| Conventions: | CF-1.4 |
| description: | SeaWiFS Monthly Level 3 Long-term Aerosol Climatology Data, 1.0x1.0 Degree Grid |
| references: | http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/measures |
| institution: | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| history: | 20130614T144159Z ./bin/l3mcgen_swdb 06 etc/config l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_199806_v004-20130604T140740Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_199906_v004-20130604T140847Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200006_v004-20130604T140953Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200106_v004-20130604T141059Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200206_v004-20130604T141205Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200306_v004-20130604T131629Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200406_v004-20130604T131741Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200506_v004-20130604T131853Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200606_v004-20130604T132011Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200706_v004-20130604T132128Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200806_v004-20130604T132225Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_200906_v004-20130604T132311Z.h5 l3_data/DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3M_201006_v004-20130604T140610Z.h5 |
| long_name: | SeaWiFS Aerosol Optical Thickness Monthly Level 3 Climatology Data Gridded at 1.0 Degrees |
| title: | SeaWiFS Aerosol Optical Thickness Monthly Level 3 Climatology Data Gridded at 1.0 Degrees |
| short_name: | SWDB_L3MC10 |
| version_id: | 004 |
| pge_version: | 004 |
| local_granule_id: | DeepBlue-SeaWiFS-1.0_L3MC_199806-201006_v004-20130614T144159Z.h5 |
| range_beginning_date: | 1998-06-01 |
| range_beginning_time: | 00:00:00 |
| range_ending_date: | 2010-06-30 |
| range_ending_time: | 23:59:59 |
| production_datetime: | 2013-06-14T14:41:59.250000Z |
| instrument_long_name: | Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor |
| instrument_short_name: | SeaWiFS |
| platform_long_name: | Orbview-2 |
| platform_short_name: | OV-2 |
| northernmost_latitude: | 90.00000000 |
| southernmost_latitude: | -90.00000000 |
| easternmost_longitude: | 180.0000000 |
| westernmost_longitude: | -180.0000000 |
| latitude_resolution: | 1.000000000 |
| longitude_resolution: | 1.000000000 |
| contact_person_name: | Corey Bettenhausen |
| contact_person_role: | technical contact |
| contact_person_email: | corey.bettenhausen@nasa.gov |
| contact_person_address: | NASA/GSFC, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Mail Code 613, Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| related_url: | http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/measures |
| keyword: | aerosol optical thickness land ocean deep blue seawifs climatology |
| data_set_language: | en |
| format: | hdf5 |
| comment: | SWDB_L3MC10 is the arithmetic mean of SWDB_L3M10 data for each month. |
| identifier_product_doi_authority: | http://dx.doi.org/ |
| identifier_product_doi: | 10.5067/MEASURES/SWDB/DATA306 |
| spatial_completeness_definition: | ratio of the number of grid elements with valid input monthly L3 data to total grid size |
| spatial_completeness_comment: | little or no data missing |
| spatial_completeness_ratio: | 0.8277778029 |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_550_count_land: | Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] units: count long_name: number of months of aerosol optical thickness data at 550 nm over land _FillValue: -999 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_count_land fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_550_count_land |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_550_count_land_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: number of months of aerosol optical thickness data at 550 nm over land and ocean units: count _FillValue: -999 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_count_land_ocean fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_550_count_land_ocean |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_550_count_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: number of months of aerosol optical thickness data at 550 nm over ocean units: count _FillValue: -999 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_count_ocean fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_550_count_ocean |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_550_land: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over land standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_land fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_550_land |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_550_land_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over land and ocean standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_land_ocean fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_550_land_ocean |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_550_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over ocean standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_ocean fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_550_ocean |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_550_stddev_land: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: standard deviation of aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over land units: 1 _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_stddev_land fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_550_stddev_land |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_550_stddev_land_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: standard deviation of aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over land and ocean units: 1 _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_stddev_land_ocean fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_550_stddev_land_ocean |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_550_stddev_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: standard deviation of aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over ocean units: 1 _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_stddev_ocean fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_550_stddev_ocean |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_count_land: | Array of 32 bit Integers [land_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: number of months of aerosol optical thickness data at 412 nm, 490 nm, and 670 nm over land units: count _FillValue: -999 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_count_land fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_count_land |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_count_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Integers [ocean_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: number of months of aerosol optical thickness data at 510 nm, 670 nm, and 865 nm over ocean units: count _FillValue: -999 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_count_ocean fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_count_ocean |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_land: | Array of 32 bit Reals [land_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 412 nm, 490 nm, and 670 nm over land standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_land fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_land |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [ocean_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 510 nm, 670 nm, and 865 nm over ocean standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_ocean fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_ocean |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_stddev_land: | Array of 32 bit Reals [land_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: standard deviation of aerosol optical thickness at 412 nm, 490 nm, and 670 nm over land units: 1 _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_stddev_land fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_stddev_land |
| aerosol_optical_thickness_stddev_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [ocean_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: standard deviation of aerosol optical thickness at 510 nm, 670 nm, and 865 nm over ocean units: 1 _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_stddev_ocean fullnamepath: /aerosol_optical_thickness_stddev_ocean |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_550_maximum_land: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: maximum aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over land standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_maximum_land fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_550_maximum_land |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_550_maximum_land_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: maximum aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over land and ocean standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_maximum_land_ocean fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_550_maximum_land_ocean |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_550_maximum_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: maximum aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over ocean standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_maximum_ocean fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_550_maximum_ocean |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_550_minimum_land: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: minimum aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over land standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_minimum_land fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_550_minimum_land |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_550_minimum_land_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: minimum aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over land and ocean standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_minimum_land_ocean fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_550_minimum_land_ocean |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_550_minimum_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: minimum aerosol optical thickness estimated at 550 nm over ocean standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_550_minimum_ocean fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_550_minimum_ocean |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_maximum_land: | Array of 32 bit Reals [land_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: maximum aerosol optical thickness at 412 nm, 490 nm, and 670 nm over land standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_maximum_land fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_maximum_land |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_maximum_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [ocean_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: maximum aerosol optical thickness at 510 nm, 670 nm, and 865 nm over ocean standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_maximum_ocean fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_maximum_ocean |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_minimum_land: | Array of 32 bit Reals [land_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: minimum aerosol optical thickness at 412 nm, 490 nm, and 670 nm over land standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_minimum_land fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_minimum_land |
| diagnostics_aerosol_optical_thickness_minimum_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [ocean_bands = 0..2][latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: minimum aerosol optical thickness at 510 nm, 670 nm, and 865 nm over ocean standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol units: 1 comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 5.000000000 origname: aerosol_optical_thickness_minimum_ocean fullnamepath: /diagnostics/aerosol_optical_thickness_minimum_ocean |
| diagnostics_fine_mode_volume_fraction_count_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: number of months of fine mode volume fraction data over ocean units: count _FillValue: -999 origname: fine_mode_volume_fraction_count_ocean fullnamepath: /diagnostics/fine_mode_volume_fraction_count_ocean |
| diagnostics_fine_mode_volume_fraction_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: fine mode volume fraction over ocean comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. units: 1 _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 1.000000000 origname: fine_mode_volume_fraction_ocean fullnamepath: /diagnostics/fine_mode_volume_fraction_ocean |
| diagnostics_fine_mode_volume_fraction_stddev_ocean: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: standard deviation of fine mode volume fraction over ocean units: 1 _FillValue: -999.0000000 valid_range: 0.000000000, 1.000000000 origname: fine_mode_volume_fraction_stddev_ocean fullnamepath: /diagnostics/fine_mode_volume_fraction_stddev_ocean |
| diagnostics_wind_speed: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] units: m s-1 long_name: NCEP-derived wind speed standard_name: wind_speed comment: Minimum of 4 months of data required. _FillValue: -999.0000000 origname: wind_speed fullnamepath: /diagnostics/wind_speed |
| diagnostics_wind_speed_count: | Array of 32 bit Integers [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] long_name: number of months of wind_speed data units: count _FillValue: -999 origname: wind_speed_count fullnamepath: /diagnostics/wind_speed_count |
| diagnostics_wind_speed_stddev: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] units: m s-1 long_name: standard deviation of NCEP-derived wind speed _FillValue: -999.0000000 origname: wind_speed_stddev fullnamepath: /diagnostics/wind_speed_stddev |
| relative_azimuth_angle: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] units: degrees long_name: relative azimuth angle comment: Relative azimuth angle follows the Gordon convention and is measured from due south. valid_range: 0.000000000, 180.0000000 _FillValue: -999.0000000 origname: relative_azimuth_angle fullnamepath: /relative_azimuth_angle |
| scattering_angle: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] units: degrees long_name: scattering angle standard_name: scattering_angle valid_range: 0.000000000, 180.0000000 _FillValue: -999.0000000 origname: scattering_angle fullnamepath: /scattering_angle |
| solar_zenith_angle: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] units: degrees long_name: solar zenith angle standard_name: solar_zenith_angle valid_range: 0.000000000, 90.00000000 _FillValue: -999.0000000 origname: solar_zenith_angle fullnamepath: /solar_zenith_angle |
| viewing_zenith_angle: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179][longitude = 0..359] units: degrees long_name: viewing zenith angle valid_range: 0.000000000, 90.00000000 _FillValue: -999.0000000 origname: viewing_zenith_angle fullnamepath: /viewing_zenith_angle |
| land_bands: | Array of 32 bit Reals [land_bands = 0..2] units: nm long_name: wavelength bands over land origname: land_bands fullnamepath: /land_bands |
| latitude: | Array of 32 bit Reals [latitude = 0..179] units: degrees_north standard_name: latitude valid_range: -90.00000000, 90.00000000 long_name: latitude of center of grid element origname: latitude fullnamepath: /latitude |
| longitude: | Array of 32 bit Reals [longitude = 0..359] units: degrees_east standard_name: longitude long_name: longitude of center of grid element valid_range: -180.0000000, 180.0000000 origname: longitude fullnamepath: /longitude |
| ocean_bands: | Array of 32 bit Reals [ocean_bands = 0..2] units: nm long_name: wavelength bands over ocean origname: ocean_bands fullnamepath: /ocean_bands |