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No, there is no tool that can read the L0 files (at least none that I am aware). The L0 files are just a the raw binary packet stream from the instrument, which as I said before is not a particularly friendly format. All of the information from the L0 is contained in the L1A file, but organized in a...

The L0 format isn't really a friendly one. We distribute them for those who wish to concatenate several together to generate L1 files that are not in the 5-minute granularization that we distribute. Our SeaDAS package includes scripts and programs necessary to convert the L0 binary data into the mor...

Jacques,

Correct, both URLs are still active, although the older one is deprecated. We will likely discontinue support for the older path on June 1st (but haven't set that in stone yet). Just know it WILL go away and relatively soon.

Regards,
Sean

modis_atteph populates the DB that modis_GEO uses.

Short answer: yes.

Long(er) answer: A network connection is required to obtain the ATT/EPH data (and popuate the local sqlite database used by the script). Once those data are obtained (and database populated), modis_GEO will run without a network connection.

Sean

There is a known bug in the processing of the IOP products related to the pure water values for aw and bbw. The current operational code uses an ASCII table of values that was updated prior to the last reprocessing. In that update, the header records for that file had a blank line and a couple of er...

Mati, There is no firm schedule, but a squishy one is as follows: S3A OLCI - soon-ish (maybe this week!) S3B OLCI - the week following S3A OLCI MODIS-Aqua - early May 2022? MODIS-Terra - the week after Aqua SNPP-VIIRS - late May/early June 2022? NOAA20-VIIRS - the week after SNPP-VIIRS OCTS, SeaWiFS...

The diffuse attenuation coefficient is useful for estimating light penetration depth (which in turn is useful in productivity models, and radiative heating estimates, as well as other applications). Early estimates of water absorption (e.g. Hale and Querry, 1973) put the minimum absorption around 49...

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No. At Level 3 the data for a given bin can come from multiple orbits, or if multi-day composites, multiple days. Time of observation is therefore not meaningful to capture (nor possible).

Sean