Dataset Information

Product_Name: S1999001.L3m_DAY_CHL_chlor_a_9km
Sensor_Name: SeaWiFS
Sensor: Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS)
Title: SeaWiFS Level-3 Standard Mapped Image
Data_Center: NASA/GSFC SeaWiFS Data Processing Center
Station_Name: Wallops Flight Facility
Station_Latitude: 37.92720032
Station_Longitude: -75.47530365
Mission: SeaStar SeaWiFS
Mission_Characteristics: Nominal orbit: inclination = 98.2 (Sun-synchronous); node = 12 noon local (descending); eccentricity = <0.002; altitude = 705 km; ground speed = 6.75 km/sec
Sensor_Characteristics: Number of bands = 8; number of active bands = 8; wavelengths per band (nm) = 412, 443, 490, 510, 555, 670, 765, 865; bits per pixel = 10; instantaneous field-of-view = 1.5835 mrad; pixels per scan = 1285; scan rate = 6/sec; sample rate = 7710/sec
Product_Type: D
Processing_Version: 2009.1
Software_Name: smigen
Software_Version: 4.13
Processing_Time: 2009315141640000
Input_Files: S1999001.L3b_DAY_CHL.main
Processing_Control: smigen par=S1999001.L3m_DAY_CHL_chlor_a_9km.param
Input_Parameters: IFILE = /data2/sdpsoper/vdc/vpu1/workbuf/S1999001.L3b_DAY_CHL.main|OFILE = S1999001.L3m_DAY_CHL_chlor_a_9km|PFILE = |PROD = chlor_a|PALFILE = DEFAULT|PROCESSING VERSION = 2009.1|MEAS = 1|STYPE = 0|DATAMIN = 0.000000|DATAMAX = 0.000000|LONWEST = -180.000000|LONEAST = 180.000000|LATSOUTH = -90.000000|LATNORTH = 90.000000|RESOLUTION = 9km|PROJECTION = RECT|GAP_FILL = 0|SEAM_LON = -180.000000|PRECISION=F
L2_Flag_Names: ATMFAIL,LAND,HILT,HISATZEN,STRAYLIGHT,CLDICE,COCCOLITH,LOWLW,CHLWARN,CHLFAIL,NAVWARN,MAXAERITER,ATMWARN,HISOLZEN,NAVFAIL,FILTER,HIGLINT
Period_Start_Year: 1999
Period_Start_Day: 1
Period_End_Year: 1999
Period_End_Day: 1
Start_Time: 1998365192337650
End_Time: 1999002050309958
Start_Year: 1998
Start_Day: 365
Start_Millisec: 69817650
End_Year: 1999
End_Day: 2
End_Millisec: 18189958
Start_Orbit: 7547
End_Orbit: 7567
Orbit: 7567
Map_Projection: Equidistant Cylindrical
Latitude_Units: degrees North
Longitude_Units: degrees East
Northernmost_Latitude: 90.00000000
Southernmost_Latitude: -90.00000000
Westernmost_Longitude: -180.0000000
Easternmost_Longitude: 180.0000000
Latitude_Step: 0.08333333582
Longitude_Step: 0.08333333582
SW_Point_Latitude: -89.95833588
SW_Point_Longitude: -179.9583282
Data_Bins: 408210
Number_of_Lines: 2160
Number_of_Columns: 4320
Parameter: Chlorophyll a concentration
Measure: Mean
Units: mg m^-3
Scaling: linear
Scaling_Equation: (Slope*l3m_data) + Intercept = Parameter value
Slope: 1.000000000
Intercept: 0.000000000
Data_Minimum: 0.002117000055
Data_Maximum: 78.65550995
Suggested_Image_Scaling_Minimum: 0.009999999776
Suggested_Image_Scaling_Maximum: 20.00000000
Suggested_Image_Scaling_Type: LOG
Suggested_Image_Scaling_Applied: No


Variables in this Dataset

l3m_data: Array of 32 bit Reals [Number_of_Lines = 0..2159][Number_of_Columns = 0..4319]
long_name: l3m_data
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
Fill: -32767.00000
Scaling: linear
Scaling_Equation: (Slope*l3m_data) + Intercept = Parameter value
Slope: 1.000000000
Intercept: 0.000000000
coordinates: Number_of_Lines Number_of_Columns
Number_of_Lines: Array of 32 bit Reals [Number_of_Lines = 0..2159]
long_name: latitude
units: degrees_north
Number_of_Columns: Array of 32 bit Reals [Number_of_Columns = 0..4319]
long_name: longitude
units: degrees_east