DOC. NUMBER:[NODC/SA- 10/002] U.S. Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) RELEASE DATE:[DD Month YYYY] VERSION:[0.1] REV:A PAGES:XX...Submission Agreement • August 3rd, 2011
Contract Type FiledAugust 3rd, 2011This Submission Agreement between NOAA/NESDIS’ National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) and NOAA CoastWatch specifies which data products from NOAA CoastWatch are submitted for archiving by NODC, and their transfer mechanisms. NOAA CoastWatch routinely produces ocean color products from multiple satellite sensors, including the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on board the OrbView-2 spacecraft, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the EOS Aqua spacecraft, and the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MERIS) on board the ESA Envisat spacecraft. These products are used by CoastWatch customers for coastal monitoring, habitat assessment, water quality assessment, harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecasts, carbon dioxide fluxes, ocean acidification assessment, eutrophication assessment, and other applications. The NOAA CoastWatch ocean color products covered by this Submission Agreement include SeaWiFS Level 1A data, SeaWiFS Level 2 data, MODIS