MODIS Particulate Organic Carbon Concentration
Overview
This algorithm returns the concentration of particulate organic carbon (POC) in mg m-3, calculated using an empirical relationship derived from in situ measurements of POC and blue-to-green band ratios of remote sensing reflectances (Rrs).
Product Information
• Validated Stage: Stage 1
• Algorithm Point of Contact:
Dariusz Stramski, Scripps Institute of Oceanography,
Bryan Franz, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• DOI:
Terra
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group; (2014): MODIS-Terra Ocean Color Data; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group. http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/MODIS_OC.2014.0
Accessed on 07/28/2015.
Aqua
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group; (2014): MODIS-Aqua Ocean Color Data; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group. http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/AQUA/MODIS_OC.2014.0
Accessed on 07/28/2015.
Product Details
All of the MODIS Particulate Organic Carbon Concentration Level 3 data can be found at http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/l3.
