Global satellite-derived ocean properties from NASA's PACE mission. The dataset includes aerosol optical depth, single-scattering albedo, refractive index, size distribution, and surface chlorophyll-a concentration. It is produced by the OB_CLOUD organization using the RemoTAP algorithm.
Use Cases
- Aerosol-climate and air-quality studies based on spectral aerosol optical depth and microphysical properties.
- Providing aerosol context for ocean-color atmospheric correction based on coupled surface and aerosol parameters.
- Model evaluation and data assimilation based on retrieved aerosol optical and microphysical properties.
- Cross-sensor analyses when paired with OCI/HARP2 products, as suggested in the description.
Strengths
- Provides a suite of coupled aerosol and ocean surface parameters from a single inversion.
- Includes core geophysical variables like chlorophyll-a concentration, a proxy for phytoplankton biomass.
- Designed for cross-sensor analysis with other PACE mission products.
Limitations
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- nasa_earthdata
- Collection Method
- Satellite remote sensing data processed with the RemoTAP algorithm.
- Geography
- Global ocean coverage