| Data Set | OCTS Level-3 Binned Downwelling Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient Data Version 2014 |
| DOI | 10.5067/ADEOS-I/OCTS/L3B/KD/2014 |
| Data Citation | Suggested Citation for OCTS: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group. Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS) Downwelling Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient Data; 2014 Reprocessing. NASA OB.DAAC, Greenbelt, MD, USA. doi: 10.5067/ADEOS-I/OCTS/L3B/KD/2014. Accessed on 06/05/2023 For further information, please refer to our Citations page. |
| Sensor Summary | 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. |
| Data Record Period | Our set of data records covers the entire routine operations period from 1996-11-01 to 1997-06-30. |
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