CMEMS CHL Black Sea#

Basic information#

Bounding box map
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Variable list#

Variable Identifier Units
Chlorophyll-a concentration CHL mg m^-3

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Chlorophyll-a concentration#

Field Value
description Multi-sensor, multi water-type, interpolated Chlorophyll a concentration.
long_name Chlorophyll-a concentration
source Click here for source.
standard_name mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_a_in_sea_water
type surface
units mg m^-3
valid_max 20
valid_min 0

Full dataset metadata#

Field Value
Conventions CF-1.7
citation
cmems_product_id OCEANCOLOUR_BS_CHL_L4_NRT_OBSERVATIONS_009_045
cmems_production_unit OC-CNR-ROMA-IT
comment
contact technical@gos.artov.isac.cnr.it
creation_date Thu Apr 08 2021
creation_time 06:04:22 UTC
date_created 2022-01-20T08:28:54.206742
days_in_the_future 5
days_in_the_past 10
distribution_statement See CMEMS Data License
easternmost_longitude 42.0
file_quality_index 0
geospatial_bounds POLYGON((26.507038 40.005062, 26.507038 47.985062, 41.987038 47.985062, 41.987038 40.005062, 26.507038 40.005062))
geospatial_bounds_crs CRS84
geospatial_lat_max 47.985062
geospatial_lat_min 40.005062
geospatial_lat_resolution 0.02
geospatial_lat_units degrees_north
geospatial_lon_max 41.987038
geospatial_lon_min 26.507038
geospatial_lon_resolution 0.02
geospatial_lon_units degrees_east
grid_mapping Equirectangular
grid_resolution 1 Km
history , {'cube_config': {'bbox': [26.507038, 40.005062, 41.99296, 47.994938], 'metadata': {'title': 'CMEMS Black Sea Chl'}, 'spatial_res': 0.02, 'tile_size': [512, 512], 'time_period': '1D', 'time_range': ['2019-01-01', '2021-03-15'], 'variable_names': ['CHL']}, 'program': 'xcube gen2, version 0.9.2'}
institution CNR-GOS
naming_authority CMEMS
netcdf_version v4
northernmost_latitude 48.0
parameter chlorophyll-a concentration
parameter_code CHL
platform Aqua,JPSS-1,Sentinel-3a,Suomi-NPP
product_level L4
product_version v02QL
references 1) Zibordi, G., F. Mélin, J.-F. Berthon, and M. Talone (2015). In situ autonomous optical radiometry measurements for satellite ocean color validation in the Western Black Sea. Ocean Sci., 11, 275–286, 2015 - 2) Kajiyama T., D. D’Alimonte, and G. Zibordi, “Algorithms merging for the determination of Chlorophyll-a concentration in the Black Sea,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2018. https://www.doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2018.2883539 - 3) Volpe, G., Buongiorno Nardelli, B., Colella, S., Pisano, A. and Santoleri, R. (2018). An Operational Interpolated Ocean Colour Product in the Mediterranean Sea, in New Frontiers in Operational Oceanography, edited by E. P. Chassignet, A. Pascual, J. Tintorè, and J. Verron, pp. 227–244
sensor MODISA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer,VIIRSJ Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite,OLCI Ocean and Land Colour Instrument,VIIRSN Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
sensor_name MODISA,VIIRSJ,OLCI,VIIRSN
site_name BS
software_name GOS Processing chain
software_version v3.0
source surface observation
source_files X2021065-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021066-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021067-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021068-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021069-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021070-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021071-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021072-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021073-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021074-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021075-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021076-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021077-chl-bs-hr.nc X2021078-chl-bs-hr.nc
southernmost_latitude 40.0
st_location 4 0
start_date 2021-03-15
start_time 08:00:00 UTC
stop_date 2021-03-15
stop_time 14:00:00 UTC
title CMEMS CHL Black Sea
westernmost_longitude 26.5