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The Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Ancillary Products

Entry ID: OBPG_AUCILLARY

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Summary

Abstract: The Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) ancillary products include the
following:

-METOZ: National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Meteorological
(MET) and EP-TOMS/TOVS Ozone (OZONE) ancillary data used for L1-L2 processing
(updated every 4 hours). The files are organized by year and day (YYYY/DDD)
-OISST: NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) Sea Surface Temperature. These files
are used ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: SeaWIFS

Dataset Title: SeaWiFS Ancillary Meteorological Data

Online Resource: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1996-07-27

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

OCEANS

Platform

EP-TOMS > Earth Probe-TOMS

NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites

Instrument

TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

SEAWIFS > Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor

TOMS > Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

Project

EOS > Earth Observing System

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints Publications of research results utilizing these data must acknowledge the
Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, USA.

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

OBPG

Data Center

Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GENE CARL FELDMAN Phone: (301) 286-9428 Fax: (301) 286-0268 Email: gene.c.feldman at nasa.gov Contact Address: Data System Manager NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Mailstop 614.8 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Format: HDF, ASCII

Fees: none

Personnel

MELANIE F. MEAUX

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

GENE CARL FELDMAN

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (301) 286-9428

Fax: (301) 286-0268

Email: gene.c.feldman at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Data System Manager

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Mailstop 614.8

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

The OI.v2 analysis is described in: Reynolds, R. W., N. A. Rayner, T. M.
Smith, D. C. Stokes and W. Wang, 2002: An improved in situ and satellite SST
analysis for climate. J. Climate, 15, 1609-1625.

The paper is available in Adobe Acrobat in the directory:
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/cmb/sst/papers/oiv2pap/

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-07-23

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-25

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