README.md

sync-soc

Resources for obtaining / using ocean colour files

Downloading files

Core tools the

• file search: https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/search/file_search.cgi
• file getter: https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi/getfile/

Reading files

SEADAS, Panoply, etc.

GDAL

• will read any L1, L2, or L3-SMI file (though georeferencing is not relevant at L2 or below)
• cannot read L3Bin https://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/6551

R

• raster package will provide the same via GDAL
• rhdf5 package provides data frames from L3bin (see mdsumner/roc)

Python