Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Chlorophyll (CHL) Data, version 2022.0

This dataset provides global Level-3 mapped chlorophyll-a data derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Aqua satellite. The product provides near-surface chlorophyll-a concentration for ocean colour applications and is available at spatial resolutions of 4 km and 9 km.

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Date (Publication)
Identifier
https://sextant.ifremer.fr/record/810f7aa9-463d-4ef3-baf2-6c5757a9a051
Credit
NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG)
Status
onGoing On going
Point of contact
  University College Cork - Islek Fulya
Thèmes Sextant
  • /Imagery/Satellite Imagery
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
Keywords
  • Chlorophyll-a
  • MODIS
  • Aqua
  • Ocean colour
  • Satellite observations
  • NASA
  • Level-3
  • Chlorophyll concentration
Use limitation
Open Licence
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
License
Other constraints
NASA Earth science data are fully and openly available to the research and applications communities, private industry, academia, and the general public.
Spatial representation type
grid Grid
Distance
4  km
Metadata language
English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2002-07-04
Number of dimensions
4
Dimension name
Time
Cell geometry
surface
Transformation parameter availability
No
Distribution format
  • ( )

OnLine resource
NASA Earthdata Search – Aqua MODIS Level-3 Chlorophyll ( WWW:LINK )

Search, explore and download Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Chlorophyll (CHL) data.

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Domain consistency

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
No
Statement
Level-3 mapped chlorophyll data are derived from observations acquired by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite and processed by NASA's Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG).
File identifier
810f7aa9-463d-4ef3-baf2-6c5757a9a051 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-10-04T14:05:24.513216Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115-3 - SEXTANT
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  University College Cork - Islek Fulya
 
 

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N
S
E
W
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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
Thèmes Sextant
/Imagery/Satellite Imagery

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