January 13, 2009

POLDER 2 - OCEAN COLOR

Parameter	Definition	Unit	Range	Bytes
1^st decade
M₁₄₄₃	Mean diffuse marine reflectance at 443 nm	-	-0.01 to 0.1	2
M₁₄₉₀	Mean diffuse marine reflectance at 490 nm	-	-0.01 to 0.1	2
M₁₅₆₅	Mean diffuse marine reflectance at 565 nm	-	-0.01 to 0.1	2
M₁₆₇₀	Mean diffuse marine reflectance at 670 nm	-	-0.01 to 0.1	2
M₁C	Mean pigment concentration	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
M₁Chloro	Mean chlorophyll concentration	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
M_1a865	Mean aerosol optical depth at 865 nm	-	0 to 1	1
M₁	Mean aerosol Angström exponent	-	-0.5 to 2	1
M₁()	Mean aerosol index	-	-0.5 to 2	1
M₁0	Mean single scattering albedo	-	0 to 1	1
M₁b_b	Mean backscattering coefficient	-	0 to 1	2
M₁a₄₄₃	Mean absorption coefficient at 443 nm	-	0 to 1	2
M₁a₄₉₀	Mean absorption coefficient at 490 nm	-	0 to 1	2
N1	Number of clear sky observations	-	0 to 160	1
n1	Number of case 1 waters observations	-	0 to 160	1
I_c1	Mean quality index	-	0 to 100	1
Same for the 2^nd decade
Same for the 3^rd decade
Month
M_m443	Mean diffuse marine reflectance at 443 nm	-	-0.01 to 0.1	2
M_m490	Mean diffuse marine reflectance at 490 nm	-	-0.01 to 0.1	2
M_m565	Mean diffuse marine reflectance at 565 nm	-	-0.01 to 0.1	2
M_m670	Mean diffuse marine reflectance at 670 nm	-	-0.01 to 0.1	2
E₄₄₃	Std deviation of the marine reflectance at 443 nm	-	0 - 0.2	2
E₄₉₀	Std deviation of the marine reflectance at 490 nm	-	0 - 0.2	2
E₅₆₅	Std deviation of the marine reflectance at 565 nm	-	0 - 0.2	2
E₆₇₀	Std deviation of the marine reflectance at 670 nm	-	0 - 0.2	2
M_mC	Mean pigment concentration	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
M_mChloro	Mean chlorophyll concentration	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
EC	Standard deviation of the mean pigment	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
EChloro	Standard deviation of the mean chlorophyll	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
minC	Minimum of the pigment concentration	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
maxC	Maximum of the pigment concentration	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
minChloro	Minimum of the chlorophyll concentration	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
maxChloro	Maximum of the chlorophyll concentration	mg/mm^-³	0.01 to 64	2
M_ma865	Mean aerosol optical depth at 865 nm	-	0 to 1	1
E_a865	Standard deviation of the mean aerosol optical depth at 865 nm	-	0 to 1	1
min_a865	Minimum of the aerosol optical depth at 865 nm	-	0 to 1	1
max_a865	Maximum of the aerosol optical depth at 865 nm	-	0 to 1	1
M_m	Mean aerosol Angström exponent	-	-0.5 to 2	1
E	Standard deviation of the aerosol Angström exponent	-	-0.5 to 2	1
M_m()	Mean aerosol index	-	-0.5 to 2	1
E()	Standard deviation of the aerosol index	-	-0.5 to 2	1
M_m0	Mean single scattering albedo	-	0 to 1	1
E0	Standard deviation of the single scattering albedo	-	0 to 1	1
M_mb_b	Mean backscattering coefficient	-	0 to 1	2
M_ma₄₄₃	Mean absorption coefficient at 443 nm	-	0 to 1	2
M_ma₄₉₀	Mean absorption coefficient at 490 nm	-	0 to 1	2
Eb_b	Std deviation of the backscattering coefficient	-	0 to 1	2
Ea₄₄₃	Std deviation of the absorption coeff. at 443 nm	-	0 to 1	2
Ea₄₉₀	Std deviation of the absorption coeff. at 490 nm	-	0 to 1	2
N	Number of clear sky observations	-	0 to 255	1
n	Number of case 1 waters observations	-	0 to 255	1
I_cm	Mean quality index	-	0 to 255	1