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The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL _lastModified String 2022-07-28T06:14:11.000Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL _NCProperties String version=2,netcdf=4.7.3,hdf5=1.12.0,
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Grid
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String data at oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String NASA/GSFC/OBPG
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_type String group
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_url String https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_created String 2022-07-28T06:14:11.000Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double 359.9792
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 89.97916
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double -89.97917
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_resolution double 0.04166666589488307
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double 359.9792
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double 0.0208387
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_resolution double 0.041666669903924064
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL history String Datafiles are downloaded ASAP from https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODIS-Aqua/L3SMI to NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD.
NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD (erd.data@noaa.gov) uses ERDDAP to add the time variable and slightly modify the metadata.
Direct read of HDF4 file through CDM library.
attribute NC_GLOBAL identifier_product_doi String 10.5067/AQUA/MODIS/L3M/PIC/2018
attribute NC_GLOBAL identifier_product_doi_authority String https://dx.doi.org (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MPIC_las.html
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String NASA/GSFC OBPG
attribute NC_GLOBAL instrument String MODIS
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String balch, biology, calcite, carbon, center, chemistry, chlorophyll, color, concentration, data, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ocean Color, ecology, flight, goddard, gordon, group, gsfc, image, imaging, inorganic, L3, laboratory, level, level-3, mapped, moderate, modis, mole, mole_concentration_of_particulate_inorganic_carbon_in_sea_water, nasa, ocean, ocean color, oceans, optics, particulate, pic, processing, resolution, sea, seawater, smi, space, spectroradiometer, standard, time, water
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords_vocabulary String GCMD Science Keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL l2_flag_names String ATMFAIL,LAND,HISATZEN,STRAYLIGHT,CLDICE,LOWLW,NAVWARN,ATMWARN,HISOLZEN,NAVFAIL,FILTER,HIGLINT
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/earth-science-data/data-information-policy/
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of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or
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completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute NC_GLOBAL map_projection String Equidistant Cylindrical
attribute NC_GLOBAL measure String Mean
attribute NC_GLOBAL naming_authority String gov.noaa.pfeg.coastwatch
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 89.97916
attribute NC_GLOBAL platform String Aqua
attribute NC_GLOBAL processing_level String L3 Mapped
attribute NC_GLOBAL processing_version String 2018.1QLP
attribute NC_GLOBAL project String Ocean Biology Processing Group (NASA/GSFC/OBPG)
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_email String erd.data at noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_name String NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_url String https://www.pfeg.noaa.gov (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double -89.97917
attribute NC_GLOBAL spatialResolution String 4.64 km
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String MODIS Aqua, Level-3 Standard Mapped Image (SMI), Global, 4km, Particulate Inorganic Carbon (PIC) (1 Day Composite)
attribute NC_GLOBAL temporal_range String day
attribute NC_GLOBAL testOutOfDate String now-4days
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2022-07-27T12:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 2003-01-01T12:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String MODIS Aqua, Level-3 SMI, Global, 4km, Particulate Inorganic Carbon, 2003-present (1 Day Composite), Lon0360
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double 0.0208387
dimension time   double nValues=7118, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=1 day 0h 6m 4s
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 1.0414224E9, 1.6589232E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String Centered Time
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
dimension latitude   float nValues=4320, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=-0.04166666589488307
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude _FillValue float NaN
attribute latitude actual_range float -89.97917, 89.97916
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
attribute latitude valid_max float 90.0
attribute latitude valid_min float -90.0
dimension longitude   float nValues=8640, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.041666669903924064
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude _FillValue float NaN
attribute longitude actual_range float 0.0208387, 359.9792
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
variable pic   float time, latitude, longitude
attribute pic _FillValue float NaN
attribute pic colorBarMaximum double 0.05
attribute pic colorBarMinimum double 1.0E-5
attribute pic colorBarScale String Log
attribute pic ioos_category String Ocean Color
attribute pic long_name String Calcite Concentration, Balch and Gordon
attribute pic references String Balch, W.M., Gordon, H.R., Bowler, B.C., Drapeau, D.T., and Booth, E.S. (2005), Calcium carbonate measurements in the surface global ocean based on Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C07001, doi:10.1029/2004JC002560; Gordon, H.R. Boynton, G.C., Balch, W.M., Groom, S.B., Harbour, D.S., Smyth, T.J., Retrieval of Coccolithophore Calcite Concentration from SeaWiFS Imagery, GRL, 28, 8, 1587-1590.
attribute pic units String mol m-3
attribute pic valid_max float 0.125
attribute pic valid_min float 0.0

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