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Chlorophyll a, North Pacific, NOAA VIIRS, 750m resolution, 2015-present (3 Day Composite)

Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

NOAA CoastWatch distributes L3 level chlorophyll a concentration data derived from measurements take by the VIIRS sensor (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) aboard the Suomi-NPP satellite. Chlorophyll values were calculated using NOAA-MSL12 NRT processing with LAND+CLDICE+HIGLINT+HISATZEN+HISOLZEN masking.

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Dates

Metadata Date September 3, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
Reference Date(s) September 3, 2022 (creation)
Frequency Of Update

Metadata Source

Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date September 3, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
Reference Date(s) September 3, 2022 (creation)
Responsible Party NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid erdVHNchla3day
Access Constraints
Bbox East Long -110.00625
Bbox North Lat 89.77125
Bbox South Lat -0.10875
Bbox West Long -180.0
Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
Frequency Of Update
Harvest Object Id 2f5dc912-876a-4078-8dd8-528124e6c884
Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
Licence
Lineage 3-day composites in a geographic projection created from daily composites by erd.data@noaa.gov from daily merge files obtained from NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research at https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/chloraNPPVIIRSSectorDaily. Data were processed via the processViirsChl script in the dalesLibViirsChl.py library by erd.data@noaa.gov at NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD.
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -0.10875], [-110.00625, -0.10875], [-110.00625, 89.77125], [-180.0, 89.77125], [-180.0, -0.10875]]]}
Progress
Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2015-02-24T00:00:00Z
Temporal Extent End 2022-08-29T12:00:00Z

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