DIAS satellite data
CZCS Chlorophyll_a
1. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATIONName

DIAS satellite data CZCS Chlorophyll_a

Abbreviation

CZCS chl-a

DOI

doi:10.20783/DIAS.141 [https://doi.org/10.20783/DIAS.141]

Metadata
Identifier

DIAS_Satellite_CZCS_Chl20230727062010-DIAS20221121113753-en

2. CONTACT
2.1 CONTACT on DATASETName

JAXA DIAS representativeOrganization

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Address

2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, 305-8505, Japan

TEL+81 50 3362 3064

FAX+81 29 868 2961

E-maildias at ml dot jaxa dot jp2.2 CONTACT on PROJECT
2.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
Name

DIAS Office

Organization

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Address

3173-25, Showa-Cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 236-0001, Japan

E-maildias-office@diasjp.net

3. DOCUMENT AUTHOR
Name

Hiromichi Igarashi

Organization

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

E-mailhigarashi@jamstec.go.jp

4. DATASET CREATORName

JAXA DIAS representative

Organization

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

1E-maildias at ml dot jaxa dot jp

5. DATE OF THIS DOCUMENT
2023-07-27

6. DATE OF DATASET
�publication : 2010-08-11

7. DATASET OVERVIEW
7.1 Abstract
The Coastal Zone Color Scanner Experiment (CZCS) was the first instrument devoted to the measurementof ocean color and flown on a spacecraft. CZCS was able to provide measurements of ocean color that
could be reliably used to derive chloroplyll-a pigment concentration

7.2 Topic Category(ISO19139)
�oceans

7.3 Temporal Extent
Begin Date

1978-10-30

End Date

1986-06-22

Temporal
Characteristics

Daily

7.4 Geographic Bounding BoxNorth
latitudebound 90

Westlongitude

bound -180

Eastboundlongitude

180Southlatitude

bound -90

7.5 Grid
Dimension Name

Dimension
Size Resolution Unit
(slice number ofthe dimension)

row

4320

9 (km)

column2160

9 (km)

7.6 Geographic Description

2global

7.7 Keywords
7.7.1 Keywords on Dataset
Keyword Type

Keyword

KeywordName

thesaurus

theme

ocean color, phytoplankton, primary productivity

No_Dictionary

7.7.2 Keywords on Project
7.7.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
Keyword Type

Keyword

KeywordName

thesaurus

theme

DIAS &amp;gt; Data Integration and Analysis System

No_Dictionary

7.8 Online Resource
�: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/CZCS/
�file download : https://data.diasjp.net/dl/storages/filelist/dataset:141

7.9 Data Environmental Information
7.10 Distribution Information
nameversionspecification

8. DATA PROCESSING
9. DATA REMARKS
10. DATA POLICY
10.1 Data Policy by the Data Provider
10.2 Data Policy by the Project
10.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
If data provider does not have data policy, DIAS Terms of Service (https://diasjp.net/en/terms/)
and DIAS Privacy Policy (https://diasjp.net/en/privacy/) apply.

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If there is a conflict between DIAS Terms of Service and data provider's policy, the data provider'spolicy shall prevail.

11. LICENSE
12. DATA SOURCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
12.1 Acknowledge the Data Provider
12.2 Acknowledge the Project
12.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
If you plan to use this dataset for a conference presentation, paper, journal article, or reportetc., please include acknowledgments referred to following examples. If the data provider describes
examples of acknowledgments, include them as well.
" In this study, [Name of Dataset] provided by [Name of Data Provider] was utilized. This datasetwas also collected and provided under the Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS), which wasdeveloped and operated by a project supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology. "13. REFERENCES

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