FTP Page for Ocean Color Products

The tables below provide direct ftp access to data products organized by satellite

(Level 1, Level 2 and Geolocation files are only for the most recent 30 days)

A complete description of the FTP site structure can be found in the README file at the top level of the site (ftp://oceans.gsfc.nasa.gov)

MODIS Aqua

(Ocean Color, Sea Surface Temperature and Evaluation Products)

Binned	Mapped	Level 1, GEO, & Level 2
Level 3 Binned Standard Product Suite	Level 3 Mapped Standard Product Suite	Quicklook - Daytime granules Quicklook - Night/Mixed granules
Binned Daily	Mapped Daily	Refined - Daytime granules Refined - Night/Mixed granules
Binned Daily / 3Day Quicklook	Mapped Daily / 3Day Quicklook
Binned 8Day	Mapped 8Day
Binned Monthly	Mapped Monthly
Binned Monthly Climatology	Mapped Monthly Climatology
Binned Seasonal	Mapped Seasonal
Binned Seasonal Climatology	Mapped Seasonal Climatology
Binned Annual	Mapped Annual
	Mapped Rolling 32-day
	Mapped Filled Rolling 32-day

MODIS Terra

(Sea Surface Temperature)

Binned	Mapped	Level 1, GEO, & Level 2
Level 3 Binned Standard Product Suite	Level 3 Mapped Standard Product Suite	Quicklook - Daytime granules Quicklook - Night/Mixed granules
Binned Daily	Mapped Daily	Refined - Daytime granules Refined - Night/Mixed granules
Binned 8Day	Mapped 8Day
Binned Monthly	Mapped Monthly
Binned Monthly Climatology	Mapped Monthly Climatology
Binned Seasonal	Mapped Seasonal
Binned Seasonal Climatology	Mapped Seasonal Climatology
Binned Annual	Mapped Annual

SeaWiFS Level 3

Binned	Mapped
Level 3 Binned Standard Product Suite and PAR	Level 3 Mapped Standard Product Suite and PAR
Binned Daily	Mapped Daily
Binned 8 Day	Mapped 8 Day
Binned Monthly	Mapped Monthly
Binned Monthly Climatology	Mapped Monthly Climatology
Binned Seasonal	Mapped Seasonal
Binned Annual	Mapped Annual
	Mapped Rolling 32-day
	Filled Mapped Rolling 32-day

CZCS Level 3

Binned	Mapped
Binned Daily	Mapped Daily
Binned 8 Day	Mapped 8 Day
Binned Monthly	Mapped Monthly
Binned Monthly Climatology	Mapped Monthly Climatology
Binned Seasonal	Mapped Seasonal
Binned Annual	Mapped Annual

OCTS Level 3

Binned	Mapped
Binned Daily	Mapped Daily
Binned 8 Day	Mapped 8 Day
Binned Monthly	Mapped Monthly
Binned Monthly Climatology	Mapped Monthly Climatology
Binned Seasonal	Mapped Seasonal
Binned Annual	Mapped Annual

Merged Aqua/SeaWiFS

A merged Aqua/SeaWiFS chlorophyll product is available as a 9km resolution SMI. The SMI is stored as 16bit integer vs. the 8bit for the standard SMI files

Ancillary Products

METOZ : NCEP Meteorological (MET) and TOMS/TOAST Ozone (OZ) ancillary data used for L1-L2 processing (updated every 4 hours)

OISST : NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) Sea Surface Temperature.These files are used as input for the L1-L2 SST processing

MODISA/ATTEPH: MODIS Aqua definitive attitude and ephemeris data

MODISA/CAL: Updated MODIS Aqua Level 1B LUTs (Look-up tables) and Geolocation files

MODIST/CAL: Updated MODIS Terra Level 1B LUTs and Geolocation files

utcpole.dat: Most recent version of the Earth motion file used in Level 1 processing.

leapsec.dat: Most recent version of the Leap seconds file - required for accurate time conversions in Level 1 processing.

SeaWiFS GPS elements (elements.dat)

Global 1 Kilometer Land Mask (landmask.dat) Documentation

Browse Imagery Pages :

Level 2 Browse Page: Visually search the ocean color data archive and directly download and/or order data from single files to the entire mission

Level 3 Browse Page : Browse the entire Level 3 global ocean color data set and download either PNG images or digital data in HDF format

Data Subscriptions: Request a subscription for Aqua data to be staged on an FTP site

Curator: OceanColor Webmaster

Authorized by: gene carl feldman