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Dataset: 1-day
Catalog: Oceanwatch THREDDS Data Server
dataFormatNetCDF
authoritygov.noaa.pfeg.coastwatch
featureTypeGrid
idsatellite/VH/k490/1day
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ServiceTypeDescription
OPENDAP Data Access Access dataset through OPeNDAP using the DAP2 protocol.
WCS Data Access Supports access to geospatial data as 'coverages'.
WMS Data Access Supports access to georegistered map images from geoscience datasets.
NetcdfSubset Data Access A web service for subsetting CDM scientific grid datasets.
NCML Metadata Provide NCML representation of a dataset.
UDDC Metadata An evaluation of how well the metadata contained in the dataset conforms to the NetCDF Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (NACDD)
ISO Metadata Provide ISO 19115 metadata representation of a dataset's structure and metadata.

Viewers:

ViewerTypeDescription
Godiva3 Browser
default_viewer.ipynb Jupyter Notebook The TDS default viewer attempts to plot any Variable contained in the Dataset.
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Geospatial Coverage
Time Coverage

Description:

  • Summary: NASA distributes Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient at 490 nm Wavelength data from the NPP-Suomi spacecraft. Measurements are gathered by the VIIRS instrument carried aboard the spacecraft. This is evaluation data.
  • Rights: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, CoastWatch, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
  • Dataset Summary
  • ERD ERDDAP Server

Creators:

  • NASA GSFC OBPG
    • email:

Publishers:

Variables:

  • Vocabulary [ CF-1.0]:
    • VHk490 (m-1) = Diffuse Attenuation Coef. K490, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 4.4 km, Global, Evaluation Data =
    • latitude (degrees_north) = lat = latitude
    • longitude (degrees_east) = lon = longitude
    • time (days since 1970-01-01T12:00:00Z) = time = time

GeospatialCoverage:

  • Longitude: 0.02083333 to 359.9792 Resolution=0.04166667052552379 degrees_east
  • Latitude: -89.97916 to 89.97916 Resolution=0.0416666635795323 degrees_north

TimeCoverage:

  • Start: 2012-01-01 00:00:00Z
  • End: present
  • Duration: 13.300 years
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