Datasets › AL21
1. Ocean colour (single sensor)
OCTS / CZCS historical ocean colour
NASA OB.DAAC
Specification
- Code
AL21- Reliability
- C Caution
- Variables delivered
- Chlorophyll-a
- Resolution
9 km- Cadence
- Daily/monthly
- Coverage
- 1978 (CZCS) / 1996 (OCTS) → 1986 / 1997
- Cost
- FREE
- Login required
- Earthdata
- Latency
- Archive
- CSV direct?
- No
Applicability by site
LOW — predates your period
LOW
NOT APPLICABLE
Access
- Route
- OB.DAAC API
- Endpoint / asset ID
NASA/OCEANDATA/...- Pipeline step
- -
- Documentation
- https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/
No automated route. This source is fetched manually:
(not used).
What to watch for
VALIDATION STATUS
Historical, coarse calibration
KNOWN LIMITATION
Ends before your 2000 start. Of historical interest only.