We are looking for input from scientists who work with ocean colour data, or who would like to work with this data, to tell us what you need for your research, in terms of resolution, uncertainties and accuracy, and access to the data.
The Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI) and the new PHYTOplankton biomass and diversity Climate Change Initiative (PHYTO-CCI) projects are conducting an online survey to understand user requirements linked to the continued development of the OC-CCI dataset and generation of the PHYTO-CCI dataset, that includes phytoplankton carbon and pigments.
The survey can be accessed here and will take around 30 minutes. The survey will be open until the 30th of September 2025.

References & Citation Information

For complete details of relevant references, DOIs, and citation informaton please see the Ocean Colour section of the ESA Climate website

Composite Browser

Composite Browser

Access a range of products composited in different periods. Data can be searched by time ranges, periods, products & wavelengths.

OPeNDAP

OPeNDAP

A freely available framework that simplifies all aspects of scientific data networking, making local data available to remote locations regardless of storage format.

Web GIS Portal
FTP

FTP

To download the large OC-CCI V6.0 dataset via FTP, use the credentials mentioned here.