|
|
Three monthly products generated by the GSM01 semi-analytical merging model are available: the chlorophyll a concentration, the combined absorption coefficient of dissolved and detrital material at 443 nm and the particulate backscattering at 443 nm. These products were derived using the merged level 3, daily, binned normalized water-leaving radiances from SeaWiFS and MODIS-Aqua. The merged data are in a Standard Mapped Image format similar to that of the OBPG. The GSM01 merging model is fully described in:
Maritorena S., D.A. Siegel & A. Peterson. 2002. Optimization of a Semi-Analytical Ocean Color Model for Global Scale Applications. Applied Optics. 41(15): 2705-2714. [PDF] Maritorena, S. and D.A. Siegel. 2005. Consistent Merging of Satellite Ocean Color Data Sets Using a Bio-Optical Model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 94(4): 429-440. [PDF] Data version: 3, completed February, 2007 Spatial coverage: Global 90°S - 90°N Spatial resolution: 9km Temporal resolution: Monthly |
|