Description
On August 17, 1996, the Japanese Space Agency (NASDA - National Space Development Agency)
launched the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS). ADEOS was in a descending, Sun
synchronous orbit with a nominal equatorial crossing time of 10:30 a.m. Amoung the
instruments carried aboard the ADEOS spacecraft was the Ocean Color and Temperature
Scanner (OCTS). OCTS is an optical radiometer with 12 bands covering the visible, near
infrared and thermal infrared regions. (Eight of the bands are in the VIS/NIR. These are
the only bands calibrated and processed by the OBPG) OCTS has a swath width of
approximately 1400 km, and a nominal nadir resolution of 700 m. The instrument operated
at three tilt states (20 degrees aft, nadir and 20 degrees fore), similar to SeaWiFS.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| View this dataset's algorithm theoretical basis document | HTML | NASA Ocean Color Web - Algorithm Descriptions | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | OB.DAAC OCTS ADEOS-I L3M Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient for Downwelling Irradiance (KD) Landing Page | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | NASA Ocean Color Web - Instrument Description Page | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | Ocean Color Forum | Open resource |
| View this dataset's processing history | HTML | NASA Ocean Color Web - Data Processing History | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | NASA Ocean Color Web - Data Distribution Site | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | OPeNDAP Site for OCTS Small Mapped Image (SMI) Product Suite | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |