Array · collection · 2025
OSCAR Global Mapped Eulerian and Lagrangian Oceanography and Ecology Variables Data, version 1
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
The ELOEV data suite packages a decade of global, multi-scale oceanographic context for ecology and movement studies, pairing Eulerian fields with Lagrangian metrics that describe transport and mixing.
Description
Typical use cases include marine predator habitat modeling, environmental selection studies, and process-to-pattern linkages in physical-biological oceanography. Geophysical variables in this suite include: vars_aqua: - Zeu_lee – Euphotic depth, Lee algorithm (m) - chl_ocx – Chlorophyll concentration, OC3 algorithm (mg m⁻³) - kd_490 – Diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm, KD2 algorithm (m⁻¹) - par – Photosynthetically Available Radiation (Einstein m⁻² day⁻¹) - poc – Particulate Organic Carbon (mg m⁻³) - sst – Sea Surface Temperature (°C) vars_orbview-2: - Zeu_lee – Euphotic depth, Lee algorithm (m) - chl_ocx – Chlorophyll concentration, OC3 algorithm (mg m⁻³) - kd_490 – Diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm, KD2 algorithm (m⁻¹) - par – Photosynthetically Available Radiation (Einstein m⁻² day⁻¹) - poc – Particulate Organic Carbon (mg m⁻³) vars_noaa poes: - sst – Sea Surface Temperature (°C) vars_models: - Delta – 3-Day Backward Dilation Rate for absolute time span (day⁻¹) - ftle – 3-Day Backward Finite Time Lyapunov Exponent for absolute time span (day⁻¹)
Links
Get the data
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3534746437-OB_CLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/oscar/l4m/eloev/1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov /files/atbd/legacy/atbd-obdaac-special-products.pdf ↗
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for Eulerian and Lagrangian Oceanography and Ecology Variables
documentation · from NASA CMR
- nasa.github.io /oceandata-notebooks ↗
Satellite data procesing can be difficult. We're here to help! Visit the Oceandata Help Hub to navigate learning content for accessing visualizing, and analyzing data products.
documentation · from NASA CMR
- essopenarchive.org /users/798053/articles/1148596-global-multi-scale-eulerian-and-… ↗
Global multi-scale Eulerian and Lagrangian oceanic environmental variables for the period 2000-2009
documentation · from NASA CMR
- Computer Homepage earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/Computer ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
- Models Homepage earthdata.nasa.gov/data/platforms/space-based-platforms/Models ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 12
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2001 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2001/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2002 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2002/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2003 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2003/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2004 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2004/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2005 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2005/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2006 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2006/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2007 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2007/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2008 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2008/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2009 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2009/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3534746437-OB_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- OPeNDAP directory for OSCAR 2000 oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/OSCAR/L4SMI/2000/0101 ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3534746437-OB_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
Provenance · 1 source records, 20 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3534746437-OB_CLOUD | 6 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:computer | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-chemistry/chlorophyll | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-chemistry/organic-carbon | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-chemistry/pigments/chlorophyll | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-circulation/finite-time-lyapunov-exponent | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-circulation/lagrangian-feature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-optics/attenuation-transmission | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-optics/optical-depth | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-optics/photosynthetically-active-radiation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-temperature/sea-surface-temperature/sea-surface-skin-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:models | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |