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Description

On August 17, 1996, the Japanese Space Agency (NASDA - National Space Development Agency) launched the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS). ADEOS was in a descending, Sun synchronous orbit with a nominal equatorial crossing time of 10:30 a.m. Amoung the instruments carried aboard the ADEOS spacecraft was the Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS). OCTS is an optical radiometer with 12 bands covering the visible, near infrared and thermal infrared regions. (Eight of the bands are in the VIS/NIR. These are the only bands calibrated and processed by the OBPG) OCTS has a swath width of approximately 1400 km, and a nominal nadir resolution of 700 m. The instrument operated at three tilt states (20 degrees aft, nadir and 20 degrees fore), similar to SeaWiFS.

Version Description

Reprocessing of Ocean Color (OC) Datasets

Product Summary

Platforms
ADEOS-I
Instruments
OCTS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
GLOBAL OCEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1996-10-31 to 1997-06-30
Data Partner
Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) ,
Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/OB.DAAC)
Concept ID
C3300834731-OB_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
261
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Reflectance ,
Absorption ,
Scattering ,
Gelbstoff ,
Phytoplankton

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group. (2024). ADEOS-I OCTS Level-3 Global Binned Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) Data, version 2022.0 [Data set]. NASA Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ADEOS-I/OCTS/L3B/IOP/2022.0 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

Documents

Variables

Variables are a set of physical properties whose values determine the characteristics or behavior of something. For example, temperature and pressure are variables of the atmosphere. Parameters and variables can be used interchangeably. Variable level attributes provide individual information for each variable.

The Name in this table is the variable name. Fill value indicates missing or undefined data points in a variable. Valid range is the range of values the variable can store. Scale factor is used to increase or decrease the size of an object and can be used to correct for distortion. For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor
level-3_binned_data/adg_443 level-3_binned_data/adg_443 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/adg_s level-3_binned_data/adg_s N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/adg_unc_443 level-3_binned_data/adg_unc_443 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/aph_443 level-3_binned_data/aph_443 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/aph_unc_443 level-3_binned_data/aph_unc_443 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/a_412 level-3_binned_data/a_412 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/a_443 level-3_binned_data/a_443 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/a_490 level-3_binned_data/a_490 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/a_516 level-3_binned_data/a_516 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/a_565 level-3_binned_data/a_565 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/a_667 level-3_binned_data/a_667 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/bbp_443 level-3_binned_data/bbp_443 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/bbp_s level-3_binned_data/bbp_s N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/bbp_unc_443 level-3_binned_data/bbp_unc_443 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/bb_412 level-3_binned_data/bb_412 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/bb_443 level-3_binned_data/bb_443 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/bb_490 level-3_binned_data/bb_490 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/bb_516 level-3_binned_data/bb_516 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/bb_565 level-3_binned_data/bb_565 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/bb_667 level-3_binned_data/bb_667 N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/BinIndex level-3_binned_data/BinIndex N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
level-3_binned_data/BinList level-3_binned_data/BinList N/A OTHER N/A N/A N/A
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