MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S039
NASA Ocean Biology DAAC (OB.DAAC) / OceanColor
Discover marine observations available through NASA Ocean Biology DAAC (OB.DAAC) / OceanColor, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.
- Operator
- NASA GSFC
- Role
- Satellite ocean color archive
- Platforms
- SeaWiFS; MODIS; VIIRS; PACE and related missions
- Observed variables
- Remote sensing reflectance; chlorophyll; pigments; inherent/apparent optical products; productivity and other ocean-color products
- Spatial coverage
- Global, cloud-limited
- Period
- Mission-dependent; SeaWiFS era onward plus current MODIS/VIIRS/PACE
- Depth coverage
- Surface/upper optical ocean; satellite retrieval, not water-column profile
- QC and data mode
- NASA processing/QC
- Access method
- Search via Earthdata/OB.DAAC, choose mission/product/time/area, download granules or use cloud access where offered
- Indexed download targets
- 3
Canonical parameters
- Chlorophyll-a concentration
chlorophyll_a - Diffuse attenuation coefficient
diffuse_attenuation - Remote-sensing reflectance (Rrs)
remote_sensing_reflectance
Discovery and access
Pair with SeaBASS/AERONET-OC for in-situ validation observations.