Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007

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Originator: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University
Publication_Date: 2009
Title: Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007
Edition: 1.00
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster, maps
Series_Information:
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Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
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Online_Linkage: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/icwq-annual-chlorophyll-a-concentration-1998-2007
Description:
Abstract:
The Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentrations component of the Indicators of Coastal Water Quality Collection consists of gridded satellite measurements of chlorophyll-a concentrations (in nanogram/cubic meter) in a band extending between 10 and 100 km from the shoreline. Chlorophyll-a concentrations are derived from NASA's Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS). The grids are based on annual composites of SeaWiFS satellite data provided by the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and GeoEye in the form of HDF files at a resolution of 5 arc-minutes (approximately 9 x 9 km at the equator). The source files are true-color images generated from sub-sampled, calibrated, Rayleigh-corrected level-2 data, which are derived from raw radiance counts by applying sensor calibration, atmospheric corrections, and bio-optical algorithms. To arrive at chlorophyll-a concentrations, radiance counts were converted using the conversion formula provided as part of the original data files. The gridding is done by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). The data in ArcGIS GRID and Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) and American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) formats are available from the from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). To provide a gridded version of existing SeaWiFS data in GIS-compatible formats in order to determine concentrations of chlorophyll-a in the coastal water column and to facilitate the integration with other data.
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Supplemental_Information:
REFERENCE: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University 2009 Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Ancillary Data Palisades, NY NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/icwq-ancillary-data
Supplemental_Information:
REFERENCE: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University 2009 Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Change in Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007 Palisades, NY NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/icwq-change-in-chlorophyll-a-concentration-1998-2007
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Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19980101
Ending_Date: 20071231
Currentness_Reference:Unknown
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.99857
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 89.99928
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > COASTAL ELEVATION
Theme_Keyword: EOSDIS > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA INFORMATION SYSTEM
Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM
Theme_Keyword: ICWQ > INDICATORS OF COASTAL WATER QUALITY
Theme_Keyword: Environment
Theme_Keyword: OCEANS
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH
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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND > AUSTRALIA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ASIA
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > OCEANIA
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > EUROPE
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Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > MID-LATITUDE
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA
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The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York hold the copyright of this dataset. Users are prohibited from any commercial, non-free resale, or redistribution without explicit written permission from GSFC or CIESIN. Users should acknowledge GSFC and CIESIN as the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new data sets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this data set. GSFC or CIESIN also request reprints of any publications and notification of any redistributing efforts.
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Contact_Person: SEDAC USER SERVICES
Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT
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Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State_or_Province: NY
Postal_Code: 10964
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 845-365-8920
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 845-365-8922
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu
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Contact_Organization: SEDAC > Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
Contact_Person: SEDAC USER SERVICES
Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT
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Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State_or_Province: NY
Postal_Code: 10964
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 845-365-8920
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 845-365-8922
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu
Distributor:
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Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: WDC/HIE, PALISADES > World Data Center for Human Interactions in the Environment
Contact_Person: ROBERT CHEN
Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT
Contact_Address:
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Address: WDC for Human Interactions in the Environment
Address: CIESIN/Columbia University
Address: P. O. Box 1000
Address: 61 Route 9W
City: Palisades
State_or_Province: NY
Postal_Code: 10964
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-845-365-8952
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1-845-365-8922
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: bchen@ciesin.columbia.edu
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Resource_Description: CIESIN_SEDAC_ICWQ_ACHLOA
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20100528
Metadata_Review_Date: 20120928
Metadata_Contact:
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Contact_Person: CIESIN METADATA ADMINISTRATION
Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 10964
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: +1 845-365-8988
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 845-365-8922
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Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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