LUT updates    [Oct-01-2012]  { Aqua.. Terra.. MERIS.. VIIRS..}    Processing Algorithm/Code version     VIIRS Processing Streams/Algorithms

Product Nomenclature:

NRT :   (satellite daily composite)
Clim :   (Multi-year(2002-2010) MODIS Aqua monthly composite from OBPG)
Bias :   (NRT-CLIM)
Ratio :   (NRT/CLIM)
RelDiff :   (NRT-CLIM)/CLIM

VRSSCW :   (VIIRS SDR from IDPS processed using OBPG L2gen to CW Mapped 750m L3, No vicarious calibration gains applied)
VRSZ1CW :   (VIIRS SDR from IDPS processed using OBPG L2gen to CW Mapped 750m L3, Vicarious calibration gains (used in IDPS) applied)
VRSCW :   (VIIRS EDR from IDPS processed to CW Mapped 750m L3, Calibration gains applied since Jun 2013)
VRSZ9CW :   (VIIRS EDR from NOAA MSL12 processed to CW Mapped 750m L3, Calibration gains applied)
VRSQCW :   (VIIRS EDR from NASA OBPG processed to CW Mapped 750m L3, Calibration gains applied)

VRSACW :   (VIIRS EDR from IDPS processed to CW Mapped Global 4km L3, IDPS Calibration gains applied)
VRSN9CW :   (VIIRS EDR from NOAA-MSL12 processed & binned 9 km files to CW Mapped Global 9km L3, IDPS SDR, NOAA-MSL12 Calibration gains applied)
VRSQ4CW :   (VIIRS EDR from NASA-OBPG L2gen processed to CW Mapped Global 4km L3, NASA OBPG Calibration gains applied)
MODQ4CW :   (MODIS Aqua L3 from NASA-OBPG L2gen processed to CW Mapped Global 4km L3, NASA OBPG Calibration gains applied)

VRSUCW :   NOAA CoastWatch processed VIIRS using NOAA-MSL12-BMW algorithm with IDPS SDR and GFS Ancillary data; Vicarious Calibration gains applied

VRSVCW :   NOAA CoastWatch processed VIIRS using NOAA-MSL12-BMW algorithm with IDPS SDR and GFS Ancillary data; Vicarious Calibration gains applied

VRSRCW :   NOAA VIIRS MSL12 delayed science quality LOM data using OC SDR from 2km MECB binned files mapped to 4km

VRSOCW :   NOAA CoastWatch VIIRS MSL12 definitive science quality LOM data using OC SDR mapped to 4km

MODSCW_P :   (MODIS Aqua from NOAA L1B (v5) processed using OBPG L2gen (v6) to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MODWCW_P :   (MODIS Aqua from NOAA L1B (v5) processed using NOAA-msl12 SWIR to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MODSCW_A :   (MODIS Terra from NOAA L1B (v5) processed using OBPG L2gen(v6) to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MODCYCW_P :   (MODIS Aqua from NOAA L1B (v5) processed using Cbay regional algorithm to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)

MERCW_M :   (MERIS from ESA L2 processed to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MERSCW_M :   (MERIS from ESA L1B processed by L2gen(v5) to CW Mapped 1km L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MERHCW_M :   (MERIS from ESA L1B processed by L2gen(v5) to CW Mapped 300m L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)
MERQCW_M :   (MERIS from ESA L2 processed to CW Mapped 300m L3, Vicarious calibration gains applied)


Refer to the peer-reviewed paper in IEEE for evaluation results on the use of GFS Model predicts for Ancillary data in NRT processing for Ocean Color.   DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2010.2078825 [Jul-10-2010]