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

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Algorithm Information

•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.

 

 

 

 

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