77e31de1-9c4f-4331-b7b0-a2ca0b305d9e Copernicus Marine Service product specification CMEMS servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu http://marine.copernicus.eu/ 2026-04-03T13:42:45.048916Z ISO 19139, MyOcean profile 0.2 2 1 1 false WGS 84 / Plate Carree (EPSG:32662) EPSG North Atlantic Ocean Colour Plankton, Reflectance, Transparency and Optics L3 NRT daily observations OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111 2013-03-13 2.1 2026-03-31 77e31de1-9c4f-4331-b7b0-a2ca0b305d9e '''Short description: ''' For the '''Atlantic''' Ocean '''Satellite Observations''', ACRI-ST company (Sophia Antipolis, France) is providing '''Bio-Geo-Chemical (BGC)''' products based on the '''Copernicus-GlobColour''' processor. * Upstreams: SeaWiFS, MODIS, MERIS, VIIRS-SNPP & JPSS1, OLCI-S3A & S3B for the '''multi''' products, and S3A & S3B only for the '''olci''' products. * Variables: Chlorophyll-a ('''CHL'''), Gradient of Chlorophyll-a ('''CHL_gradient'''), Phytoplankton Functional types and sizes ('''PFT'''), Suspended Matter ('''SPM'''), Secchi Transparency Depth ('''ZSD'''), Diffuse Attenuation ('''KD490'''), Particulate Backscattering ('''BBP'''), Absorption Coef. ('''CDM''') and Reflectance ('''RRS'''). * Temporal resolutions: '''daily'''. * Spatial resolutions: '''1 km''' and a finer resolution based on olci '''300 meters''' inputs. * Recent products are organized in datasets called Near Real Time ('''NRT''') and long time-series (from 1997) in datasets called Multi-Years ('''MY'''). To find the '''Copernicus-GlobColour''' products in the catalogue, use the search keyword '''GlobColour'''. '''DOI (product) :''' https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00284 E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information OC-ACRI-NICE-FR / 22:00 https://documentation.marine.copernicus.eu/IMG/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111.jpg OCEANCOLOUR_MED_OPTICS_L3_NRT_OBSERVATIONS_009_038 Oceanographic geographical features GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2009-09-22 satellite-observation Discipline 2025-12-09 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.discipline.myocean.discipline volume_backwards_scattering_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_sea_water_due_to_particles rrs490 chl mass_concentration_of_suspended_particulate_matter_in_sea_water kd490 rrs709 rrs674 rrs400 mass_concentration_of_haptophytes_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water rrs443 mass_concentration_of_greenalgae_and_prochlorophytes_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water magnitude_of_horizontal_gradient_of_mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water rrs681 mass_concentration_of_prochlorococcus_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water mass_concentration_of_nanophytoplankton_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water mass_concentration_of_prokaryotes_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water bbp secchi_depth_of_sea_water rr560 rrs620 spm mass_concentration_of_diatoms_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water volume_absorption_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_sea_water_due_to_dissolved_organic_matter_and_non_algal_particles rrs510 mass_concentration_of_dinophytes_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water pft volume_attenuation_coefficient_of_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_sea_water mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water rrs665 rrs412 mass_concentration_of_microphytoplankton_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water mass_concentration_of_picophytoplankton_expressed_as_chlorophyll_in_sea_water rrs670 zsd cdm surface_ratio_of_upwelling_radiance_emerging_from_sea_water_to_downwelling_radiative_flux_in_air rr555 Climate and Forecast Standard Names 2017-04-04 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.parameter.myocean.ocean-variables near-real-time Temporal scale 2025-12-09 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.temporal-scale.myocean.temporal-scale weather-climate-and-seasonal-forecasting marine-resources marine-safety coastal-marine-environment Area of benefit 2025-12-09 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.area-of-benefit.myocean.area-of-benefit global-ocean Reference Geographical Areas 2025-12-09 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.reference-geographical-area.myocean.reference-geographical-area Level 3 Processing level 2025-12-09 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.processing-level.myocean.processing-level Not Applicable Model assimilation 2016-02-03 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.myocean.model-assimilation See Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service Data commitments and licence at: http://marine.copernicus.eu/web/27-service-commitments-and-licence.php No limitations on public access 50371139-21a6-42e9-b9d2-7d96fab6b923 11b2eeb0-a631-4c95-8a94-d92361ea19c7 c62c1a3f-09b4-4914-a065-f994ea19fc08 Gohin, F., Druon, J.N. and Lampert, L.: A five channel chlorophyll concentration algorithm applied to SeaWiFS data processed by SeaDAS in coastal waters. International journal of remote sensing, 23(8), 1639-1661, https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160110071879, 2002. 2019-05-08 Hu, C., Lee, Z. and Franz, B.: Chlorophyll-a algorithms for oligotrophic oceans: A novel approach based on three‐band reflectance difference. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 117(C1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2011jc007395, 2012 2019-05-08 Gons, Herman J.; Rijkeboer, Machteld; Ruddick, Kevin G.; Effect of a waveband shift on chlorophyll retrieval from MERIS imagery of inland and coastal waters, Journal of Plankton Research, 2005, 10.1093/plankt/fbh151 2019-05-08 Druon, JN., Hélaouët, P., Beaugrand, G. et al. Satellite-based indicator of zooplankton distribution for global monitoring. Sci Rep 9, 4732 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41212-2. 2019-05-08 Xi H., Losa N. S., Mangin A, Garnesson P., Bretagnon M., Demaria J, Soppa A. M., Hembise Fanton d'Andon O., Bracher A.(2021) Global chlorophyll a concentrations of phytoplankton functional types with detailed uncertainty assessment using multi‐sensor ocean color and sea surface temperature satellite products, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 126(5), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017127 *Sieburth, J. M., 2019-05-08 Smetacek, V., & Lenz, J. (1978). Pelagic ecosystem structure: Heterotrophic compartments of the plankton and their relationship to plankton size fractions 1. Limnology and oceanography, 23(6), 1256-1263. 2019-05-08 Gohin, F.: Annual cycles of chlorophyll-a, non-algal suspended particulate matter, and turbidity observed from space and in situ in coastal waters, Ocean Sci., 7, 705-732, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-705-2011, 2011. 2019-05-08 Doron, M., Babin, M., Mangin, A. and O. Fanton d'Andon. Estimation of light penetration, and horizontal and vertical visibility in oceanic and coastal waters from surface reflectance. Journal of Geophysical Research, volume 112, C06003, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JC004007, 2006 2019-05-08 Loisel, H., Stramski, D., Dessailly, D., J amet, C., Li, L., & Reynolds, R. A. (2018). An inverse model for estimating the optical absorption and backscattering coefficients of seawater from remote-sensing reflectance over a broad range of oceanic and coastal marine environments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 2141–2171, https://doi.org/10.1002/ 2017JC01363 2019-05-08 Bonelli, A. G., et al. (2021). Colored dissolved organic matter absorption at global scale from ocean color radiometry observation: Spatio-temporal variability and contribution to the absorption budget. Remote Sensing of Environment, 265, 112637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112637 2019-05-08 eng oceans bounding box -46.00 13.00 20.00 66.00 daily-mean 2023-04-10 0 0 display priority: 11101 observation vertical level number: 1 temporal resolution: daily mean false Grid NetCDF-4 http://stac.marine.copernicus.eu/metadata/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-olci-300m_P1D_202303/dataset.stac.json WWW:STAC cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-olci-300m_P1D For accessing native data and Analysis-ready Cloud-optimized data services, consult this STAC metadata endpoint https://wmts.marine.copernicus.eu/teroWmts/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-olci-300m_P1D_202303 OGC:WMTS cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-olci-300m_P1D http://stac.marine.copernicus.eu/metadata/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-optics_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D_202311/dataset.stac.json WWW:STAC cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-optics_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D For accessing native data and Analysis-ready Cloud-optimized data services, consult this STAC metadata endpoint https://wmts.marine.copernicus.eu/teroWmts/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-optics_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D_202311 OGC:WMTS cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-optics_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D http://stac.marine.copernicus.eu/metadata/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-reflectance_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D_202311/dataset.stac.json WWW:STAC cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-reflectance_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D For accessing native data and Analysis-ready Cloud-optimized data services, consult this STAC metadata endpoint https://wmts.marine.copernicus.eu/teroWmts/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-reflectance_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D_202311 OGC:WMTS cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-reflectance_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D http://stac.marine.copernicus.eu/metadata/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-transp_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D_202311/dataset.stac.json WWW:STAC cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-transp_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D For accessing native data and Analysis-ready Cloud-optimized data services, consult this STAC metadata endpoint https://wmts.marine.copernicus.eu/teroWmts/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-transp_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D_202311 OGC:WMTS cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-transp_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D http://stac.marine.copernicus.eu/metadata/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-reflectance_nrt_l3-olci-300m_P1D_202303/dataset.stac.json WWW:STAC cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-reflectance_nrt_l3-olci-300m_P1D For accessing native data and Analysis-ready Cloud-optimized data services, consult this STAC metadata endpoint https://wmts.marine.copernicus.eu/teroWmts/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-reflectance_nrt_l3-olci-300m_P1D_202303 OGC:WMTS cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-reflectance_nrt_l3-olci-300m_P1D http://stac.marine.copernicus.eu/metadata/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D_202511/dataset.stac.json WWW:STAC cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D For accessing native data and Analysis-ready Cloud-optimized data services, consult this STAC metadata endpoint https://wmts.marine.copernicus.eu/teroWmts/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D_202511 OGC:WMTS cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-multi-1km_P1D http://stac.marine.copernicus.eu/metadata/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-olci-1km_P1D_202511/dataset.stac.json WWW:STAC cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-olci-1km_P1D For accessing native data and Analysis-ready Cloud-optimized data services, consult this STAC metadata endpoint https://wmts.marine.copernicus.eu/teroWmts/OCEANCOLOUR_ATL_BGC_L3_NRT_009_111/cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-olci-1km_P1D_202511 OGC:WMTS cmems_obs-oc_atl_bgc-plankton_nrt_l3-olci-1km_P1D COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 See the referenced specification The myOcean products depends on other products for production or validation. The detailed list of dependencies is given in ISO19115's aggregationInfo (ISO19139 Xpath = "gmd:MD_Metadata/gmd:identificationInfo/gmd:aggregationInfo[./gmd:MD_AggregateInformation/gmd:initiativeType/gmd:DS_InitiativeTypeCode/@codeListValue='upstream-validation' or 'upstream-production']")