Data Access Form

Dataset Title:	Diffuse Attenuation K490, Aqua MODIS, NPP, L3SMI, Global, 4km, Science Quality, 2003-present (Monthly Composite)
Institution:	NASA/GSFC OBPG (Dataset ID: erdMH1kd490mday)
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Files \| Make a graph

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Dimensions	Size	Spacing
time (Centered Time, UTC)	233	30 days 10h 20m 41s (uneven)

latitude (degrees_north)	4320	-0.04166667 (even)

longitude (degrees_east)	8640	0.04166667 (even)

Grid Variables (which always also download all of the dimension variables)

k490 (Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient K490, m-1)

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.0426752e+9, 1.6526592e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Centered Time";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float32 actual_range -89.97917, 89.97916;
    String axis "Y";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float32 valid_max 90.0;
    Float32 valid_min -90.0;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float32 actual_range -179.9792, 179.9792;
    String axis "X";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float32 valid_max 180.0;
    Float32 valid_min -180.0;
  }
  k490 {
    Float32 _FillValue NaN;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 0.5;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String colorBarPalette "WhiteRedBlack";
    String ioos_category "Optical Properties";
    String long_name "Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient K490";
    String units "m-1";
    Float32 valid_max 6.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.01;
  }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String _lastModified "2022-06-19T03:15:02.000Z";
    String _NCProperties "version=2,netcdf=4.7.3,hdf5=1.12.0,";
    String cdm_data_type "Grid";
    String Conventions "CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "data@oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov";
    String creator_name "NASA/GSFC/OBPG";
    String creator_type "group";
    String creator_url "https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov";
    String date_created "2022-06-19T03:15:02.000Z";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 179.9792;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 89.97916;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -89.97917;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_resolution 0.04166666589488307;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 179.9792;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -179.9792;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_resolution 0.041666674383609215;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"Files downloaded daily from https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODIS-Aqua/L3SMI to NOAA SWFSC ERD (erd.data@noaa.gov)
ERDDAP adds the time dimension.
Direct read of HDF4 file through CDM library
2024-10-30T15:35:11Z (local files)
2024-10-30T15:35:11Z https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMH1kd490mday.das";
    String identifier_product_doi "10.5067/AQUA/MODIS/L3M/KD490/2018";
    String identifier_product_doi_authority "https://dx.doi.org";
    String infoUrl "https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MH1_kd490_las.html";
    String institution "NASA/GSFC OBPG";
    String instrument "MODIS";
    String keywords "algorithm, attenuation, biology, center, chemistry, chlorophyll, coefficient, color, data, diffuse, diffuse_attenuation_coefficient_of_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_sea_water, downwelling, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ocean Color, flight, flux, goddard, group, gsfc, heat, heat flux, image, imaging, kd2, Kd_490, L3, level, level-3, mapped, moderate, modis, nasa, obpg, ocean, oceans, optics, processing, radiative, resolution, sea, seawater, smi, space, spectroradiometer, standard, time, water";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String l2_flag_names "ATMFAIL,LAND,HILT,HISATZEN,STRAYLIGHT,CLDICE,COCCOLITH,LOWLW,CHLWARN,CHLFAIL,NAVWARN,MAXAERITER,ATMWARN,HISOLZEN,NAVFAIL,FILTER,HIGLINT";
    String license 
"https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/earth-science-data/data-information-policy/
The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended
for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data
Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any
of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness, of this information.";
    String map_projection "Equidistant Cylindrical";
    String measure "Mean";
    String naming_authority "gov.noaa.pfeg.coastwatch";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 89.97916;
    String platform "Aqua";
    String processing_level "L3 Mapped";
    String processing_version "2018.1QL";
    String product_name "A20221212022151.L3m_MO_KD490_Kd_490_4km.nc";
    String project "Ocean Biology Processing Group (NASA/GSFC/OBPG)";
    String publisher_email "erd.data@noaa.gov";
    String publisher_name "NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD";
    String publisher_type "institution";
    String publisher_url "https://www.pfeg.noaa.gov";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -89.97917;
    String spatialResolution "4.64 km";
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v70";
    String summary "This dataset has monthly composites of Level 3, Standard Mapped Image, 4km, Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient at 490 nm Wavelength data from NASA's Aqua Spacecraft.  Measurements are gathered by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) carried aboard the spacecraft. This is Science Quality data.  This is the August 2015 version of this dataset.";
    String temporal_range "month";
    String testOutOfDate "now-90days";
    String time_coverage_end "2022-05-16T00:00:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2003-01-16T00:00:00Z";
    String title "Diffuse Attenuation K490, Aqua MODIS, NPP, L3SMI, Global, 4km, Science Quality, 2003-present (Monthly Composite)";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -179.9792;
  }
}

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griddap request URLs must be in the form
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For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/jplMURSST41.htmlTable?analysed_sst[(2002-06-01T09:00:00Z)][(-89.99):1000:(89.99)][(-179.99):1000:(180.0)]
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