Global Daily Suspended Solid Concentration Maps from ADEOS-II Satellite

Version 2 maps provide daily global suspended solid concentration data at a 9 km spatial resolution. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) produced this dataset from the GLI sensor onboard the ADEOS-II satellite. Data collection concluded with the satellite's operational period, and the last update was in October 2003.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal sediment plumes and erosion patterns using the suspended solid concentration values.
• Analyzing temporal trends in water turbidity for specific ocean regions from the daily time-series data.
• Calibrating and validating hydrodynamic models with the 9 km resolution geospatial concentration maps.
• Studying the correlation between suspended solids and biological activity in marine environments.

Strengths

• Global spatial coverage for a complete planetary view.
• Data is available at daily, 8-day, and monthly temporal aggregations.
• Standardized Level 3 processed product with a defined version (Version 2).

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with the last update in 2003, limiting analysis of recent trends.
• The 9 km spatial resolution may be too coarse for studying fine-scale coastal or estuarine processes.
• Specific row counts, file sizes, and data volume metrics are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Collection Method

Remote sensing data from the GLI (Global Imager) optical sensor onboard the ADEOS-II satellite, processed to Level 3 binned and mapped products.

Time Range

Covers the operational period of the ADEOS-II satellite; specific start date unknown, last data from 2003.

Freshness

Static historical dataset; last updated 2003-10-25.

Geography

Global.