Product Status by Mission

The Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) produces and distributes a standard suite of ocean color products for all compatible sensors at Level-2 and Level-3, plus sea surface temperature (SST) products from MODIS and VIIRS. The OBPG also produces a suite of provisional products for evaluation. Provisional products have been approved for large-scale production, but they have not yet been accepted as standard products. The descriptions and references for these standard and provisional products are provided below. The product names link to the associated Product and Algorithm Description Document (PADD), which serves to satisfy the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) requirement as defined by the NASA Earth Observing System Project Science Office.

Click on the L2, L3B, and L3M in each cell to go to the corresponding dataset landing page. The latest reprocessing for the dataset is displayed in the badge beside the sensor name.

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Ocean Color Products

Platform/Instument
Nimbus-7/ CZCS
R2014
OrbView-2/ SeaWiFS
R2022
Aqua/ MODIS
R2022
Terra/ MODIS
R2022
ADEOS-I/ OCTS
R2014
SNPP/ VIIRS
R2022
NOAA-20/ VIIRS
R2022
COMS/ GOCI
R2014
ISS/ HICO
R2014
EnviSat/ MERIS
R2022
S3A/ OLCI
R2022
S3B/ OLCI
R2022
NOAA-21/ VIIRS
R2022
Product
RrsRemote Sensing Reflectance (Rrs)
L1
L2
L3B
L3M
L2
L3B
L3M
Chlor_aChlorophyll-a
L1
L2
L3B
L3M
L2
L3B
L3M
KdDiffuse attenuation coefficient for downwelling irradiance at 490 nm (Kd)
L1
L2
L3B
L3M
L2
L3B
L3M
POCParticulate Organic Carbon (POC)
L1
L2
L2
PICParticulate Inorganic Carbon (PIC)
L1
L2
L2
PARPhotosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR)
L1
L2
L2
iPARInstantaneous Photosynthetically Available Radiation (iPAR)
L3B
L3M
L3B
L3M
nFLHNormalized Fluorescence Line Height (nFLH)
IOPInherent Optical Properties (IOP)
L2
L1
L2
L2
LANDNDVI Land Reflectance
AVWApparent Visible Wavelength (AVW)
L3B
L3M
L3B
L3M
L3B
L3M
L3B
L3M
L3B
L3M
CPHYTOPhytoplankton Carbon Concentration
L3B
L3M
L3B
L3M
L3B
L3M
L3B
L3M
L3B
L3M

Sea Surface Temperature Products

Platform/Instrument
Nimbus-7/ CZCS OrbView-2/ SeaWiFS Aqua/ MODIS
R2019.0
Terra/ MODIS R2019.0 ADEOS-I/ OCTS Suomi-NPP VIIRS
R2016.2
NOAA-20/ VIIRS COM/ GOCI ISS/ HICO EnviSat/ MERIS S3A/ OLCI S3B/ OLCI NOAA-21/ VIIRS
Product
SST11µm Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
SST44µm Sea Surface Temperature (SST4)
SST3Sea Surface Temperature - Triple