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VIIRSN, Suomi-NPP, Level-3 SMI, NASA, Global, 4km, PAR, v2016, 2012-2017, 8-Day, DEPRECATED

Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

THIS VERSION WAS DISCONTINUED on 2017-12-01. SEE THE NEW erdVH2018 DATASETS. Level-3 Standard Mapped Image (SMI), Global, 4km, Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR), 8-Day composite data from the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), as processed by NASA GSFC Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). 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 on 2016-04-01.)

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Dates

Metadata Date August 31, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
Reference Date(s) November 30, 2017 (creation)
Frequency Of Update

Metadata Source

Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date August 31, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
Reference Date(s) November 30, 2017 (creation)
Responsible Party NASA/GSFC/OBPG (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid erdVH3par8day
Access Constraints
Bbox East Long 179.9792
Bbox North Lat 89.97916
Bbox South Lat -89.97918
Bbox West Long -179.9792
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Frequency Of Update
Harvest Object Id 5efecf22-2b88-4c1c-9da0-ae3a6fb5b606
Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
Licence
Lineage SNPP data files are downloaded ASAP from https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/VIIRS-SNPP/Mapped/8-Day/4km/par/ to NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD (erd.data@noaa.gov). NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD (erd.data@noaa.gov) uses ERDDAP to add the time variable and slightly modify the metadata. Direct read of HDF4 file through CDM library.
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
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Progress
Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2012-01-05T00:00:00Z
Temporal Extent End 2017-11-13T00:00:00Z

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