IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - NOAA20 - 01 day - Chlorophyll-a concentration (OC3 model)

Created 24/06/2025

Updated 24/06/2025

The NOAA20 satellite platform carries a VIIRS sensor that observes sunlight reflected from within the ocean surface layer at multiple wavelengths. These multi-spectral measurements are used to infer the concentration of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), most typically due to phytoplankton, present in the water. There are multiple retrieval algorithms for estimating Chl-a. These data use the OC3 method recommended by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group and implemented in the SeaDAS processing software l2gen. The OC3 algorithm is described at http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/cms/atbd/chlor_a (and links therein).

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Title IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - NOAA20 - 01 day - Chlorophyll-a concentration (OC3 model)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2f8eb86d-3209-4c0c-92af-4a0d692f7e3b
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Edward.King@csiro.au
Reference Period 21/05/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - NOAA20 - 01 day - Chlorophyll-a concentration (OC3 model)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/imos-satellite-remote-sensing-noaa20-01-day-chlorophyll-a-concentration-oc3-model