Information

product_name: C19860011986008.L3m_8D_CHL_chlor_a_9km.nc
instrument: CZCS
title: CZCS Level-3 Standard Mapped Image
project: Ocean Biology Processing Group (NASA/GSFC/OBPG)
platform: Nimbus-7
temporal_range: 6-day
processing_version: 2014.0
date_created: 2015-12-14T12:07:52.000Z
history: smigen par=C19860011986008.L3m_8D_CHL_chlor_a_9km.nc.param
l2_flag_names: ATMFAIL,LAND,HILT,HISATZEN,STRAYLIGHT,CLDICE,COCCOLITH,LOWLW,CHLWARN,CHLFAIL,NAVWARN,MAXAERITER,ATMWARN,HISOLZEN,NAVFAIL,FILTER,HIGLINT
time_coverage_start: 1986-01-02T12:12:00.000Z
time_coverage_end: 1986-01-08T19:55:20.000Z
start_orbit_number: 36315
end_orbit_number: 36401
map_projection: Equidistant Cylindrical
latitude_units: degrees_north
longitude_units: degrees_east
northernmost_latitude: 90.0000000
southernmost_latitude: -90.0000000
westernmost_longitude: -180.000000
easternmost_longitude: 180.000000
geospatial_lat_max: 90.0000000
geospatial_lat_min: -90.0000000
geospatial_lon_max: 180.000000
geospatial_lon_min: -180.000000
grid_mapping_name: latitude_longitude
latitude_step: 0.0833333358
longitude_step: 0.0833333358
sw_point_latitude: -89.9583359
sw_point_longitude: -179.958328
geospatial_lon_resolution: 9.19999981
geospatial_lat_resolution: 9.19999981
geospatial_lat_units: km
geospatial_lon_units: km
spatialResolution: 9.20 km
data_bins: 307656
number_of_lines: 2160
number_of_columns: 4320
measure: Mean
data_minimum: 0.00100000005
data_maximum: 96.0196533
suggested_image_scaling_minimum: 0.00999999978
suggested_image_scaling_maximum: 20.0000000
suggested_image_scaling_type: LOG
suggested_image_scaling_applied: No
_lastModified: 2015-12-14T12:07:52.000Z
Conventions: CF-1.6
institution: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group
standard_name_vocabulary: NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention
Metadata_Conventions: Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0
naming_authority: gov.nasa.gsfc.sci.oceandata
id: C19860011986008.L3b_8D_CHL.nc/L3/C19860011986008.L3b_8D_CHL.nc
license: http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/earth-science-data/data-information-policy/
creator_name: NASA/GSFC/OBPG
publisher_name: NASA/GSFC/OBPG
creator_email: data@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov
publisher_email: data@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov
creator_url: http://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
publisher_url: http://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
processing_level: L3 Mapped
cdm_data_type: grid
identifier_product_doi_authority: http://dx.doi.org
identifier_product_doi: 10.5067/NIMBUS-7/CZCS_OC.2014.0
keywords: Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll; Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ocean Color
keywords_vocabulary: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords


Variables in this Dataset

chlor_a: Grid
long_name: Chlorophyll Concentration, OCI Algorithm
units: mg m^-3
standard_name: mass_concentration_chlorophyll_concentration_in_sea_water
_FillValue: -32767.0000
valid_min: 0.00100000005
valid_max: 100.000000
display_scale: log
display_min: 0.01000000000000000
display_max: 20.00000000000000
scale_factor: 1.00000000
add_offset: 0.00000000
reference: Hu, C., Lee Z., and Franz, B.A. (2012). Chlorophyll-a algorithms for oligotrophic oceans: A novel approach based on three-band reflectance difference, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C01011, doi:10.1029/2011JC007395.
chlor_a: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..2159][lon = 0..4319]
long_name: Chlorophyll Concentration, OCI Algorithm
units: mg m^-3
standard_name: mass_concentration_chlorophyll_concentration_in_sea_water
_FillValue: -32767.0000
valid_min: 0.00100000005
valid_max: 100.000000
display_scale: log
display_min: 0.01000000000000000
display_max: 20.00000000000000
scale_factor: 1.00000000
add_offset: 0.00000000
reference: Hu, C., Lee Z., and Franz, B.A. (2012). Chlorophyll-a algorithms for oligotrophic oceans: A novel approach based on three-band reflectance difference, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C01011, doi:10.1029/2011JC007395.
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..2159]
long_name: Latitude
units: degree_north
_FillValue: -32767.0000
valid_min: -90.0000000
valid_max: 90.0000000
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..4319]
long_name: Longitude
units: degree_east
_FillValue: -32767.0000
valid_min: -180.000000
valid_max: 180.000000
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..2159]
long_name: Latitude
units: degree_north
_FillValue: -32767.0000
valid_min: -90.0000000
valid_max: 90.0000000
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..4319]
long_name: Longitude
units: degree_east
_FillValue: -32767.0000
valid_min: -180.000000
valid_max: 180.000000
palette: Array of Bytes [rgb = 0..2][eightbitcolor = 0..255]