MODIS Inherent Optical Properties
Overview
The inherent optical properties (IOPS) of ocean waters include the total absorbtion and backscattering coefficients, as well as the separation of those properties into components of particle backscattering, absorption due to phytoplankton, and absorption due to disolved organic matter and detritus. The IOPS describe the fundamental optical properties of the ocean, from which a host of bio-optical and bio-geochemical properties can be derived.
Product Information
• Validated Stage: Stage 2
• Algorithm Point of Contact: Jeremy Werdell
• DOI:
Terra
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group. Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra Inherent Optical Properties Data; 2018 Reprocessing. NASA OB.DAAC, Greenbelt, MD, USA. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/MODIS/L3M/IOP/2018
Accessed on 02/14/2023
Aqua
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group. Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua Inherent Optical Properties Data; 2022 Reprocessing. NASA OB.DAAC, Greenbelt, MD, USA. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/AQUA/MODIS/L3M/IOP/2022
Accessed on 02/14/2023
Product Details
All of the MODIS Remote Sensing Reflectance Level 3 data can be found at http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/l3.
