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Printable dictionary of OB.DAAC variables

Source: R/obdaac.R
obdaac_dictionary.Rd

Printable dictionary of OB.DAAC variables

Usage

obdaac_dictionary()

Value

a data frame of class datamatch_dictionary

See also

obdaac_variables(), obdaac_sensors()

Examples

obdaac_dictionary()
#> NASA OB.DAAC variables available by name
#> ------------------------------------------------------------------
#>  name      variable label                                   units          
#>  CHL       chlor_a  Chlorophyll-a concentration (satellite) mg/m3          
#>  KD490     Kd_490   Diffuse attenuation at 490 nm           1/m            
#>  PAR       par      Photosynthetically available radiation  einstein/m2/day
#>  POC       poc      Particulate organic carbon              mg/m3          
#>  PIC       pic      Particulate inorganic carbon            mol/m3         
#>  SST       sst      Sea surface temperature (daytime)       degrees C      
#>  SST_NIGHT sst      Sea surface temperature (night)         degrees C      
#>  NFLH      nflh     Normalized fluorescence line height     W/m2/um/sr     
#>  suite                                          
#>  CHL SEAWIFS MODIST MODISA VIIRS VIIRSJ1 VIIRSJ2
#>  KD SEAWIFS MODIST MODISA VIIRS VIIRSJ1 VIIRSJ2 
#>  PAR SEAWIFS MODIST MODISA VIIRS VIIRSJ1 VIIRSJ2
#>  POC SEAWIFS MODIST MODISA VIIRS VIIRSJ1 VIIRSJ2
#>  PIC SEAWIFS MODIST MODISA VIIRS VIIRSJ1 VIIRSJ2
#>  SST MODIST MODISA VIIRS VIIRSJ1                
#>  NSST MODIST MODISA VIIRS VIIRSJ1               
#>  FLH MODIST MODISA                              
#> 
#> `suite` is the OB.DAAC product suite the value comes from, and which
#> sensors carry it - see ?obdaac_sensors. Every fetch needs an Earthdata
#> Login; ?accessOBDAAC says how to set one up.
#> Full descriptions: as.data.frame(obdaac_dictionary())$description