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	News:	New processing for MERIS Level 1b and Level 2. More info...
		GlobColour products are available in MyOcean catalogue

		Archive	The GlobColour Archive data consists of daily, weekly and monthly Level-3 ocean colour products generated at day+15. Also called Full Product Set (FPS), the archive data is based on the merging of MERIS, SeaWiFS and MODIS level-2 data over the whole globe. The best resolution of the FPS products is 4.6km. Extraction over user defined areas is available.
		Near Real Time	The GlobColour Near Real Time (NRT) data consists of daily and weekly Level-3 ocean colour products generated at day+1. The NRT service is currently based on the MODIS level-2 data over the whole globe. The best resolution of the FPS products is 4.6km. Extraction over user defined areas is available.
		Subscriptions	The Subscriptions Service allows any user to systematically obtain NRT products at a nice 1 km resolution (or more) over any local area. Requests can be updated a-posteriori thanks to an identifier send to the user by email. Try it! Should you be interested in past merged products at 1km resolution over your specific region of interest, please contact: service@globcolour.info
		NRT rolling archive	Near Real Time products can also be downloaded from a 15-days rolling archive. Only global products (FPS) are available. wget them!
		Demonstration	New demonstration products are available online: Photosynthetic Available Radiation (PAR) - Depth of the Heated Layer (ZHL) Secchi Disk Depth (ZSD) - Primary production (PP)

October 2009 : MERIS third reprocessing validation July 2009 : first assimilation results

GlobColour NRT daily MODIS CHL1 (GSM model)

All images and data available on this GlobColour site are for research and educational use only Data sources : SeaWiFS (NASA), MODIS (NASA), MERIS (ESA)

Background and acknowledgement
The GlobColour project has been initiated and funded by the ESA Data User Element Programme to develop a satellite based ocean colour data service to support global carbon-cycle research.
The GlobColour products have undergone an extensive validation based on a validation protocol derived from the SIMBIOS protocol. The GlobColour products have been derived with the GSM model and algorithm, developed by ICESS (Maritorena S. and D.A. Siegel. 2005).
The GlobColour project has largely benefited from NASA contributions, including the availability of the MODIS and SeaWiFS products; the in situ data base of radiometric and phytoplankton pigment data, and other oceanographic and atmospheric data: the SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System - SeaBASS (Werdell and Bailey, 2002).
The PACA region is financially supporting the project in a regional context (RegiColour project).
The research leading to these results is receiving funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement n° 218812 (MyOcean).
HOW TO CITE: Products processed and distributed by ACRI-ST GlobColour service, supported by EU FP7 MyOcean & ESA GlobColour Projects, using ESA ENVISAT MERIS data, NASA MODIS and SeaWiFS data