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Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIS Level 3 Climate Fingerprinting Sounder Product (ClimFiSP) Daily: Gridded Atmosphere, Cloud, and Surface Geophysical State V2 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS 2015-11-02 to Present

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIS Level 3 Climate Fingerprinting Sounder Product (ClimFiSP) Monthly: Gridded Atmosphere, Cloud, and Surface Geophysical State V2 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS 2015-11-01 to Present

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIS Level-1B NSR Calibration Subset: Random full spectra V2 (SNDRSNIL1BCALSUBRNDN) 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2012-01-21 to Present

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

2.3 Kilometers x 2.3 Kilometers
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIS Level-1B NSR Calibration Subset: Summary V2 (SNDRSNIL1BCALSUBSUMN) 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2012-01-21 to Present

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

2.3 Kilometers x 2.3 Kilometers
South Atlantic Bight (SAB) mapping 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2005-03-21 to Present

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

South Florida Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (SFMBON) 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2015-07-27 to Present

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

South Florida Program (SFP) 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2012-02-27 to Present

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

Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling project (SOCCOM) 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2014-12-05 to Present

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

Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment (GasEx) 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2001-02-05 to Present

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

Southern Ocean Pre-SWOT Level-4 Hourly MITgcm LLC4320 Native Grid 2km Oceanographic Dataset Version 1.0 1.0 MITgcm Computer 2011-09-13 to 2012-11-15

N: -53 S: -57.5 E: 158 W: 148

2 Kilometers x 2 Kilometers netCDF-4
Southern Pacific Ocean drifter measurements in 1996 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 1996-09-05 to Present

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

Southwest Atlantic Ocean (SwAO) optical measurements 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 1995-03-31 to Present

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

Southwest Florida optical measurements 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2010-04-13 to Present

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

Spectral Ocean Radiance Transfer Investigation and Experiment (SORTIE) program 0 BUOYS, MOORINGS, Water-based Platforms, AUVS, ROVS, Ships 2007-03-02 to Present

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

SPURS-1 research vessel CTD profile data for N. Atlantic cruises 1.0 B/O SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA, R/V Thalassa, R/V Endeavor, R/V Knorr CTD 2012-08-16 to 2013-10-05

N: 43 S: 23 E: -37 W: -63

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
SPURS-1 research vessel Meteorological series data for N. Atlantic Endeavor cruises 1.0 R/V Endeavor, R/V Knorr MMS 2013-03-14 to 2013-10-13

N: 42 S: 32 E: -37 W: -72

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
SPURS-1 research vessel Thermosalinograph series data for N. Atlantic cruises 1.0 R/V Knorr, R/V Endeavor, R/V Thalassa, R/V Sarmiento THERMOSALINOGRAPHS, SPURS_METEO 2012-09-01 to 2013-10-13

N: 42 S: 20 E: -14 W: -73

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
SPURS-1 research vessel Underway-CTD trajectory profile data for N. Atlantic Endeavor and Knorr cruises 1.0 R/V Knorr, R/V Endeavor UCTD 2012-09-16 to 2013-04-06

N: 35 S: 23 E: -36 W: -58

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
SPURS-1 shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data for N. Atlantic Endeavor and Knorr cruises 1.0 B/O SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA, R/V Endeavor, R/V Knorr ADCP 2012-09-06 to 2013-10-13

N: 42 S: 20 E: -28 W: -73

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
SPURS-2 Argo float CTD profile data from the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign 1.0 Argo-Float CTD 2016-08-27 to 2019-03-11

N: 21.26 S: 5.06 E: -118.32 W: -157.88

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
SPURS-2 Central mooring CTD, surface flux and meterorological data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign 1.0 MOORINGS CTD, MMS 2016-08-16 to 2017-11-16

N: 10.05 S: 10.05 E: -125.03 W: -125.03

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
SPURS-2 Controlled Flux Technique (CFT) data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises 1.0 R/V Revelle PYROMETERS 2016-08-24 to 2017-11-11

N: 21.26 S: 5.06 E: -118.32 W: -157.88

1 Meters x 1 Meters RAW
SPURS-2 Drifter data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign 1.0 Argo-Float CTD 2016-06-20 to 2019-03-14

N: 32.283 S: -10.074 E: -124.78 W: -179.999

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
SPURS-2 Neutrally buoyant float data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign 1.0 NeutrallyBuoyantFloat CTD 2016-08-26 to 2016-12-29

N: 11.891 S: 7.855 E: -108.951 W: -125.015

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
SPURS-2 Passive Accoustic Listener (PAL) data from ARGO float deployments during the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign 1.0 Argo-Float HUMIDITY SENSORS 2016-08-25 to 2018-08-22

N: 12.106 S: 8.861 E: -116.57 W: -129.129

1 Meters x 1 Meters netCDF-4
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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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