VIIRS Ocean Color Science Quality Mission-long Reprocessed Environmental Data Records (EDR) Level-2 global products from January 2012 to the present minus 15 days

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  "Attenuation/Transmission",
  "CHLOROPHYLL A",
  "PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR)",
  "RADIATION - EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT",
  "turbidity",
  "WATER COLOR",
  "WATER-LEAVING RADIANCE",
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  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > WATER-LEAVING RADIANCE",
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  "volume_absorption_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_sea_water",
  "volume_backwards_scattering_coefficient_of_radiative_flux_in_sea_water",
  "VIIRS > Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite",
  "Suomi-NPP > Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership",
  "GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN"
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