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d039·dataset

Tiny ocean plants (chlorophyll)

PACE OCI L2 Ocean Color Chlorophyll
OB.DAAC PACE_OCI_L2_OC cloud-native 1 km nadir 2-day near-global revisit NetCDF oceanbiologybiogeochemistry

First hyperspectral ocean-color chlorophyll-a — finer-than-MODIS spectral fidelity enables phytoplankton-type discrimination.

PACE OCI L2 Ocean Color Chlorophyll

First hyperspectral ocean-color chlorophyll-a — finer-than-MODIS spectral fidelity enables phytoplankton-type discrimination.

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Gotchas

  • Atmospheric correction over coastal Case-II waters is still maturing
  • Use L3 SMI for gridded products
  • PACE_OCI_L2_OC_NRT is the near-real-time variant
  • Other datasets: d040, d041

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

pace_oci_l2_oc_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="PACE_OCI_L2_OC",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from OB.DAAC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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