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MOD 21 - Chlorophyll_a Pigment Concentration
Description:
This is a Level 2 and 3 product which contains ocean
chlorophyll a pigment concentration for Case 1 and
Case 2 waters at 1-km resolution. It is produced daily
at Level 2 and daily, 8-day weekly, monthly, and
yearly at Level 3. Absorption parameters generated
by the chlorophyll algorithm are also provided as the
intermediate product MOD 36, Absorption Coefficients,
which includes absorption due to water, phytoplankton,
detritus, and gelbstoff, and gelbstoff absorption
only. Valid data exist only for ocean
cloud-free pixels and the weekly composite will be
an average of cloud-free acquisitions for each ocean
pixel.
Information:
Affiliated Team Member: K. Carder Affiliated Discipline: Ocean DAAC Description: LAADS Non-Technical Description: No EOS Data Description (PDF): Yes Product Quality History: Yes
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