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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NASA CYGNSS Mission: Tracking Winds From Space

Researchers used CYGNSS data to track the evolution of weather systems.

Data in Action

May 26, 2020

A River Runs Through It — Observation and Management

Researchers used NASA satellite data to improve water resource management in South and Southeast Asia.

Data in Action

May 13, 2020

sea surface temperature anomalies in the Atlantic Ocean from the 2019 hurricane season

Ocean Response to 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Evaluating the evolution of ocean response to the 2019 Atlantic tropical cyclones.

Data in Action

April 2, 2020

About- PO.DAAC Webinar Banner Image (3/18/20)

Making Waves: PO.DAAC's Journey from Servers to a Cloud Environment

Join NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) to discuss what it means for NASA's physical oceanography data, services, and resources to move to the cloud and how these changes will impact the data user.

Webinar

March 27, 2020

SPURS location in the Pacific Ocean with drone paths overlay

Exploration of Saildrone Data During NASA SPURS-2 Field Campaign

Researchers use NASA data to better understand key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the ocean.

Data in Action

Oct. 3, 2019

salinity in the Atlantic Ocean during the 2018 hurricane season

Ocean Response to 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season

NASA data helps researchers track post-storm changes in sea surface temperature and ocean salinity.

Data in Action

June 12, 2019

Ocean Impacts of Cyclone Idai

Post-storm effects included sea surface temperature cooling followed by localized chlorophyll-a blooms.

Data in Action

April 11, 2019

Earthdata graphic identifier on top of image of Earth

Cold Wake Associated With Hurricane Michael

NASA scientists examined the sea surface temperature response associated with this 2018 hurricane.

Data in Action

Nov. 26, 2018

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NASA CYGNSS Mission: Tracking Winds From Space

A River Runs Through It — Observation and Management

Ocean Response to 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Making Waves: PO.DAAC's Journey from Servers to a Cloud Environment

Exploration of Saildrone Data During NASA SPURS-2 Field Campaign

Ocean Response to 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season

Ocean Impacts of Cyclone Idai

Cold Wake Associated With Hurricane Michael

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