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ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (Ocean_Colour_cci): Monthly climatology of global ocean colour data products, Version 4.2

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2020-06-28
Status: Superseded
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2020-07-01
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 12 Files | 13GB
This dataset has been superseded. See Latest Version here
Abstract

The ESA Ocean Colour CCI project has produced global level 3 binned multi-sensor time-series of satellite ocean-colour data with a particular focus for use in climate studies.

This dataset contains a monthly climatology of the generated ocean colour products.

Data products being produced include: phytoplankton chlorophyll-a concentration; remote-sensing reflectance at six wavelengths; total absorption and backscattering coefficients; phytoplankton absorption coefficient and absorption coefficients for dissolved and detrital material; and the diffuse attenuation coefficient for downwelling irradiance for light of wavelength 490nm. Information on uncertainties is also provided.

Citable as:  Sathyendranath, S.; Jackson, T.; Brockmann, C.; Brotas, V.; Calton, B.; Chuprin, A.; Clements, O.; Cipollini, P.; Danne, O.; Dingle, J.; Donlon, C.; Grant, M.; Groom, S.; Krasemann, H.; Lavender, S.; Mazeran, C.; Mélin, F.; Moore, T.S.; Müller, D.; Regner, P.; Steinmetz, F.; Steele, C.; Swinton, J.; Valente, A.; Zühlke, M.; Feldman, G.; Franz, B.; Frouin, R.; Werdell, J.; Platt, T. (2020): ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (Ocean_Colour_cci): Monthly climatology of global ocean colour data products, Version 4.2. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/37e8a29d208d4a87ae4dbe1d16b2c0ef
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ESA, CCI, Ocean Colour, Geographic

Details

Previous Info:

2021-05-19 This dataset forms part of the v4.2 ocean colour dataset collection that can be cited with doi: 10.5285/d62f7f801cb54c749d20e73… Show More 2021-05-19 This dataset forms part of the v4.2 ocean colour dataset collection that can be cited with doi: 10.5285/d62f7f801cb54c749d20e736d4a1039 Show Less

Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/esacci_oc_terms_and_conditions.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

These data were produced by the ESA Ocean Colour CCI project and provided to CEDA in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal project.
This dataset forms part of the v4.2 ocean colour dataset collection that can be cited with the following DOI: 10.5285/d62f7f801cb54c749d20e736d4a1039
Data Quality:
Data are as provided by the Ocean Colour CCI team. For details of validation see the linked Product User Guide and documentation on the Ocean Colour CCI website (https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/ocean-colour/)
File Format:
Data are in NetCDF format

Related Documents

 Lavender, S. et al, 'The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative',Ocean Challenge, Vol.21, No.1, 2015
 ESA CCI Ocean Colour project website
 Product User Guide
 Technical note for the version 4.1 update
 ESA Climate Change Initiative website

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

Derivation of Ocean Colour v4 data from the ESA Climate Change Initiative Ocean Colour project (Ocean_Colour_cci)
Abstract

The ocean colour CCI has calculated ocean colour Essential Climate Variable data, using input data from various satellite instruments, as part of the ESA Climate Change Initiative program.

The v4 dataset has been created by band-shifting and bias-correcting MERIS, MODIS and VIIRS data to
match SeaWiFS data, merging the datasets and computing per-pixel uncertainty estimates.

For more information see the Ocean Colour v4 Product User Guide.
Input Description

None
Output Description

None
Software Reference

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  • long_name: Bias of log10-transformed chlorophyll-a concentration in seawater.
  • var_id: chlor_a_log10_bias
  • names: Bias of log10-transformed chlorophyll-a concentration in seawater.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 412 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_412_bias
  • names: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 412 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 443 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_443_bias
  • names: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 443 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 490 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_490_bias
  • names: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 490 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 510 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_510_bias
  • names: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 510 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 555 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_555_bias
  • names: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 555 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 670 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_670_bias
  • names: Bias of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 670 nm.
  • units: milligram m-3
  • standard_name: mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water
  • var_id: chlor_a
  • long_name: Chlorophyll-a concentration in seawater (not log-transformed), generated by SeaDAS using a blended combination of OCI (OC4v6 + Hu's CI), OC3 and OC5, depending on water class memberships
  • names: mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water, Chlorophyll-a concentration in seawater (not log-transformed), generated by SeaDAS using a blended combination of OCI (OC4v6 + Hu's CI), OC3 and OC5, depending on water class memberships
  • long_name: Root-mean-square-difference of log10-transformed chlorophyll-a concentration in seawater.
  • var_id: chlor_a_log10_rmsd
  • names: Root-mean-square-difference of log10-transformed chlorophyll-a concentration in seawater.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 412 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_412_rmsd
  • names: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 412 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 443 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_443_rmsd
  • names: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 443 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 490 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_490_rmsd
  • names: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 490 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 510 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_510_rmsd
  • names: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 510 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 555 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_555_rmsd
  • names: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 555 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 670 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_670_rmsd
  • names: Root-mean-square-difference of sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 670 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • long_name: Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 412 nm.
  • standard_name: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air
  • var_id: Rrs_412
  • names: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air, Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 412 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • standard_name: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air
  • long_name: Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 443 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_443
  • names: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air, Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 443 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • standard_name: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air
  • long_name: Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 490 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_490
  • names: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air, Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 490 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • standard_name: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air
  • long_name: Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 510 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_510
  • names: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air, Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 510 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • standard_name: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air
  • long_name: Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 555 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_555
  • names: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air, Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 555 nm.
  • units: sr-1
  • standard_name: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air
  • long_name: Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 670 nm.
  • var_id: Rrs_670
  • names: surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air, Sea surface reflectance defined as the ratio of water-leaving radiance to surface irradiance at 670 nm.
  • var_id: crs

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: latitude
  • var_id: lat
  • names: latitude
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: longitude
  • var_id: lon
  • names: longitude
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • names: time
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1997-09-03T00:00:00
End time:
2019-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
  
-180.0000°
  
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
  
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