PO.DAAC Learning Resources

Learning resources created by NASA’s Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) help users find, analyze, and visualize data.

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The PO.DAAC cookbook is a repository of tutorials designed to help users learn about and experiment with datasets.

Resources include:

How-to section: bite-sized pieces of code
Tutorials: example workflows specific to PO.DAAC datasets
Advanced Cloud resources: guides, recipes, and more to help optimize cloud workflows
Tech Guide: instructions to clone the PO.DAAC repository

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comparison image showing groundwater in California depleting over time

California’s Department of Water Resources Use GRACE and GRACE-FO for Groundwater Management Information

Earth observation data help scientists accurately measure changes to Earth's month-to-month mass and the estimated amount of water beneath its surface.

Data in Action

Aug. 13, 2024

global sea surface height data collected by SWOT

Download PO.DAAC SWOT Data Using HiTIDE

Use HiTIDE to select, subset, and download KaRIn sea surface height data from SWOT.

Tutorial

June 11, 2024

Using Coastal Surface Salinity to Monitor Global Water Cycle Changes

Research shows that coastal sea surface temperatures could be used as a proxy for detecting changes that are expected in the cycling of water between the oceans and continents.

Data in Action

April 18, 2024

Facing the Challenges of Using High-Resolution Sea Surface Height Observations From SWOT

SWOT presents opportunities and challenges in characterizing sea surface height anomalies.

Data in Action

March 14, 2024

Webinar thumbnail for the SWOT webinar to be held on March 20, 2024.

Accessing Data for the World's Water with SWOT

Learn how to discover, access, and use Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission data and how these data can lead to new, innovative science and applications in the world of water.

Webinar

March 6, 2024

image of Earthdata graphic identifier design on top of data points

Second Airborne and Field Data Workshop

Organized by the Airborne and Field Data Working Group, the Second Airborne and Field Data Workshop gathered input to improve the usability of airborne and field data, with a focus on tools and standards.

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March 4, 2024

underway water temperature readings visualization

Salinity and Stratification at the Sea Ice Edge (SASSIE) NASA Arctic Field Campaign

The SASSIE project aimed to determine if sea surface salinity variations generated by summer sea ice melt are an important predictor for sea ice advance in the fall.

Data in Action

Jan. 30, 2024

visualization of SWOT sea surface height data in the western hemisphere

Unveiling the First Global Observations of High Resolution Sea Surface Height From SWOT

SWOT data reveals the topography of the ocean surface at finer scales than ever before.

Data in Action

Dec. 7, 2023

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California’s Department of Water Resources Use GRACE and GRACE-FO for Groundwater Management Information

Download PO.DAAC SWOT Data Using HiTIDE

Using Coastal Surface Salinity to Monitor Global Water Cycle Changes

Facing the Challenges of Using High-Resolution Sea Surface Height Observations From SWOT

Accessing Data for the World's Water with SWOT

Second Airborne and Field Data Workshop

Salinity and Stratification at the Sea Ice Edge (SASSIE) NASA Arctic Field Campaign

Unveiling the First Global Observations of High Resolution Sea Surface Height From SWOT

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