MODIS Ocean Data Processing

<body text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p align="center"><img src="MODPtitle.JPG" alt="MODIS Ocean Color Processing" width="532" height="80"> <br clear="left"> </p> <p> </p> <p><br> </p> <h3 align="CENTER"><a name="Focus">DOCUMENT FOCUS</a></h3> <p>This document describes code designed to apply atmospheric corrections and a suite of ocean color algorithms to level 1B data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS). The main focus of this document is to describe the structure, components and implementation of the MODIS ocean color and sea-surface temperature (SST) processing codes.</p> <p> </p> <p><em>We would like to acknowledge the tremendous help with this documentation provided by <a href="contacts.html#Evans">Bob Evans</a>, <a href="contacts.html#Walsh">Sue Walsh</a>, <a href="contacts.html#Kilpatrick">Kay Kilpatrick</a> and <a href="contacts.html#Brown">Jim Brown</a> of RSMAS, Miami.</em></p> <p><img src="rainbow.jpg" width="100%" height="5"></p> <p align="center"><a href="search.html" target="_top"><img border="0" src="butt7.JPG" alt="Search" width="182" height="18"></a></p> <div align="center"><center><table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top"><strong>The Documents .... </strong><ul> <li><a href="contents.html">Contents</a> </li> <li><a href="abbrev.html">Abbreviations</a> </li> <li><a href="MOCPix1.html">Index (sym, A-H)</a></li> <li><a href="MOCPix2.html">Index (I-Z)</a></li> <li><a href="contacts.html">Contacts</a> </li> <li><a href="printing.html">Printing Instructions</a> </li> <li><a href="revisions.html">Document Revisions</a></li> <li><a href="reldocs.html">Related Documents</a> </li> </ul> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"><strong>The Data ....</strong> <ul> <li><a href="fileformat.html">Input File Format Description - MODCOL</a> (45 kb) </li> <li><a href="fileformatSST.html">Input File Format Description - MODSST</a> </li> <li><a href="fileformatbin.html">Input File Format Description - MSBIN, MTBIN, MSPC, and MMAP</a></li> <li><a href="filename.html">Output File Naming Conventions</a> </li> <li><a href="view.html">Viewing The Data</a> </li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top"><strong>The Algorithms .... </strong><ul> <li><a href="ATBDsum.html">MODIS Ocean ATBD Summaries</a> </li> </ul> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"><strong>Figures ....</strong><ul> <li><a href="Fig1alg.html">Figure 1 : Code Flowchart</a> (45 kb)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50%" valign="top"><strong>The Code ....</strong><ul> <li><a href="status.html">Code Status</a></li> <li><a href="intro.html">Introduction</a> </li> <li><a href="geninf.html">Code Processing Information</a> </li> <li><a href="EOSreq.html">EOSDIS Requirements</a> </li> <li><a href="structure.html">General Code Structure</a> </li> <li><a href="mainprog.html">Main Program Components</a> :<i> <a href="mainprog.html#MODCOL">MODCOL</a></i>, <a href="mainprog.html#MODSST"><i>MODSST</i></a>, <a href="mainprog.html#MSBIN"><i>MSBIN</i></a>, <a href="mainprog.html#MTBIN"><i>MTBIN</i></a>, <a href="mainprog.html#MFILL"><i>MFILL</i></a> and   <a href="mainprog.html#MCLOUD"><i>MCLOUD</i></a>.</li> <li><a href="package.html">Algorithm Delivery Package Contents</a></li> <li><a href="compiling.html">Compiling and Running</a></li> <li><a href="changes.html">Changes Required to the Code Before Use</a> </li> <li><a href="errors.html">Error Messages</a></li> </ul> </td> <td width="50%" valign="top"><strong>Tables  .... </strong><ul> <li><a href="Table1Products.html">Table 1 : MODIS Standard Ocean Products</a></li> <li><a href="Table2Tools.html">Table 2 : SDP Tools</a></li> <li><a href="Table3flags.html">Table 3 : Flags</a></li> <li><a href="Table4Sensors.html">Table 4 : General Characteristics of MODIS and GLI</a></li> <li><a href="Table5waves.html">Table 5 : Wavebands of MODIS and GLI </a></li> <li><a href="Table6dirs.html">Table 6 : Directories</a></li> <li><a href="Table7afiles.html">Table 7a : Processing Files (A-L)</a> (75 kb)</li> <li><a href="Tab7bfiles.html">Table 7b : Processing Files (M-Z)</a> (80 kb)</li> <li><a href="Table8asubs.html">Table 8a : Subroutines and Functions (_ & A-H)</a> (45 kb)</li> <li><a href="Table8bsubs.html">Table 8b : Subroutines and Functions (I-Z)</a> (50 kb)</li> <li><a href="Table9modcol.html">Table 9 : MODCOL Components</a></li> <li><a href="Table10modsst.html">Table 10 : MODSST Components</a></li> <li><a href="Table11params.html">Table 11 : MODIS Ocean Parameters</a></li> <li><a href="Table12aer.html">Table 12 : Aerosol Models</a></li> <li><a href="Table13msbin.html">Table 13 : MSBIN Components</a></li> <li><a href="Table14mtbin.html">Table 14 : MTBIN Components</a></li> <li><a href="Table15ms.html">Table 15 : MFILL, MCLOUD, MMAP and MSPC Components</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><p><img src="rainbow.jpg" width="643" height="5"> </p> <p><img src="Mocp4.jpg" alt="MODIS Ocean Color Processing Logo" align="right" width="159.5" height="106.5" border="0"> </p> <p> </p> <p>To return to this page at any time, click on the icon  located at the top right of the document page (illustrated here) :</p> <p><br clear="right"> </p> <p> </p> <p><img src="rainbow.jpg" width="643" height="5"></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://www.coas.oregonstate.edu/" target><img src="COASlogo.gif" width="150" height="80" align="left" hspace="12" border="0"></a> <BYLINE>Documented by<i> : Jasmine S. 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