Dataset Information

product_name: A20030602003090.L3m_MO_AT108_CHL_chlor_a_4km.nc
instrument: MODIS
title: MODIS Level-3 Standard Mapped Image
project: Ocean Biology Processing Group (NASA/GSFC/OBPG)
platform: Aqua
temporalResolution: other
processing_version: 2013.2NCDF
date_created: 2014122133058000
history: smigen par=A20030602003090.L3m_MO_AT108_CHL_chlor_a_4km.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: 2003-03-01T00:30:06Z
time_coverage_end: 2003-04-01T02:25:04Z
orbit_number: 4606
start_orbit_number: 4380
end_orbit_numer: 4833
map_projection: Equidistant Cylindrical
latitude_units: degrees North
longitude_units: degrees East
northernmost_latitude: 90.00000000
southernmost_latitude: -90.00000000
easternmost_longitude: -180.0000000
westernmost_longitude: 180.0000000
geospatial_lat_max: 90.00000000
geospatial_lat_min: -90.00000000
geospatial_lon_max: -180.0000000
geospatial_lon_min: 180.0000000
grid_mapping_name: latitude_longitude
latitude_step: 0.04166666791
longitude_step: 0.04166666791
sw_point_latitude: -89.97916412
sw_point_longitude: -179.9791718
geospatial_lon_resolution: 4
geospatial_lat_resolution: 4
geospatial_lat_units: km
spatialResolution: 4 km
data_bins: 14119177
number_of_lines: 4320
number_of_columns: 8640
measure: Mean
data_minimum: 0.0005729999975
data_maximum: 99.30265808
suggested_image_scaling_minimum: 0.009999999776
suggested_image_scaling_maximum: 20.00000000
suggested_image_scaling_type: LOG
suggested_image_scaling_applied: No
_lastModified: 2014122133058000
Conventions: CF-1.6
institution: NASA/GSFC OBPG
standard_name_vocabulary: NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convenention
Metadata_Conventions: Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0
naming_authority: gov.nasa.gsfc.sci.oceandata
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/AQUA/MODIS_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

geophysical_data_chlor_a: Array of 32 bit Reals [rows = 0..4319][columns = 0..8639]
long_name: Chlorophyll Concentration, OC3 Algorithm
units: mg m^-3
standard_name: mass_concentration_chlorophyll_concentration_in_sea_water
_FillValue: -32767.00000
valid_min: 0.001000000047
valid_max: 100.0000000
display_scale: log
display_min: 0.010000000000000000
display_max: 20.000000000000000
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
reference: O'Reilly, J.E., and 24 Coauthors, 2000: SeaWiFS Postlaunch Calibration and Validation Analyses, Part 3. NASA Tech. Memo. 2000-206892, Vol. 11, S.B. Hooker and E.R. Firestone, Eds., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 49 pp.\n http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/REPROCESSING/R2009/ocv6/
origname: chlor_a
fullnamepath: /geophysical_data/chlor_a
palette: Array of Strings [rgb = 0..2][eightbitcolor = 0..255]
origname: palette
fullnamepath: /palette
columns: Array of 32 bit Reals [columns = 0..8639]
units: degrees_east
eightbitcolor: Array of 32 bit Reals [eightbitcolor = 0..255]
rgb: Array of 32 bit Reals [rgb = 0..2]
rows: Array of 32 bit Reals [rows = 0..4319]
units: degrees_north