Alexey Kaplan's Selected Ocean Color and SST Data

Ingrid-based Data Catalog access to
some satellite chlorophyll-a and SST data



Chlorophyll-a 9km merged product from MODIS-Aqua and SeaWIFS

Monthly product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/Merged/Monthly/ is accessible here.
Below are 3 derived products of this data set: monthly fields averaged to 1x1 degree grid, 12 monthly climatological 1x1 degree fields computed for the period 2003-2006, and monthly anomalies, i.e. deviations from climatological fields:

Southern ocean extract from 8day merged product, obtained via ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/Merged/8Day/ the is accessible here.

Global 8day 18kmx16km fields averaged from the 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/Merged/8Day/ is accessible here.


MODIS-Aqua SST

Daytime SST
Monthly 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/Mapped/Monthly/9/ is accessible here.

Southern ocean extract from 8day 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/Mapped/8Day/9/ is accessible here.

Global 8day 18kmx16km fields averaged from the 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/Mapped/8Day/9/ is accessible here.

Nighttime SST
Monthly 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/Mapped/Monthly/9/ is accessible here.
Below are 3 products derived from this data set: monthly fields averaged to 1x1 degree grid, 12 monthly climatological 1x1 degree fields computed for the period 2003-2006, and monthly anomalies, i.e. deviations from climatological fields:

Southern ocean extract from 8day 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/Mapped/8Day/9/ is accessible here.

Global 8day 18kmx16km fields averaged from the 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/Mapped/8Day/9/ is accessible here.

Nighttime SST4 (from 4mkm spectral channel)
Monthly 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/Mapped/Monthly/9/ is accessible here.

Southern ocean extract from 8day 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/Mapped/8Day/9/ is accessible here.

Global 8day 18kmx16km fields averaged from the 9km L3_mapped product, obtained via the ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODISA/Mapped/8Day/9/ is accessible here.


Acknowledgement: Supported by NASA MODIS Science Team, award NNG04GL28G to Alexey Kaplan and Mark Cane, LDEO of Columbia University.