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    • Chlorophyll-a, Orbview-2 SeaWiFS, R2014.0, 0.1°, Global, 1997-2010 (8 Day Composite) DEPRECATED

    Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

    THIS VERSION IS DEPRECATED. SEE THE NEW R2018.0 VERSION IN erdSW2018chla8day. (Feb 2018)

    NASA GSFC Ocean Color Web distributes science-quality chlorophyll-a concentration data from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on the Orbview-2 satellite. This version is the 2014.0 Reprocessing (R2014.0).

    The SeaWiFS instrument was launched by Orbital Sciences Corporation on the OrbView-2 (a.k.a. SeaStar) satellite in August 1997, and collected data from September 1997 until the end of mission in December 2010. SeaWiFS had 8 spectral bands from 412 to 865 nm. It collected global data at 4 km resolution, and local data (limited onboard storage and direct broadcast) at 1 km. The mission and sensor were optimized for ocean color measurements, with a local noon (descending) equator crossing time orbit, fore-and-aft tilt capability, full dynamic range, and low polarization sensitivity.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date September 3, 2022
    Metadata Created Date December 19, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) October 1, 2015 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 3, 2022
    Metadata Created Date December 19, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) October 1, 2015 (creation)
    Responsible Party NASA/GSFC/OBPG (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid erdSW1chla8day
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 179.9584
    Bbox North Lat 89.95834
    Bbox South Lat -89.95834
    Bbox West Long -179.9583
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    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id 0a9c690e-5ef8-47e3-bc9f-4053853e7aa2
    Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
    Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
    Licence
    Lineage smigen par=S20091932009200.L3m_8D_CHL_chlor_a_9km.nc.param
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.9583, -89.95834], [179.9584, -89.95834], [179.9584, 89.95834], [-179.9583, 89.95834], [-179.9583, -89.95834]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1997-09-02T00:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2010-12-15T00:00:00Z

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