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IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - MODIS - 01 day - Picoplankton fraction (OC3 model and Brewin et al 2012 algorithm)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 28/09/2025

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The Aqua satellite platform carries a MODIS 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. An empirical relationship is then used to compute an estimate of the relative abundance of three phytoplankton size classes (micro, nano and picoplankton). The methods used to decompose chl_oc3 are described by Brewin et al in two papers in 2010 and 2012. The two methods, denoted Brewin2010at and Brewin2012in, used calibration data from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans respectively. Users should note that these are unvalidated experimental products and they should familiarise themselves with the underlying algorithms and methodologies described in the published literature before making use of them. The data are produced from the same data stream as the MODIS Chla_oci data set (https://catalogue-imos.aodn.org.au:443/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d7a14921-8f3f-4522-9a54-e7d1df969c8a). Data are provided as two files per day, one with the percentage of nanoplankton, and one for picoplankton. The percentage of microplankton is computed as the balance to 100%, that is %micro = 100 - %nano - %pico. Production of contemporary MODIS data ceased at 2024/12/26. Users requiring similar Ocean Colour Radiometry data beyond 2024 should consider the VIIRS instruments on the SNPP and NOAA20+ series of satellites, also provided by IMOS.

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Title IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - MODIS - 01 day - Picoplankton fraction (OC3 model and Brewin et al 2012 algorithm)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/30dbc181-4fdf-47fd-9c3f-42a8d2b073f6
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Edward.King@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/07/2002 - 26/12/2024
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - MODIS - 01 day - Picoplankton fraction (OC3 model and Brewin et al 2012 algorithm)". 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-modis-01-day-picoplankton-fraction-oc3-model-and-brewin-et-al-201