NOAA CoastWatch Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) Level 2 Data
NOAA CoastWatch produces near real-time ocean color products, e.g., chlorophyll-a concentration and turbidity (reflectance), with data from NASA's GeoEye's Orbview-2 satellite (via contractual purchase). The data is collected by selected HRPT ground stations. Each level 2 satellite specific product has unique characteristics dependent on the sensor and the algorithm applied.While level 2 historic data is open to the public, level 1 data is restricted to users covered by SeaWiFS CoastWatch contract due to limitations associated with commercial data. The OrbView-2 spacecraft, which carried the SeaWiFS instrument, stopped communicating with Earth-based data stations in December 2010. After several months of attempts to revive the link, GeoEye, the company that operated the spacecraft, officially ended any further attempts at recovery.
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| issued | 1997-09-04T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| modified | 1997-09-04T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| temporal | 1998-04-12T00:00:00+00:00/2010-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | NOAA CoastWatch Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) Level 2 Data |
