Scripps Archive NIMBUS-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner Level 0 Radiance

The CZCS has six spectral channels and five visible channels sensing solar backscattered radiance and one infrared channel sensing emitted thermal radiance. The CZCS measured radiances are used to map chlorophyll concentration, suspended sediment distribution, and temperatures of coastal waters and open ocean.

For more information see Supplementary Information on the MD main menu. The Scripps archive contains unprocessed, LEVEL 0 data from NIMBUS7 CZCS and NOAA series AVHRR which is identical to processed West Coast Time Series (WCTS) in spatial and temporal coverage. The (WCTS) project generated a time series of coregistered pigment concentration and sea surface temperature (from the AVHRR sensor).