import iris
Try opening the east coast MODIS chlorophyll from PFEG
url='http://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/satellite/ME/chla/1day'
c = iris.load_cube(url,'concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water')
print last time step
print c[-1,0,0]
concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water / (mg m-3) (longitude: 2401) Dimension coordinates: longitude x Scalar coordinates: altitude: 0.0 m latitude: 20.0 degrees time: 2012-07-03 12:00:00 Attributes: Conventions: COARDS, CF-1.0, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0, CWHDF Easternmost_Easting: -60.0 Northernmost_Northing: 50.0 Southernmost_Northing: 20.0 Westernmost_Easting: -90.0 acknowledgement: NOAA NESDIS COASTWATCH, NOAA SWFSC ERD actual_range: [ 1.00000005e-03 4.64265015e+02] cdm_data_type: Grid cols: 2401 composite: true contributor_name: NASA GSFC (OBPG) contributor_role: Source of level 2 data. coordsys: geographic creator_email: dave.foley@noaa.gov creator_name: NOAA CoastWatch, West Coast Node creator_url: http://coastwatch.pfel.noaa.gov cwhdf_version: 3.4 date_created: 2012-07-07Z date_issued: 2012-07-07Z et_affine: [ 0.00000000e+00 1.25000000e-02 1.25000000e-02 0.00000000e+00 ... fraction_digits: 2 gctp_datum: 12 gctp_parm: [ 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.] gctp_sys: 0 gctp_zone: 0 geospatial_lat_max: 50.0 geospatial_lat_min: 20.0 geospatial_lat_resolution: 0.0125 geospatial_lat_units: degrees_north geospatial_lon_max: -60.0 geospatial_lon_min: -90.0 geospatial_lon_resolution: 0.0125 geospatial_lon_units: degrees_east geospatial_vertical_max: 0.0 geospatial_vertical_min: 0.0 geospatial_vertical_positive: up geospatial_vertical_units: m history: NASA GSFC (OBPG) 2012-07-07T23:40:20Z NOAA CoastWatch (West Coast Node)... id: LMEchlaS1day_20120702120000 institution: NOAA CoastWatch, West Coast Node keywords: EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll keywords_vocabulary: GCMD Science Keywords license: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for... naming_authority: gov.noaa.pfel.coastwatch numberOfObservations: 1009133 origin: NASA GSFC (OBPG) pass_date: 15523 percentCoverage: 0.175050795335 polygon_latitude: [ 20. 50. 50. 20. 20.] polygon_longitude: [-90. -90. -60. -60. -90.] processing_level: 3 project: CoastWatch (http://coastwatch.noaa.gov/) projection: geographic projection_type: mapped references: Aqua/MODIS information: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/ . MODIS information:... rows: 2401 satellite: Aqua sensor: MODIS source: satellite observation: Aqua, MODIS standard_name_vocabulary: CF-1.0 start_time: 0.0 summary: NOAA CoastWatch distributes chlorophyll-a concentration data from NASA's... time_coverage_end: 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z time_coverage_start: 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z title: Chlorophyll-a, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 degrees, East US, EXPERIMENTAL
Try opening the Global MODIS chlorophyll from PFEG
url='http://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/satellite/MH1/chla/1day'
c = iris.load_cube(url,'concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water')
print last time step
print c[-1,0,0]
concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water / (mg m^-3) (scalar cube) Scalar coordinates: latitude: 89.97918 degrees longitude: -179.9792 degrees time: 2014-09-16 00:00:00 Attributes: Conventions: CF-1.6 L2_Flag_Names: ATMFAIL,LAND,HILT,HISATZEN,STRAYLIGHT,CLDICE,COCCOLITH,LOWLW,CHLWARN,C... Map_Projection: Equidistant Cylindrical Processing_Version: 2013.1.1QL Sensor_Name: HMODISA Software_Name: smigen Software_Version: 4.42 _History: Direct read of HDF4 file through CDM library infoUrl: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/ institution: NASA/GSFC OBPG title: MODISA Level-3 Standard Mapped Image, Chlorophyll a, Daily, 4km