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ERDDAP > wms > pmlEsaCCI42OceanColorDaily

Dataset Title:  ESA CCI Ocean Colour Product (CCI ALL-v4.2-DAILY), 0.04166666°, 1997-2019 Subscribe RSS
Institution:  Plymouth Marine Laboratory   (Dataset ID: pmlEsaCCI42OceanColorDaily)
Information:  Summary ? | License ? | FGDC | ISO 19115 | Metadata | Background (external link) | Data Access Form | Make a graph

This web page is using Leaflet (external link) to display maps which are created on-the-fly by ERDDAP's Web Map Server (WMS) version 1.3.0.
The control on the left of the map lets you zoom in (+) or out (-).
The control on the right manages the layers.
You can select different values for the data variable's dimension(s):
time: 
-2147483648-1000-100-1+1+100+1000+2147483647
 

The MODISA_nobs legend.

The VIIRS_nobs legend.

The MERIS_nobs legend.

The SeaWiFS_nobs legend.

The total_nobs legend.

The Rrs_412 legend.

The Rrs_443 legend.

The Rrs_490 legend.

The Rrs_510 legend.

The Rrs_555 legend.

The Rrs_670 legend.

The atot_412 legend.

The atot_443 legend.

The atot_490 legend.

The atot_510 legend.

The atot_555 legend.

The atot_670 legend.

The aph_412 legend.

The aph_443 legend.

The aph_490 legend.

The aph_510 legend.

The aph_555 legend.

The aph_670 legend.

The adg_412 legend.

The adg_443 legend.

The adg_490 legend.

The adg_510 legend.

The adg_555 legend.

The adg_670 legend.

The bbp_412 legend.

The bbp_443 legend.

The bbp_490 legend.

The bbp_510 legend.

The bbp_555 legend.

The bbp_670 legend.

The chlor_a legend.

The kd_490 legend.

The Rrs_412_rmsd legend.

The Rrs_443_rmsd legend.

The Rrs_490_rmsd legend.

The Rrs_510_rmsd legend.

The Rrs_555_rmsd legend.

The Rrs_670_rmsd legend.

The Rrs_412_bias legend.

The Rrs_443_bias legend.

The Rrs_490_bias legend.

The Rrs_510_bias legend.

The Rrs_555_bias legend.

The Rrs_670_bias legend.

The chlor_a_log10_rmsd legend.

The chlor_a_log10_bias legend.

The aph_412_rmsd legend.

The aph_443_rmsd legend.

The aph_490_rmsd legend.

The aph_510_rmsd legend.

The aph_555_rmsd legend.

The aph_670_rmsd legend.

The aph_412_bias legend.

The aph_443_bias legend.

The aph_490_bias legend.

The aph_510_bias legend.

The aph_555_bias legend.

The aph_670_bias legend.

The adg_412_rmsd legend.

The adg_443_rmsd legend.

The adg_490_rmsd legend.

The adg_510_rmsd legend.

The adg_555_rmsd legend.

The adg_670_rmsd legend.

The adg_412_bias legend.

The adg_443_bias legend.

The adg_490_bias legend.

The adg_510_bias legend.

The adg_555_bias legend.

The adg_670_bias legend.

The kd_490_rmsd legend.

The kd_490_bias legend.

What is WMS?

ERDDAP's Web Map Service (WMS) lets you request an image with data plotted on a map. WMS (external link) is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) (external link) and ISO (19128) (external link) standard for "the creation and display of registered and superimposed map-like views of information that come simultaneously from multiple remote and heterogeneous sources." See the list of datasets available via WMS at this ERDDAP installation.

Three Ways to Make Maps with WMS

  1. In theory, anyone can download, install, and use WMS client software.
    Some clients are: ArcGIS (external link) and uDig (external link). To make a client work, you would install the software on your computer. Then, you would enter the URL of the WMS service into the client. For example, in ArcGIS (not yet fully working because it doesn't handle time!), use
    "Arc Catalog : Add Service : Arc Catalog Servers Folder : GIS Servers : Add WMS Server". In ERDDAP, this dataset has its own WMS service, which is located at
    https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/wms/pmlEsaCCI42OceanColorDaily/request?
    (Some WMS client programs don't want the ? at the end of that URL.) See the list of datasets available via WMS at this ERDDAP installation.

    In practice, we haven't found any WMS clients that properly handle dimensions other than longitude and latitude (e.g., time), a feature which is specified by the WMS specification and which is utilized by most datasets in ERDDAP's WMS servers. You may find that using Make A Graph and selecting the .kml file type (an OGC standard) to load images into Google Earth (external link) provides a good (non-WMS) map client. See the list of datasets with Make A Graph at this ERDDAP installation.

  2. Web page authors can embed a WMS client in a web page.
    For the map above, ERDDAP is using Leaflet (external link), which is a very versatile WMS client. Leaflet doesn't automatically deal with dimensions other than longitude and latitude (e.g., time), so you will have to write JavaScript (or other scripting code) to do that. (Adventurous JavaScript programmers can look at the Souce Code for this web page.) Another commonly used JavaScript WMS client is OpenLayers (external link).
     
  3. A person with a browser or a computer program can generate special WMS URLs.
    For example, See the list of datasets available via WMS at this ERDDAP installation.
    For more information about generating WMS URLs, see ERDDAP's WMS Documentation .

    In practice, it is easier, more versatile, and more efficient to use this dataset's Make A Graph web page than to use WMS for this purpose. See the list of datasets with Make A Graph at this ERDDAP installation.


 
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