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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
West Africa Coastal Vulnerability Mapping: Subset of High and Low Resolution Altimeter Corrected Elevations 2 (ACE2) OV-105, ERS-1, ERS-2 SIR-C, X-SAR, Ku-Band Radar 1994-01-01 to 2005-12-31 WESTERN AFRICA N: 13.9 S: 1.65 E: 16.21 W: -16.71 GeoTIFF
West Atlantic Pre-SWOT Level-4 Hourly MITgcm LLC4320 Native Grid 2km Oceanographic Dataset Version 1.0 MITgcm Computer 2011-09-13 to 2012-11-15 N: 38.7 S: 32.7 E: -72 W: -76.5 netCDF-4
West Florida Shelf measurements between 2005 and 2008 Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2005-04-25 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI) experiment Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2004-05-18 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Western Atlantic Climate Study II Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2014-05-22 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Wetland Salinity Maps of Select Estuary Sites in the United States, 2020 MODELS Computer 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 48.808 S: 26.3235 E: -69.4718 W: -124.706 multiple
WHOI mooring CTD, surface flux and meterorological data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign Mooring CTD, MMS 2012-09-14 to 2013-09-30 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN N: 24.6 S: 24 E: -38 W: -38 netCDF-4
Yongala Pre-SWOT Level-4 Hourly MITgcm LLC4320 Native Grid 2km Oceanographic Dataset Version 1.0 MITgcm Computer 2011-09-13 to 2012-11-15 N: -16.5 S: -20.5 E: 150.25 W: 146.25 netCDF-4
Yukon Arctic Carbon Cycle Project Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2022-08-01 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Zonal transect from Hawaii across the western Pacific Ocean in 2011 Water-based Platforms, In Situ Ocean-based Platforms 2011-12-03 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
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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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