{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["026:00"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Earthdata Forum", "hasEmail": "mailto:earthdata-support@nasa.gov"}, "description": "The Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) is one of 10 sensors deployed in March of 2002 on board the polar-orbiting Envisat-1 environmental research satellite by the European Space Agency (ESA). The MERIS instrument is a moderate-resolution wide field-of-view push-broom imaging spectroradiometer capable of sensing in the 390 nm to 1040 nm spectral range. Being a programmable instrument, it had the unique capability of selectively adjusting the width and location of its 15 bands through ground command. The instrument has a 68.5-degree field of view and a swath width of 1150 meters, providing a global coverage every 3 days at 300 m resolution. Communication with the Envisat-1 satellite was lost suddenly on the 8th of April, 2012, just weeks after celebrating its 10th year in orbit. All attempts to re-establish contact were unsuccessful, and the end of the mission was declared on May 9th, 2012. The 4th reprocessing cycle, in 2020, has produced both the full-resolution and reduced-resolution L1 and L2 MERIS products. EN1_MDSI_MER_RR__2P is the short-name for the MERIS Level-2 reduced resolution, geophysical product for ocean, land, and atmosphere. This Level-2 product comes in a netCDF4 package that contains both instrument and science measurements, and a Manifest file that provides metadata information describing the product. Each Level-2 product contains 64 measurement files that break down thus: 13 files containing water-leaving reflectance, 13 files containing land surface reflectance and 13 files containing the TOA reflectance (for all bands except those dedicated to measuring atmospheric gas - M11 and M15), and several files containing additional measurements on ocean, land, and atmospheric parameters and annotation.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "conformsTo": "http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi", "description": "The metadata's original source.", "downloadURL": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2151227530-LAADS.iso19115", "format": "ISO", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/search?skipDetection=true&text=&category=Document%2520library&filter=Envisat%2CMERIS", "format": "BIN", "mediaType": "application/octet-stream"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/489/EN1_MDSI_MER_RR__2P/", "format": "BIN", "mediaType": "application/octet-stream"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/search/order/2/EN1_MDSI_MER_RR__2P--489", "format": "BIN", "mediaType": "application/octet-stream"}], "identifier": "10.5270/EN1-a1rc3jf", "keyword": ["earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-precipitable-water", "earth-science-landscape-land-surface-landscape-ecology", "earth-science-ocean-optics-oceans-ocean-color", "earth-science-surface-radiative-properties-land-surface-reflectance"], "license": "https://www.usa.gov/government-works", "modified": "2026-05-11", "programCode": ["026:000"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/HBSL/BISB/LAADS"}, "spatial": "[\"CARTESIAN\",[{\"NorthBoundingCoordinate\":90.0,\"WestBoundingCoordinate\":-180.0,\"EastBoundingCoordinate\":180.0,\"SouthBoundingCoordinate\":-90.0}]]", "temporal": "2002-04-29/2012-04-08", "theme": ["Earth Science"], "title": "Reduced Resolution Geophysical Product for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere"}