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    • Chlorophyll-a, Orbview-2 SeaWiFS, R2018.0, 0.1°, Global, 1997-2010 (8 Day Composite), Lon0360

    Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

    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 2018.0 Reprocessing (R2018.0). https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/reprocessing/r2018/seawifs/

    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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    Dates

    Metadata Date September 1, 2022
    Metadata Created Date July 16, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) January 31, 2018 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 1, 2022
    Metadata Created Date July 16, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) January 31, 2018 (creation)
    Responsible Party NASA/GSFC/OBPG (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid erdSW2018chla8day_Lon0360
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 180.0
    Bbox North Lat 89.95834
    Bbox South Lat -89.95834
    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 7ecc1f31-6285-41c0-b670-2f7ef72e333e
    Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
    Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
    Licence
    Lineage These R2018.0 data files were downloaded from https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/Mapped/8Day/9km/chlor_a to NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD by erd.data@noaa.gov on 2018-03-05.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -89.95834], [180.0, -89.95834], [180.0, 89.95834], [-180.0, 89.95834], [-180.0, -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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