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PACE-PAX SeaBASS DOI description: The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment (PACE-PAX) was a field campaign to support validation of the PACE mission through a combination of multiple platforms including aircraft (ER-2, CIRPAS Twin Otter), ships (R/V Shearwater, R/V Blissfully), autonomous ocean- and land-based instruments, and collaboration with the PACE Validation Science Teams (e.g.PVST-SBCR and PVST-CALCOFI) and PACE Vicarious Calibration systems (HyperNAV). The PACE-PAX mission took place during the month of September 2024 in Southern and Central California and nearby coastal regions. All PACE-PAX data are to be archived in 3 main data repositories: (1) NASA AIR-LARC for all aircraft data (until final data submission in March 2025 then migrated to the Langley Airborne DAAC), (2) AERONET-MAN for Microtops data, and (3) SeaBASS for all ocean optical, biogeochemical and phytoplankton data. The SeaBASS PACE-PAX DOI is split into 4 main cruises: PACE-PAX_Shearwater (cruise_id=RFDDMM-RS), PACE-PAX_Blissfully (cruise_id=RFDDMM-RB), PACE-PAX_SBCR (cruise_id=RFMMDD-SB), PACE-PAX_CALCOFI (cruise_id=RFMMDD-CL) where DDMM, represent the day and month collection date.

Product Summary

Platforms
Water-based Platforms ,
In Situ Ocean-based Platforms
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2024-08-01 to 2024-10-15
Data Partner
Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/OB.DAAC) ,
SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/SeaBASS)
Concept ID
C3268194735-OB_DAAC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2232
Processing Level
2
Science Keywords
Ocean Chemistry ,
Ocean Optics ,
Ocean Temperature ,
Salinity/Density

Citation

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SeaBASS. (2024). PACE-PAX [Data set]. NASA Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SEABASS/PACE-PAX/DATA001 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14