PSD
PSD Product Description
under construction
<math>N(D)=N_o \left ( \frac{D}{D_o} \right )^\xi</math>
The Particle Size Distribution Slope (<math>\xi</math>) and Particle
differential Number concentration No (for Do=2<math>\mu</math>m)
were calculated following Kostadinov et.al. 2009
ref>Kostadinov, T.S., D.A.Siegel, & S. Maritorena (2009) Retrieval of the particle size distribution from satellite ocean color observations. J. Geophys. Res.,114, C09015,doi:10.1029/2009JC005303</ref>.
The method was applied to
SeaWiFS L3 monthly Rrs
SYYYYdddYYYYddd.L3m_MO.XiNo.nc
file naming convention uses most of the original SeaWiFS file name,
replacing RRS_rrs_*_9km.bz2 with .XiNo.nc.
here YYYYdddYYYYdddd is the year and 3-digit day-of-year, for the start and end of the month long composite file.
each netcdf (V4 "classic") file contains the variables Xi (<math>\xi</math>)and logNo
(<math>log_{10}(N_o</math>) in the 2160x4320 SMI format these are single floats with a fill value of -999. references:<references/>
