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Ocean Datasets

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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
IceBridge Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness V001 1 DC-8, P-3B ATM, CAMBOT, DMS, SNOW RADAR 2009-10-21 to 2012-04-10

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

CSV
IceBridge Snow Radar L1B Geolocated Radar Echo Strength Profiles V002 2 C-130, DC-8, DHC-3, G-V, P-3B, WP-3D ORION SNOW RADAR 2009-03-31 to 2021-05-13

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4, XML, JPEG
IceBridge-Related DMS-Derived L4 Sea Ice Surface Cover Classification Images V001 1 B-200, C-130, DC-8, HU-25A, HU-25C, P-3B, WP-3D ORION DMS 2010-03-23 to 2018-04-16

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

TIFF
IceBridge-Related DMS-Derived L4 Sea Ice Surface Cover Classification Orthorectified Images V001 1 C-130, DC-8, HU-25A, HU-25C, P-3B, WP-3D ORION DMS 2010-03-23 to 2017-07-25

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

TIFF
ICESat-2 Calibration/Validation LVIS L3A Sea Ice Freeboard V001 1 G-V, NASA P-3 LVIS, LVIS-Camera 2024-05-28 to 2024-08-15

N: 88 S: 73 E: 19 W: -101

HDF5
Impacts of Climate on the Eco-Systems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment (ICESCAPE) 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2010-06-16 to Present

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

Impacts of Climate Variability on Primary Productivity and Carbon Distributions in the Middle Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine (CliVEC) 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2009-08-17 to Present

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

Impacts of estuarine processes on delivery of Arctic riverine materials to the near coastal environment: Implications for water quality and biogeochemical cycling in preparation for Arctic-COLORS 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2018-08-27 to 2019-09-30

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

Importance of pelagic Sargassum to fisheries management in the Northern Gulf of Mexico 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2017-07-20 to Present

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

India Ocean Experiment 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 1999-01-16 to Present

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

Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Ancillary Data 1.00 MODELS Computer 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

Grid, Shapefile
Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007 1.0 OrbView-2 SeaWiFS 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 89.99928 S: -90 E: 179.99856 W: -180

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees Grid, GeoTIFF
Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Change in Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007 1.0 OrbView-2 SeaWiFS 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

Excel, CSV, PDF, PNG, WMS
Influence of Whitecaps on Aerosol and Ocean-Color Remote Sensing 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2011-02-20 to Present

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

Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE)- Callao Station 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2012-09-17 to Present

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

Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research complete time series Version 5.2 5.2 OSTM/JASON-2, JASON-1, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-3, Sentinel-6A AMR, POSEIDON-3, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-2, TMR, POSEIDON-3B 1992-09-25 to Present

N: 66 S: -66 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research Version 5.2 5.2 OSTM/JASON-2, JASON-1, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-3, Sentinel-6A AMR, POSEIDON-3, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-2, TMR, POSEIDON-3B 1992-09-25 to Present

N: 66 S: -66 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research Version 6.0 6.0 OSTM/JASON-2, JASON-1, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-3, Sentinel-6A AMR, POSEIDON-3, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-2, TMR, POSEIDON-3B 1992-09-25 to 2025-05-22

N: 66 S: -66 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research Version 6.1 6.1 OSTM/JASON-2, JASON-1, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-3, Sentinel-6A AMR, POSEIDON-3, JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer, POSEIDON-2, TMR, POSEIDON-3B 1992-09-25 to 2026-01-04

N: 66 S: -66 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science, Long Island Sound 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2017-09-12 to Present

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

Intermediate Trophic Levels: Interconnections with Fronts, Eddies, and Primary Production 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2018-04-01 to 2018-05-09

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

International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Ice Snow Product in Native Data Format 1 NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9 AVHRR 1983-07-03 to 2009-12-28 Binary
Investigaciones Mexicanas de la Corriente de California (IMECOCAL) 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2002-01-21 to Present

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

IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database, Version 2.01 2.01 MODELS Computer 2007-01-01 to 2014-12-31

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

Excel
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database 1.0 MODELS Computer 1970-01-01 to 2014-12-31

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

Excel, WMS
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Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Platform

SWOT provides detailed surface topography and monitors water body changes over time. The platform enables high-resolution ocean monitoring at 15-150 km spatial scales, tracking ocean currents, coastal dynamics, storm surges, and regional sea level changes. On land, SWOT measures water storage changes in lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and wetlands, supporting river discharge estimates for water resource assessment.

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SWOT Swath Visualizer

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Swath Visualizer provides a visualization of two instruments’ coverage of Earth's surface: the Ka-band Radar Interferometer and altimeter.

Ocean Data Tools

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AppEEARS The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers 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
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
SeaDAS Sea, earth, atmosphere Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) is a comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color data. Analysis, Visualization, Processing
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