This site contains satellite imagery from the SeaWiFS,
MODIS, and
AVHRR sensors, customized for the
Piney Point discharge project
by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
The satellite data are captured, processed, and archived by the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing
(IMaRS) at the
College of Marine Science University of South Florida.
The algorithms used to generate these imagery data products can be found under
IMaRS webpages.
While
MODIS and
AVHRR
data are public domain, SeaWiFS
data are property of a private company, Orbimage, Inc.
Please contact ORBIMAGE for any Non NASA-SeaWiFS program use of SeaWiFS data or derived imagery.
Republication or redistribution (including media) of SeaWiFS data/imagery is prohibited without the
permission or license from ORBIMAGE.
File name conventions:
SeaWiFS: SYYYYDDDHHMM: YYYY for year, DDD for day of the year, HH for GMT hour, MM for minutes.
The images show surface chlorophyll concentrations of the ocean.
MODIS: MODIS.YYYYDDD.HHMM: similar to SeaWiFS.
AVHRR: nNN.YYYYDDD.HHMM: NN for NOAA satellite number, MM for month, DDD for day of year, HH for GMT hour,
MM for minutes. The images show sea surface temperature.
IMaRS disclaimer: The use of the images should be credited to IMaRS,
NASA SeaWiFS and MODIS Projects, NOAA, and OrbImage. The images are provided by IMaRS on an "as is"
basis and IMaRS is not responsible for any interpretation by any users other than IMaRS personnnel. This Piney
Point website may be removed upon completion of the
Piney Point discharge project. |
