Datasets › AL15
1. Ocean colour (hyperspectral)
PACE OCI — hyperspectral 380-900 nm at 5 nm
NASA
Specification
- Code
AL15- Reliability
- B Usable
- Variables delivered
- Phytoplankton FUNCTIONAL TYPES, phycocyanin, chlorophyll, full pigment suite
- Resolution
~1.2 km- Cadence
- 1-2 days
- Coverage
- 2024-04 → present
- Cost
- FREE
- Login required
- Earthdata login
- Latency
- ~1-2 days
- CSV direct?
- Via earthaccess → xarray → .to_csv()
- Sensor
- PACE OCI hyperspectral — 1200 m, 1.5 day revisit
Applicability by site
MEDIUM — best pigment discrimination available, but a very short record
LOW — 1.2 km
NOT APPLICABLE
Access
- Route
- OB.DAAC API · earthaccess
- Endpoint / asset ID
oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/pace/- Pipeline step
- 2 Download
- Documentation
- https://pace.oceansciences.org/
No automated route. This source is fetched manually:
(manual - earthaccess).
What to watch for
VALIDATION STATUS
New mission · calibration still maturing
KNOWN LIMITATION
Too short for a 2000-2026 time series. Use as a high-quality validation snapshot for the recent period, or for a methods paper.