Level2/Aqua-MODIS : "AQUA_MODIS.20251228T000001.L2.OC.NRT.nc"
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darashayda
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Level2/Aqua-MODIS : "AQUA_MODIS.20251228T000001.L2.OC.NRT.nc"
Hello everyone, newbie here and Happy New Year to all.
URL: https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/directdataaccess/Level-2/Aqua-MODIS/2025/
1. We program in Wolfram Programming Language (cloud version) and I am able to open and read the .nc file in the URL above. All is good!
2. I need a master key-list for all the available polygons for this particular attribute namely "/geophysical_data/chlor_a". I now I am able to read the lat/log from the file itself but the file name itself only encodes the time and the date!
3. For such a particular attributes again the "/geophysical_data/chlor_a" how can I do a search say for past 4 weeks, if possible for a particular polygon (if this makes any sense)
4. See my attached rendering of the actual grid data (pixels), can you help me with the color table please?
In case I am missing on the proper way of asking questions , please be patient and I shall catch up soon!
Dara
Chief of Software
Computational Classnotes
Republic of Ireland
URL: https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/directdataaccess/Level-2/Aqua-MODIS/2025/
1. We program in Wolfram Programming Language (cloud version) and I am able to open and read the .nc file in the URL above. All is good!
2. I need a master key-list for all the available polygons for this particular attribute namely "/geophysical_data/chlor_a". I now I am able to read the lat/log from the file itself but the file name itself only encodes the time and the date!
3. For such a particular attributes again the "/geophysical_data/chlor_a" how can I do a search say for past 4 weeks, if possible for a particular polygon (if this makes any sense)
4. See my attached rendering of the actual grid data (pixels), can you help me with the color table please?
In case I am missing on the proper way of asking questions , please be patient and I shall catch up soon!
Dara
Chief of Software
Computational Classnotes
Republic of Ireland
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darashayda
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Re: Level2/Aqua-MODIS : "AQUA_MODIS.20251228T000001.L2.OC.NRT.nc"
1. I fudged the color tables for the renderings in my images and would like to learn how to build a color table for each variable e.g. ipar or poc.
2. I also need to search the databases for time, variables and boxes (not even sure what this is). I tried the API/URI however obtained a lot of data I could not make any sense out of.
pdf file for the actual images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yCmbfzwlFrQLY-_VT_a2gJmwMc1_VOd0/view?usp=sharing
pdf was too large to attach, thank you
Dara
2. I also need to search the databases for time, variables and boxes (not even sure what this is). I tried the API/URI however obtained a lot of data I could not make any sense out of.
pdf file for the actual images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yCmbfzwlFrQLY-_VT_a2gJmwMc1_VOd0/view?usp=sharing
pdf was too large to attach, thank you
Dara
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OB ODPS - towens
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Re: Level2/Aqua-MODIS : "AQUA_MODIS.20251228T000001.L2.OC.NRT.nc"
Here is a video tutorial about filtering data spatially and temporally in NASA Earth Data Search, including using polygons, rectangles, circles, points, and files.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tseP9NEDvY
Tommy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tseP9NEDvY
Tommy
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darashayda
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Re: Level2/Aqua-MODIS : "AQUA_MODIS.20251228T000001.L2.OC.NRT.nc"
Dear Mr. Tommy thank you, very useful and very happy :)
Could you be kind and show me where the sample URL API code for doing all that from a cloud system script?
Dara
Could you be kind and show me where the sample URL API code for doing all that from a cloud system script?
Dara
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OB.DAAC-EDL - amscott
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Re: Level2/Aqua-MODIS : "AQUA_MODIS.20251228T000001.L2.OC.NRT.nc"
Maybe these presentations are helpful? Cloud Computing Resources on Earthdata website.