PACE SPEXone Level-3 Global Mapped Aerosol Over Ocean Optical Properties, FastMAPOL Algorithm - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.0

The retrievals jointly solve for aerosol and ocean parameters with a coupled atmosphere and ocean vector radiative-transfer model, accelerated by deep neural networks to improve speed and accuracy. The retrieved aerosol properties are then used to derive angular water leaving signals through multi-angle atmospheric corrections.

Use these products for advanced aerosol and ocean color studies, cross-sensor and cross-algorithm data product analysis. Core geophysical variables in this suite include: • Rrs1/Rrs2 — Angular remote sensing reflectance before and after BRDF correction (sr⁻¹) • chla_mapol — Chlorophyll-a concentration (mg m⁻³) • aot / aot_fine / aot_coarse — Aerosol optical thickness for total/fine/coarse mode (unitless) • ssa / ssa_fine / ssa_coarse — Aerosol single scattering albedo for total/fine/coarse mode (unitless) • fmf / fvf — Aerosol fine mode fraction and fine mode volume fraction (unitless) • angstrom — Aerosol Ångström exponent (unitless; reported for 440–670 nm and 440–870 nm) • alh — Aerosol layer height (km) • reff_fine / reff_coarse — Aerosol effective radius for fine/coarse mode (µm) • veff_fine / veff_coarse — Aerosol effective variance for fine/coarse mode (unitless) • sph / sph_fine / sph_coarse — Aerosol spherical fraction for total/fine/coarse mode (unitless) • mr / mi — Real and imaginary parts of aerosol refractive index (unitless; total/fine/coarse modes available) • vd — Aerosol volume density (µm³ µm⁻²; fine/coarse modes and submodes also available) • wind_speed — Ocean surface wind speed (m s⁻¹)