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          </ns2:distributorContact>
          <ns2:distributorFormat>
            <ns2:MD_Format>
              <ns2:name>
                <ns3:CharacterString>OPeNDAP</ns3:CharacterString>
              </ns2:name>
              <ns2:version>
                <ns3:CharacterString>DAP/2.0</ns3:CharacterString>
              </ns2:version>
            </ns2:MD_Format>
          </ns2:distributorFormat>
          <ns2:distributorTransferOptions>
            <ns2:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
              <ns2:onLine>
                <ns2:CI_OnlineResource>
                  <ns2:linkage>
                    <ns2:URL>https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdVH2018k4901day_Lon0360.html</ns2:URL>
                  </ns2:linkage>
                  <ns2:protocol>
                    <ns3:CharacterString>order</ns3:CharacterString>
                  </ns2:protocol>
                  <ns2:name>
                    <ns3:CharacterString>Data Subset Form</ns3:CharacterString>
                  </ns2:name>
                  <ns2:description>
                    <ns3:CharacterString>ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types.</ns3:CharacterString>
                  </ns2:description>
                  <ns2:function>
                    <ns2:CI_OnLineFunctionCode codeList="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_OnLineFunctionCode" codeListValue="download">download</ns2:CI_OnLineFunctionCode>
                  </ns2:function>
                </ns2:CI_OnlineResource>
              </ns2:onLine>
            </ns2:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
          </ns2:distributorTransferOptions>
          <ns2:distributorTransferOptions>
            <ns2:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
              <ns2:onLine>
                <ns2:CI_OnlineResource>
                  <ns2:linkage>
                    <ns2:URL>https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdVH2018k4901day_Lon0360.graph</ns2:URL>
                  </ns2:linkage>
                  <ns2:protocol>
                    <ns3:CharacterString>order</ns3:CharacterString>
                  </ns2:protocol>
                  <ns2:name>
                    <ns3:CharacterString>Make-A-Graph Form</ns3:CharacterString>
                  </ns2:name>
                  <ns2:description>
                    <ns3:CharacterString>ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data.</ns3:CharacterString>
                  </ns2:description>
                  <ns2:function>
                    <ns2:CI_OnLineFunctionCode codeList="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_OnLineFunctionCode" codeListValue="mapDigital">mapDigital</ns2:CI_OnLineFunctionCode>
                  </ns2:function>
                </ns2:CI_OnlineResource>
              </ns2:onLine>
            </ns2:MD_DigitalTransferOptions>
          </ns2:distributorTransferOptions>
        </ns2:MD_Distributor>
      </ns2:distributor>
    </ns2:MD_Distribution>
  </ns2:distributionInfo>
  <ns2:dataQualityInfo>
    <ns2:DQ_DataQuality>
      <ns2:scope>
        <ns2:DQ_Scope>
          <ns2:level>
            <ns2:MD_ScopeCode codeList="https://data.noaa.gov/resources/iso19139/schema/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#gmd:MD_ScopeCode" codeListValue="dataset">dataset</ns2:MD_ScopeCode>
          </ns2:level>
        </ns2:DQ_Scope>
      </ns2:scope>
      <ns2:lineage>
        <ns2:LI_Lineage>
          <ns2:statement>
            <ns3:CharacterString>SNPP data files are downloaded ASAP from https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/VIIRS-SNPP/Mapped/Daily/4km/Kd_490/ 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.</ns3:CharacterString>
          </ns2:statement>
        </ns2:LI_Lineage>
      </ns2:lineage>
    </ns2:DQ_DataQuality>
  </ns2:dataQualityInfo>
  <ns2:metadataMaintenance>
    <ns2:MD_MaintenanceInformation>
      <ns2:maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency ns3:nilReason="unknown" />
      <ns2:maintenanceNote>
        <ns3:CharacterString>This record was created from dataset metadata by ERDDAP Version 2.19</ns3:CharacterString>
      </ns2:maintenanceNote>
    </ns2:MD_MaintenanceInformation>
  </ns2:metadataMaintenance>
</ns0:MI_Metadata>