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    • VIIRSN, Suomi-NPP, Level-3 SMI, Global, 4km, PAR, 2012-2016, Monthly, DEPRECATED, Lon0360

    Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

    DEPRECATED 2016-04-01 - SEE THE NEW erdVH2018 VERSION. Level-3 Standard Mapped Image (SMI), Global, 4km, Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR), Monthly composite data from the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). VIIRS is a multi-disciplinary instrument that flies on the Suomi-NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite. Suomi-NPP is the initial spacecraft in the JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite Systems) series of spacecraft. JPSS is our Nation's next generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between NOAA and its acquisition agent NASA. VIIRS is the successor to MODIS for Earth science data product generation. (This version of the VH data was first released in December 2014.)

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    Dates

    Metadata Date September 3, 2022
    Metadata Created Date July 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) February 17, 2016 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 3, 2022
    Metadata Created Date July 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) February 17, 2016 (creation)
    Responsible Party NASA/GSFC/OBPG (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid erdVH2parmday_Lon0360
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 180.0
    Bbox North Lat 89.97916
    Bbox South Lat -89.97918
    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 dfaee818-2b7a-490d-b650-6576102392bd
    Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
    Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
    Licence
    Lineage Datafiles are downloaded ASAP from https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/VIIRS-SNPP/Mapped/Monthly/4km/PAR/ to NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD. NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD (erd.data@noaa.gov) uses NCML to add the time variable and slightly modify the metadata. Direct read of HDF4 file through CDM library.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -89.97918], [180.0, -89.97918], [180.0, 89.97916], [-180.0, 89.97916], [-180.0, -89.97918]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2012-01-15T00:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2016-02-15T00:00:00Z

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