Dataset

IMOS - Satellite Remote Sensing - SNPP - 01 day - Chlorophyll-a concentration (OC3 model)

The SNPP satellite platform carries a VIIRS sensor that observes sunlight reflected from within the ocean surface layer at multiple wavelengths. These multi-spectral measurements are used to infer the concentration of chlorophyll-a (Chl-a), most typically due to phytoplankton, present in the water. There are multiple retrieval algorithms for estimating Chl-a. These data use the OC3 method recommended by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group and implemented in the SeaDAS processing software l2gen. The OC3 algorithm is described at http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/cms/atbd/chlor_a (and links therein).

Data and Resources

HTML

Link to OPENDAP server
- More information
- Go to Resource
HTML

Satellite Remote Sensing page on IMOS website
- More information
- Go to Resource
HTML

srs_oc_snpp_chl_oc3_url/chl_oc3
- More information
- Go to Resource
WCM

srs_oc_snpp_chl_oc3_url
- More information
- Go to Resource
HTML

GoGoDuck help documentation
- More information
- Go to Resource
HTML

srs_oc_snpp_chl_oc3_url#file_url
- More information
- Go to Resource
HTML

ncUrlList help documentation
- More information
- Go to Resource
HTML

Access To AWS Open Data Program registry for the Cloud Optimised version of this dataset
- More information
- Go to Resource
HTML

Access to Jupyter notebook to query Cloud Optimised converted dataset
- More information
- Go to Resource
HTML

Website of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
- More information
- Go to Resource
PNG

Unnamed resource
- More information
- Download data
HTML

Unnamed resource
- More information
- Go to Resource

Additional Information

Field	Value
Published (Metadata Record)	03/03/2026
Last updated	03/03/2026
Organisation	Australian Federal Government
License	License Not Specified
Update Frequency	Unknown