Sentinel-3 OLCI: Daily Ocean Remote Sensing Reflectance for Australia

CSIRO-produced daily satellite measurements of above-water spectral remote sensing reflectance for Australian coastal waters. The data is derived from Sentinel-3 OLCI Level 2 geophysical quantities, reprojected to a regular grid with approximately 1000-meter pixel resolution. Standard and additional quality flags are provided for data control, though not pre-applied to mask the data.

Use Cases

• Monitoring coastal water quality based on spectral remote sensing reflectance.
• Analyzing phytoplankton biomass and ocean color dynamics using daily reprojected data.
• Assessing algorithm performance for coastal water processors using the provided input and output flags.
• Studying temporal changes in marine environments based on daily satellite observations.

Strengths

• Data is produced by CSIRO, a national scientific research institution.
• Includes standard Level 1 quality flags and additional algorithm-specific flags for quality control.
• Data is reprojected onto a regular grid using nearest neighbor resampling for consistency.
• Product is part of the eReefs Phase 5 initiative, suggesting an operational monitoring context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and total data volume are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Australian Ocean Data Network source.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Derived from Sentinel-3 OLCI Level 2 geophysical quantities using the FUB-CSIRO Coastal Water Processor.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:10:14.052842; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely focuses on Australian coastal waters, given the producer and platform.