MODIS Instantaneous Photosynthetically Available Radiation
Overview
This algorithm returns instantaneous photosynthetically active radiation (iPAR) in Einstein m-2 s-1. The iPAR product represents the total PAR incident on the ocean surface at the time of the satellite observation (the PAR product, in contrast, provides a daily average). This is a companion product to the normalized fluorescence line height algorithm, the combination of which can be used to estimate fluroescence quantum yield (Behrenfeld et al. 2009).
Product Information
• Validated Stage: Provisional
•Algorithm Point of Contact: Bryan Franz, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• DOI:
Terra
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group; (2014): MODIS-Terra Ocean Color Data; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group. http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/MODIS_OC.2014.0
Accessed on 07/28/2015.
Aqua
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group; (2014): MODIS-Aqua Ocean Color Data; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group. http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/AQUA/MODIS_OC.2014.0
Accessed on 07/28/2015.
Product Details
All of the MODIS Instantaneous Photosynthetically Available Radiation Level 3 data can be found at http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/l3.
