I have downloaded netCDF files with chlorophyl A data from the SeaWIFS (https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/Binned/Annual/CHL/) as such:
S20100012010365.L3b_YR_CHL.nc
S20100012010365.L3b_YR_CHL.nc
How can I open the nc files? ArcGis nor R are working.
I have about 650 coral reef sites around the world for which I would like to find the chlorophyl values for.
I have also tried SeaDAS, but when I try to import the netCDF files I get the following error: "Cannot decode the selected product file"
Can anyone help? Thank you.
How to open .nc files (netCDF) to get chlorophyl values for my sites
How to open .nc files (netCDF) to get chlorophyl values for my sites
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The main advantage of binned data is that each level-2 pixel gets the same weighting in the result so can provide meaningful variances for your statistics.
.L3b_YR_CHL.nc files are level-3 binned data (see IOCCG Report 4 for details). Most 3rd party tools that read NetCDF files expect gridded data following the CF (metadata) conventions, which would be mapped (.L3m_YR_CHL.nc) data. If you are able to use the OCSSW processing system, the l3bindump command-line tool can extract values from binned files for the bin containing a given point ___location, a disk (center ___location and radius), or box.The main advantage of binned data is that each level-2 pixel gets the same weighting in the result so can provide meaningful variances for your statistics.