Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, 2002-present (8 Day Composite), Lon+/-180Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, 2002-present (8 Day Composite), Lon+/-180Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, 2002-present (8 Day Composite), Lon+/-180Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, 2002-present (8 Day Composite), Lon+/-180

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
MODIS measures photosynthetically available radiation that may be used to mode primary productivity. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT: intended strictly for scientific evaluation by professional marine scientists.
Citation
Title Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, 2002-present (8 Day Composite), Lon+/-180
creation  Date   2018-11-15
issued  Date   2018-11-15
cited responsible party - originator
individual Name 
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address erd.data@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Background Information
URL: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MW_par0_las.html
protocol information
link function information
Description Background information from the source
target application profile  web browser
cited responsible party - contributor
individual Name 
organisation Name  NASA, NASA GSFC OBPG
Topic Category:  geoscientificInformation
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
aqua
available
coast
coastwatch
data
degrees
imaging
insolation
moderate
modis
MWpar0
national
noaa
node
npp
ocean
oceans
optical
optical properties
optics
orbiting
par
partnership
photosynthetically
polar
polar-orbiting
properties
radiation
resolution
spectroradiometer
US
wcn
west
Theme keywords (theme):
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Insolation
thesaurus name >
Title GCMD Science Keywords
project Keywords
CoastWatch (https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/)
Theme keywords (theme):
time
altitude
latitude
longitude
downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_radiance_in_sea_water
thesaurus name >
Title CF Standard Name Table v55
Theme keywords (theme):
Ocean
Partnership
Coast
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:26 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Radiation
West
Measure
Optical
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:26 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
MODIS
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Title Equipment > Satellites
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:26 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Spectroradiometer
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Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:26 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Aqua
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Chemical
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:26 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Marine
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > marine
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:26 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Optical
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:26 UTC 2018
Resource language:  eng
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
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.
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
extent Type Code  1
westBoundLongitude  -155.0
eastBoundLongitude  -105.0
northBoundLatitude  51.0
southBoundLatitude  22.0
Temporal Extent
seconds 2002-07-05T00:00:00Z 2018-11-11T00:00:00Z
Vertical Extent
bottom 0.0
top 0.0
Credits:
NOAA NESDIS COASTWATCH, NOAA SWFSC ERD
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name 
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address erd.data@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Background Information
URL: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MW_par0_las.html
protocol information
link function information
Description Background information from the source
target application profile  web browser
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Service Identification information: 1

Resource Abstract:
MODIS measures photosynthetically available radiation that may be used to mode primary productivity. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT: intended strictly for scientific evaluation by professional marine scientists.
Citation
Title Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, 2002-present (8 Day Composite), Lon+/-180
creation  Date   2018-11-15
issued  Date   2018-11-15
cited responsible party - originator
individual Name 
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address erd.data@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Background Information
URL: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MW_par0_las.html
protocol information
link function information
Description Background information from the source
target application profile  web browser
cited responsible party - contributor
individual Name 
organisation Name  NASA, NASA GSFC OBPG
Service type: ERDDAP griddap
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
extent Type Code  1
westBoundLongitude  -155.0
eastBoundLongitude  -105.0
northBoundLatitude  51.0
southBoundLatitude  22.0
Temporal Extent
seconds 2002-07-05T00:00:00Z 2018-11-11T00:00:00Z
Vertical Extent
bottom 0.0
top 0.0
Coupling between service and dataset:  tight
Service operations:
Operation name: ERDDAPgriddapDatasetQueryAndAccess
Linkage for online resource
name ERDDAP-griddap
URL: http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMWpar08day_LonPM180
protocol ERDDAP:griddap
link function download
Description ERDDAP's griddap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes.
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Service Identification information: 1

Resource Abstract:
MODIS measures photosynthetically available radiation that may be used to mode primary productivity. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT: intended strictly for scientific evaluation by professional marine scientists.
Citation
Title Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, 2002-present (8 Day Composite), Lon+/-180
creation  Date   2018-11-15
issued  Date   2018-11-15
cited responsible party - originator
individual Name 
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address erd.data@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Background Information
URL: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MW_par0_las.html
protocol information
link function information
Description Background information from the source
target application profile  web browser
cited responsible party - contributor
individual Name 
organisation Name  NASA, NASA GSFC OBPG
Service type: OPeNDAP
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
extent Type Code  1
westBoundLongitude  -155.0
eastBoundLongitude  -105.0
northBoundLatitude  51.0
southBoundLatitude  22.0
Temporal Extent
seconds 2002-07-05T00:00:00Z 2018-11-11T00:00:00Z
Vertical Extent
bottom 0.0
top 0.0
Coupling between service and dataset:  tight
Service operations:
Operation name: OPeNDAPDatasetQueryAndAccess
Linkage for online resource
name OPeNDAP
URL: http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMWpar08day_LonPM180
protocol OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP
link function download
Description An OPeNDAP service for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes.
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Service Identification information: 1

Resource Abstract:
MODIS measures photosynthetically available radiation that may be used to mode primary productivity. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT: intended strictly for scientific evaluation by professional marine scientists.
Citation
Title Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, 2002-present (8 Day Composite), Lon+/-180
creation  Date   2018-11-15
issued  Date   2018-11-15
cited responsible party - originator
individual Name 
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Address erd.data@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Background Information
URL: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MW_par0_las.html
protocol information
link function information
Description Background information from the source
target application profile  web browser
cited responsible party - contributor
individual Name 
organisation Name  NASA, NASA GSFC OBPG
Service type: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
extent Type Code  1
westBoundLongitude  -155.0
eastBoundLongitude  -105.0
northBoundLatitude  51.0
southBoundLatitude  22.0
Temporal Extent
seconds 2002-07-05T00:00:00Z 2018-11-11T00:00:00Z
Vertical Extent
bottom 0.0
top 0.0
Coupling between service and dataset:  tight
Service operations:
Operation name: GetCapabilities
Linkage for online resource
name OGC-WMS
URL: http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/wms/erdMWpar08day_LonPM180/request?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
protocol OGC:WMS
link function download
Description Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
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Grid spatial representation

number of grid dimensions: 4
Grid axis property:
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  column
Dimension Size 4001
resolution
Distance 0.0125 deg{east}
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  row
Dimension Size 2321
resolution
Distance 0.0125 deg{north}
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  vertical
Dimension Size 1
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  temporal
Dimension Size 2524
resolution
Distance 204545.0653983353 s
cell geometry type:  area
transformation parameter availability: 
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Band
descriptor Photosynthetically Available Radiation
sequence Identifier
name par
attribute Type
Name float
units

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name Bob Simons
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 831-420-3666
Address
99 Pacific St, Suite 255A, Monterey, CA, 93940 Country USA
electronic Mail Address bob.simons@noaa.gov
Format
Format name OPeNDAP
Format version DAP/2.0
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Data Subset Form
URL: http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMWpar08day_LonPM180.html
protocol order
link function download
Description ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types.
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Make-A-Graph Form
URL: http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMWpar08day_LonPM180.graph
protocol order
link function mapDigital
Description ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data.

Metadata data stamp:  2018-11-16
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency: 
notes: This record was created from dataset metadata by ERDDAP Version 1.82
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Bob Simons
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 831-420-3666
Address
99 Pacific St, Suite 255A, Monterey, CA, 93940 Country USA
electronic Mail Address bob.simons@noaa.gov
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata scope code  service
Metadata language  eng
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  erdMWpar08day_LonPM180

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)