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GlobColour
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Name

GlobColour

Title
Global Ocean Colour for Carbon Cycle Research

Theme
Water

Geographical Scale
Global

Countries of Interest
All
Product Description

Product Description
The following ocean colour data products are generated by the GlobColour project and available to the end-users:
  • Chlorophyll-a (CHL1)
  • Total Suspended Matter (TSM)
  • Coloured dissolved and detrital organic materials (CDM)
  • Particulate back-scattering coefficient (bbp)
  • Diffuse attenuation coefficient (Kd(490))
  • Fully normalised water leaving radiances at 412, 443, 490, 510, 531, 550-565, 620, 665-670, 681 and 709 nm (Lxxx)
  • Relative excess of radiance at 555 nm (EL555)
  • Aerosol optical thickness over water (T865)
  • Cloud Fraction (CF)
A detailed Product User Guide is available here.


Product Sensors
Envisat/MERIS, Orbview-2/SeaWiFS and Aqua/MODIS

Product Period
10 years, 1997 to 2006

Product Frequency
Daily 8-daily, monthly