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 of sea level anomalies between el nino events of 2007 and 2015

Sea Level Satellites Monitor How This Year’s El Niño Is Shaping Up

Sea surface height data from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich mission reveal complex interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere that affect global weather and climate such as El Niño.

Data in Action

Oct. 31, 2023

sea surface height and circulation visualization

Unveiling Small-Scale Ocean Circulation Through High-Resolution Sea Surface Height

SWOT provides high-resolution data to help researchers monitor the vertical transport of heat and carbon within the ocean.

Data in Action

Sept. 15, 2023

A Closer Look at the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE)

The S-MODE project combined airborne remote sensing and in-situ data to reveal upper-ocean dynamics and small-scale ocean features.

Data in Action

Aug. 29, 2023

Empowering Access to Airborne and Field Data with NASA's CASEI

This webinar provides a demonstration of using NASA's Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) for exploring past and present airborne and field campaign platforms, instruments, geophysical concepts, and data products.

Webinar

Aug. 10, 2023

From Ocean to Cloud—Enabling Workflows and Data Utilization

This webinar describes how to set up and use cloud services to run analyses on physical oceanography data at NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC).

Webinar

Aug. 9, 2023

El Nino conditions in the Pacific Ocean from 2023

Pacific Ocean Conditions Favorable for Winter 2023/2024 El Niño Development

Satellite data provides indicators of El Niño events.

Data in Action

June 15, 2023

Wave Gliders on the Move

See where SASSIE's Wave Gliders went.

StoryMap

March 23, 2023

Beaufort Bound

Getting SASSIE started means bringing folks – and lots of technology – from far and wide.

StoryMap

March 23, 2023

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PO.DAAC Learning Resources

Sea Level Satellites Monitor How This Year’s El Niño Is Shaping Up

Unveiling Small-Scale Ocean Circulation Through High-Resolution Sea Surface Height

A Closer Look at the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE)

Empowering Access to Airborne and Field Data with NASA's CASEI

From Ocean to Cloud—Enabling Workflows and Data Utilization

Pacific Ocean Conditions Favorable for Winter 2023/2024 El Niño Development

Wave Gliders on the Move

Beaufort Bound

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