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Annual average chlorophyll-a concentration for the U.S. East Coast from the VIIRS instrument aboard the S-NPP satellite, 2012-present, is produced using the blue-green reflectance ratio empirical approach of O'Reilly et al. (1998), adjusting the algorithm for the VIIRS spectral bands. Specifically, the algorithm is a 3-band algorithm (OC3V) whose inputs are the water-leaving radiance at wavelengths of 443, 486, and 551 nm (NOAA VIIRS ATBD, 2017). Atmospheric correction uses the near-infrared (NIR) approach of Jiang and Wang (2014), referred to as the BMW atmospheric correction. The individual overpasses are composited into daily mean grids (~840m), then the daily mean grids are averaged into annual gridded chlorophyll-a. More info: https://eastcoast.coastwatch.noaa.gov/cw_viirs_chl.php
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| Title | Chlorophyll, NOAA S-NPP VIIRS, Science Quality, U.S. East Coast 750m, Level 3, 2012-present, Annual |
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| Description | Annual average chlorophyll-a concentration for the U.S. East Coast from the VIIRS instrument aboard the S-NPP satellite, 2012-present, is produced using the blue-green reflectance ratio empirical approach of O'Reilly et al. (1998), adjusting the algorithm for the VIIRS spectral bands. Specifically, the algorithm is a 3-band algorithm (OC3V) whose inputs are the water-leaving radiance at wavelengths of 443, 486, and 551 nm (NOAA VIIRS ATBD, 2017). Atmospheric correction uses the near-infrared (NIR) approach of Jiang and Wang (2014), referred to as the BMW atmospheric correction. The individual overpasses are composited into daily mean grids (~840m), then the daily mean grids are averaged into annual gridded chlorophyll-a. More info: https://eastcoast.coastwatch.noaa.gov/cw_viirs_chl.php |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T16:15:25.367Z |
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| Keywords | chemistry , chl-a , chla , chlor , chlor-a , chlorophyll , chlorophyll-a , color , concentration , data , image , imager , imager/radiometer , L3 , level 3 , level-3 , mapped , ocean , ocean color , oceans , optical , polar-orbiting , radiance , radiometer , remote sensing , s-npp , satellite , sea , seasonal , seawater , snpp , VIIRS , viirs , visible , water , water quality , Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ocean Color , Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll , NOAA NESDIS CoastWatch East Coast Node , time , altitude , latitude , longitude , mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water , geoscientificInformation |
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