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Ocean Data Access and Tools

NASA data span the geophysical parameters that characterize the global ocean and the physical processes operating within its depths and at its surface. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Ocean Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
2011 R/V Catlin cruise in the Arctic Ocean Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2011-03-17 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
2013 Chesapeake Bay measurements Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2013-04-11 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
2014 Lake Erie measurements Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2014-08-18 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ABLE-2A Electra In-Situ Aerosol Data NASA ELECTRA NOT APPLICABLE 1985-07-11 to 1985-08-15 SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA, BRAZIL, SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE N: 37.1 S: -7.2 E: -47.48 W: -76.3 GTE
ABoVE: Climate Drivers of Pan-Arctic Tundra Vegetation Productivity, 1982-2015 NOAA POES, DMSP SSM/I, AVHRR 1982-01-01 to 2015-12-31 N: 90 S: 70 E: 180 W: -180 CSV
ACCLIP WB-57 Aircraft Merge Data NASA WB-57F Computer 2022-07-16 to 2022-09-14 ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN ASIA, SOUTHERN ASIA, PACIFIC OCEAN, WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN N: 61.5 S: 16.6 E: 180 W: -180 ICARTT
Acqua Alta Oceanographic Tower (AAOT) Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 1999-08-03 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Across the Channel Investigating Diel Dynamics project Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2017-12-16 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Active fluorescence measurements in the Gulf Stream in 2001 Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2001-06-01 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Adaptive Sampling of Rain and Ocean Salinity from Autonomous Seagliders (Guam 2019-2020) SEAGLIDER CTD 2019-10-03 to 2020-01-15 GUAM N: 14.71229 S: 13.39476 E: 144.613 W: 143.63035 netCDF-4
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Ocean Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
CASEI The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns. Search and Discovery, Cataloging
CyAN File Search The CyAN File Search tool allows users to choose an area over the continental United States and Alaska to retrieve cyanobacteria datasets archived by the Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) project. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
CyFi Explorer CyFi Explorer enables users to view corresponding Sentinel-2 satellite imagery for each cyanobacteria estimate, and estimate cyanobacteria density. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
Giovanni Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting
Hydrocron Hydrocron is an API that repackages hydrology datasets from SWOT into formats that make time-series analysis easier. Subsetting, Visualization
Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser The Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser allows users to view, download, or order global composites at various spatial and temporal scales (level 3) or get results from analyses of lower-level data (level 4). Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
SeaBASS SeaBASS is public archive of ocean and atmosphere data captured in situ. The archive is maintained by NASA's Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). Downloading
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