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SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Shipboard Meteorology Data Fall 2022 1 Ships PYRANOMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, Pyrgeometer 2022-08-06 to 2022-10-01

N: 73.55 S: 69 E: -144.8 W: -166

NetCDF-4
SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Shipboard Salinity Snake Data Fall 2022 1 Ships CTD 2022-09-09 to 2022-10-03

N: 73.6 S: 66 E: -144.8 W: -168.1

NetCDF-4
SCATSAT-1 ESDR Level 2 Ancillary Ocean Surface Fields Version 1.1 1.1 MODELS, SCATSAT-1 Computer, OSCAT-2 2018-04-01 to 2021-03-01

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

12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers netCDF-4
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) CPEX 1 SATELLITES Computer 2017-05-23 to 2017-07-15

N: 39.996 S: 5.004 E: 179.5 W: 178.896

SeaWiFS Global Mapped Eulerian and Lagrangian Oceanography and Ecology Variables Data, version 1 1 OrbView-2 SeaWiFS 1997-09-04 to 2010-12-11

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

netCDF-4
SMMR/Nimbus-7 Color Images V001 (SMMRN7IM) at GES DISC 001 Nimbus-7 SMMR 1978-10-30 to 1983-11-02

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers
S-MODE L2 Shipboard Thermosalinograph, Meteorology, and Bio-optics Measurements Version 1 1 Ships THERMOSALINOGRAPHS, FLUOROMETERS 2021-08-01 to 2023-05-04

N: 38.1 S: 36.3 E: -122.9 W: -125.4

netCDF-4
S-MODE L2 Temperature and Salinity from Saildrones Version 1 1 Saildrone ADCP 2021-09-01 to 2022-10-31

N: 38.1 S: 36.3 E: -122.9 W: -125.4

netCDF-4
S-MODE MOSES Level 2 Atmospherically-Corrected Sea Surface Temperature Version 1 1 B-200 RADIOMETERS 2021-10-19 to 2023-05-05

N: 38.1 S: 36 E: -122.9 W: -125.4

netCDF-4
S-MODE Saildrone Level 1 Observations 1 Saildrone ADCP 2021-10-01 to 2022-11-30

N: 38.1 S: 36.3 E: -122.9 W: -125.4

netCDF-4
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L1-L3 Ancillary NOAA Data V001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-31 to Present

N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-3, ASCII
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 2: Atmospheric state at Standard Pressure Levels derived from CLIMCAPS V2.1 (SNDRAQIML2PLEVCPS) at GES DISC 2.1 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present

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

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 2 CLIMCAPS: Atmosphere, cloud and surface geophysical state V2 (SNDRAQIML2CCPRET) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25

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

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 2 CLIMCAPS: Retrieved atmospheric state V2.1 (SNDRAQIML2CPS) at GES DISC 2.1 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to Present

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

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Daily V2 (SNDRAQIML3CDCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-26

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIML3CMCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-10-01

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS: Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIML3SMCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-26

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily V2 (SNDRAQIML3SDCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-26

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 2 CLIMCAPS : Atmosphere, cloud and surface geophysical state V2 (SNDRAQIL2CCPRET) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-30 to Present

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

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 2 CLIMCAPS: retrieved atmospheric state V2.1 (SNDRAQIL2CPS) at GES DISC 2.1 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present

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

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Daily V2 (SNDRAQIL3CDCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 3 CLIMCAPS: Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIL3CMCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 3 CLIMCAPS: Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily V2 (SNDRAQIL3SDCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 3 CLIMCAPS: Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIL3SMCCP) at GES DISC 2 2002-08-31 to Present 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Sounder SIPS: EOS-Aqua AIRS Level 3 Climate Fingerprinting Sounder Product (ClimFiSP) Daily: Gridded Atmosphere, Cloud, and Surface Geophysical State V2 2 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-30 to Present

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
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Featured Sea Surface Temperature: VIIRS
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) and NOAA-20 platforms. VIIRS collects global visible and infrared imagery and other observations across Earth including over the ocean.
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True color corrected reflectance image of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 satellite

From MODIS to VIIRS: Continuing the Legacy

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will help ensure continuity of Earth observations after the upcoming retirement of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).

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