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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
data			graph	M		Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR), Aqua MODIS - Monthly, 2002-present. v.2018.0		F   I   M	background			NASA/GSFC OBPG	aqua_par_monthly_2018_0

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	_lastModified	String	2022-05-19T01:51:45.000Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	_NCProperties	String	version=2,netcdf=4.7.3,hdf5=1.12.0,
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Grid
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	CF-1.6 ACDD-1.3, COARDS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	data at oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	NASA/GSFC/OBPG
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2019-02-25T06:06:49Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	359.9792
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	89.97916
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	-89.97917
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_resolution	double	0.04166666589488307
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	359.9792
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	0.0208387
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_resolution	double	0.041666669903924064
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	history	String	Thu May 19 07:30:14 2022: ncatted -O -a sw_point_longitude,global,o,f,0.02083333 A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc Thu May 19 07:30:14 2022: ncatted -O -a geospatial_lon_min,global,o,f,0.0 A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc Thu May 19 07:30:14 2022: ncatted -O -a geospatial_lon_max,global,o,f,360.0 A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc Thu May 19 07:30:14 2022: ncatted -O -a easternmost_longitude,global,o,f,360.0 A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc Thu May 19 07:30:14 2022: ncatted -O -a westernmost_longitude,global,o,f,0.0 A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc Thu May 19 07:30:14 2022: ncatted -O -a valid_max,lon,o,f,360.0 A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc Thu May 19 07:30:14 2022: ncatted -O -a valid_min,lon,o,f,0.0 A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc Thu May 19 07:30:12 2022: ncap2 -O -s where(lon<0) lon=lon+360 A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc Thu May 19 07:30:10 2022: ncks -O --msa_usr_rdr -d lon,0.0,180.0 -d lon,-180.0,0.0 A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km.nc A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km-0-360.nc l3mapgen par=A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km.nc.param
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	id	String	A20220912022120.L3b_MO_PAR.nc/L3/A20220912022120.L3b_MO_PAR.nc
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	identifier_product_doi	String	10.5067/AQUA/MODIS/L3M/PAR/2018
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	identifier_product_doi_authority	String	https://dx.doi.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	NASA/GSFC OBPG
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instrument	String	MODIS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	active, air, aqua, available, biology, biosphere, center, color, data, downwelling, earth, Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation > Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Photosynthetically Available Radiation, eightbitcolor, flight, flux, frouin, goddard, group, gsfc, heat, heat flux, image, imaging, L3, level, level-3, mapped, moderate, modis, modisa, nasa, obpg, ocean, oceans, optics, palette, par, photon, photosynthetic, photosynthetically, processing, radiation, resolution, rgb, science, smi, space, spectroradiometer, standard, surface, surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_flux_in_air, vegetation
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	l2_flag_names	String	LAND,NAVFAIL,FILTER,HIGLINT
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/earth-science-data/data-information-policy/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	map_projection	String	Equidistant Cylindrical
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	measure	String	Mean
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	naming_authority	String	gov.nasa.gsfc.sci.oceandata
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	NCO	String	netCDF Operators version 4.7.5 (Homepage = http://nco.sf.net, Code = https://github.com/nco/nco)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	nco_openmp_thread_number	int	1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	89.97916
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	platform	String	Aqua
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processing_level	String	L3 Mapped
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processing_version	String	2018.1QL
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	product_name	String	A20220912022120.L3m_MO_PAR_par_4km.nc
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	Ocean Biology Processing Group (NASA/GSFC/OBPG)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_email	String	data at oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_name	String	NASA/GSFC/OBPG
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_type	String	group
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_url	String	https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	-89.97917
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	spatialResolution	String	4.64 km
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v36
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua - Monthly Ocean Color. Photosynthetically Available Radiation. 2002 - present. spatial resolution = 4.64km
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	temporal_range	String	16-day
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2022-04-16T12:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	2002-07-16T12:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR), Aqua MODIS - Monthly, 2002-present. v.2018.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	0.0208387
dimension	time		double	nValues=238, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=30 days 10h 31m 54s
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	1.0268208E9, 1.6501104E9
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Centered Time
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
dimension	latitude		float	nValues=4320, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=-0.04166666589488307
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	latitude	actual_range	float	-89.97917, 89.97916
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
attribute	latitude	valid_max	float	90.0
attribute	latitude	valid_min	float	-90.0
dimension	longitude		float	nValues=8640, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.041666669903924064
attribute	longitude	_ChunkSizes	uint	8640
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	longitude	actual_range	float	0.0208387, 359.9792
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
attribute	longitude	valid_max	float	360.0
attribute	longitude	valid_min	float	0.0
variable	par		float	time, latitude, longitude
attribute	par	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	par	colorBarMaximum	double	70.0
attribute	par	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	par	ioos_category	String	Heat Flux
attribute	par	long_name	String	Photosynthetically Available Radiation, R. Frouin
attribute	par	references	String	Frouin, R., Ligner, D.W., and Gautier, C., 1989: A Simple analytical formula to compute clear sky total and photosynthetically available solar irradiance at the ocean surface. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 9731-9742.
attribute	par	standard_name	String	surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_flux_in_air
attribute	par	units	String	einstein m-2 day-1
attribute	par	valid_max	float	130.0
attribute	par	valid_min	float	0.0

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