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    • VIIRSN, Suomi-NPP, Level-3 SMI, NASA, Global, 4km, PIC, R2018, 2012-present, 8-Day

    Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

    R2018 of Level-3 Standard Mapped Image (SMI), Global, 4km, Particulate Inorganic Carbon (PIC), 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 2017-12-12.)

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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) August 15, 2022 (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 November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) August 15, 2022 (creation)
    Responsible Party NASA/GSFC/OBPG (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid erdVH2018pic8day
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 179.9792
    Bbox North Lat 89.97916
    Bbox South Lat -89.97917
    Bbox West Long -179.9792
    Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id 3bd480f9-14eb-47da-a082-8423d791ea88
    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/pic/ 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
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-179.9792, -89.97917], [179.9792, -89.97917], [179.9792, 89.97916], [-179.9792, 89.97916], [-179.9792, -89.97917]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2012-01-05T00:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2022-07-24T00:00:00Z

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