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Aqua MODIS Phytoplankton Carbon Data

by mromm4 » Mon Feb 17, 2025 3:06 pm America/New_York

Hello Everyone,

I downloaded daily Aqua MODIS phytoplankton carbon files from 2002 to 2022 however it seems that almost all the available data has a value of 0 save for a few token locations with especially high values. It looks almost as if the values after the decimal in the data were cut off, so the values all ended up as 0. instead of 0.002, 0.003, etc. Is it possible that there's an issue with the files that are being downloaded?

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Re: Aqua MODIS Phytoplankton Carbon Data

by OB.DAAC - SeanBailey » Fri Feb 21, 2025 8:41 pm America/New_York

That product is experimental...and apparently not a very successful one ;)

It was tested with MODIS in preparation for being used with PACE OCI...*that* version of the product is much better.
I'll have the developers take a look at the MODIS variant to see if it can be made, well, viable. If not, we'll remove it completely - as it isn't helpful to have a product that is a bunch of zeros.

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Re: Aqua MODIS Phytoplankton Carbon Data

by mromm4 » Tue Feb 25, 2025 11:32 pm America/New_York

Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it.

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Re: Aqua MODIS Phytoplankton Carbon Data

by OB.DAAC - SeanBailey » Wed Feb 26, 2025 8:33 am America/New_York

The issue with the product has been resolved and it will be reprocessed shortly. Still a provisional product, but the reprocessed data will be more than a bunch of zeros ;)

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Re: Aqua MODIS Phytoplankton Carbon Data

by mromm4 » Fri Feb 28, 2025 1:11 am America/New_York

That's awesome, thank you!

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