PODAAC-AQR50-3YUCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.470Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averagedover daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YUCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHG16-3UO27
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.536Z
absract: The ACSPO G16/ABI L3C (Level 3 Collated) product is a gridded version of the ACSPO G16/ABI L2P product available at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ABI_G16-STAR-L2P-v2.70. The L3C output files are 1hr granules in netCDF4 format, compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification version 2 (GDS2). There are 24 granules per 24hr interval, with a total data volume of 0.2GB/day. Fill values are reported at all invalid pixels, including pixels with 5 km inland. For each valid water pixel (defined as ocean, sea, lake or river, and up to 5 km inland), the following layers are reported: SSTs, ACSPO clear-sky mask (ACSM; provided in each grid as part of l2p_flags, which also includes day/night, land, ice, twilight, and glint flags), NCEP wind speed, and ACSPO SST minus reference (Canadian Met Centre 0.1deg L4 SST; available at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/CMC0.1deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v3.0). All valid SSTs in L3C are recommended for users. Per GDS2 specifications, two additional Sensor-Specific Error Statistics layers (SSES bias and standard deviation) are reported in each pixel with valid SST. The ACSPO VIIRS L3U product is monitored and validated against iQuam in situ data (Xu and Ignatov, 2014) in SQUAM (Dash et al, 2010).
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2019-05-30
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-16 ABI L3C America Region SST dataset in GDS2
dataset title: GHRSST Sea Surface Temperature 30W-135W and 65N-50S, at 0.036 degree resolution from GOES-16 ABI
easternmost longitude: -15.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHG16-3UO27
entry title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-16 ABI L3C America Region SST v2.70 dataset in GDS2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-28
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Western Atlantic
long name: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.02
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 59.0
originating center: NOAA/NESDIS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: GOES-16
short name: ABI
southernmost latitude: -59.0
start date: 2017-12-15
temporal resolution: 60 Minute
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.7
westernmost longitude: -135.0

PODAAC-OSCAR-03D01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.438Z
absract: OSCAR (Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time) contains near-surface ocean current estimates, derived using quasi-linear and steady flow momentum equations. The horizontal velocity is directly estimated from sea surface height, surface vector wind and sea surface temperature. These data were collected from the various satellites and in situ instruments. The model formulation combines geostrophic, Ekman and Stommel shear dynamics, and a complementary term from the surface buoyancy gradient. Data are on a 1/3 degree grid with a 5 day resolution. OSCAR is generated by Earth Space Research (ESR) https://www.esr.org/research/oscar/oscar-surface-currents/
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: ESR
dataset publisher: Earth Space Research
dataset release date: 2009-05-01
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents
dataset title: OSCAR third deg
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-OSCAR-03D01
entry title: OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.33
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
long name: European Remote Sensing 1 altimeter
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F14
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: Radar Altimeter 2
long name: Ocean Surface Current Analysis
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: POSEIDON-3B
long name: GEOSAT FOLLOW-ON-1
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Jason-3
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10
long name: JASON-1
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: Geosat Follow On Altimeter
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
long name: European Remote Sensing 2 altimeter
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
longitude resolution: 0.33
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/oscar/preview/L4/oscar_third_deg/docs/oscarthirdguide.pdf
originating center: Earth Space Research
role: Data Center Contact
short name: POSEIDON-3B
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: METOP-A
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F13
short name: SSALT
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-16

PODAAC-OMGBA-SBES1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.584Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.529Z
absract: This dataset contains in situ depth measurements from Singlebeam Echo Sounder System (SBES) instruments. These depths were used to map the bathymetry around ocean terminating glaciers of Greenland. The bathymetry mapping is part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project. The goal of the project is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers. The SBES was onboard a ship so the tracks are not of a swath, but less regularly patterned as the ship is limited as to where it can traverse due to floating glaciers, ice cover and general weather conditions.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OMG
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/OMG
dataset release date: 2019-06-07
dataset release place: NASA/JPL
dataset series name: OMG Swath Gridded Singlebeam Echo Sounding (SBES) Bathymetry
dataset title: OMG Swath Gridded Singlebeam Echo Sounding (SBES) Bathymetry
easternmost longitude: -6.9
entry ID: PODAAC-OMGBA-SBES1
entry title: OMG Swath Gridded Singlebeam Echo Sounding (SBES) Bathymetry
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-14
location category: Geographic Region
location type: North America
long name: Oceans Melting Greenland
long name: Multiple Singlebeam Echo Sounder Systems (SBES)
long name: OMG Vessels
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 83.6
originating center: NASA/JPL/OMG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: OMGSHIP_SBES
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SBES
short name: OMG
southernmost latitude: 59.1
start date: 2015-08-04
stop date: 2016-08-16
term: BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: BATHYMETRY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 73.6

PODAAC-MODST-1D4D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.286Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, daily, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-1D4D4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHTMI-3UR71
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.594Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.547Z
absract: The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) is a well calibrated passive microwave radiometer, similar to the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), that contains lower frequency channels required for sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals. The TRMM is part of the NASA's mission to planet Earth, and is a joint venture between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to measure precipitation, water vapor, sea surface temperature (SST) and surface wind in the global tropical regions and was launched in 27 November 1997 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, Japan. The TRMM satellite travels west to east in a 402 km altitude semi-equatorial processing orbit that results in day-to-day changes in the observation time of any given earth location between 38S and 38N. Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) has produced a Version-7.1a TMI SST dataset for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) by applying an algorithm to the 10.7 GHz channel through a removal of surface roughness effects. In contrast to infrared SST observations, microwave retrievals can be measured through clouds, which are nearly transparent at 10.7 GHz. Microwave retrievals are also insensitive to water vapor and aerosols. The algorithm for retrieving SSTs from radiometer data is described in "AMSR Ocean Algorithm."
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS)
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2017-11-30
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from TMI onboard TRMM satellite
dataset title: TMI 25km gridded SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHTMI-3UR71
entry title: GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from TMI onboard TRMM satellite
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-09-19
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: TMI
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TRMM
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1997-12-08
stop date: 2015-01-01
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 7.1a
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-ERS1B-SNEN0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.402Z
absract: This European Remote Sensing (ERS) Sigma-0 dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at Brigham Young University (BYU) and is generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at BYU. The dataset provides SIR processed Sigma-0 data from the ERS-1 C-band scatterometer, which is also known as the Active Microwave Instrument (AMI). AMI is a multimode radar operating at a frequency of 5.3 GHz (C-band), using vertically polarized antennas for both transmission and reception. The SIR technique results in an enhanced resolution image reconstruction and gridded on an equal-area grid (for non-polar regions) at 8.9 km pixel resolution stored in SIR files; polar regions are gridded at the same resolution using a polar-stereographic technique. A non-enhanced version is provided at 44.5 km pixel resolution in a format known as GRD (i.e., gridded) files. All files are produced in IEEE formatted binary. All data files are separated and organized by region, parameter, and sampling technique (i.e., SIR vs. GRD). The regions of China and Japan are combined into a single region. In addition to Sigma-0, various statistical parameters are provided for added guidance, including but not limited to: standard deviation, measurement counts, pixel time, Sigma-0 error, and average incidence angle. This dataset was once distributed on tape, but has been made available on FTP thanks to the BYU SCP.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2011-11-29
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: ERS-1 Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU
dataset title: ERS-1 Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ERS1B-SNEN0
entry title: ERS-1 Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-11-21
latitude resolution: 0.04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: South America
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: Active Microwave Instrument
longitude resolution: 0.04
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.2
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ers1/L3/byu_scp/sigma0enhanced/docs/dLongERS1.html
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ERS-1
short name: SCP
short name: AMI
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -79.7
start date: 1992-01-01
stop date: 1996-05-17
temporal resolution: 6 Day
temporal resolution range: 6 to 18 Days
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: none
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3ZMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.481Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data setis the Monthly sea surface salinity smoothed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3ZMCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01F08
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.413Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) ocean surface winds from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F08 platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, and WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-08
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F08 Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F08 Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01F08
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F08 Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F08
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: SSM/I
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F8
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1987-07-09
stop date: 1991-12-31
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DAAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.495Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Annual, Ascending sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DAAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHVRS-2PJ62
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.578Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.524Z
absract: These files contain NASA produced skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Infrared (IR) channels of the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard the Suomi-NPP satellite. VIIRS is a multi-disciplinary instrument that is also being flown on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of spacecraft, of which NOAA-20 is the first. JPSS is a multi-agency program that consolidates the polar orbiting spacecraft of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Suomi-NPP is the initial spacecraft in this series, and VIIRS is the successor to MODIS for Earth science data. VIIRS has 22 spectral bands ranging from 412 nm to 12 micron . There are 16 moderate-resolution bands (750m at nadir), 5 image-resolution bands (375 m), and one day-night band (DNB). VIIRS uses on-board pixel aggregation to reduce the growth in size of pixels away from nadir. Two SST products are contained in these files. The first is a skin SST produced separately for day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST products from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second triple channel SST product is generated using the 3.7 , 11 and 12 micron IR channels, identified as SST_triple. Due to the sun glint in the 3.7 micron SST_triple can only be used at night. VIIRS L2P SST data have a 750 spatial resolution at nadir and are stored in ~288 five minute granules per day. Full global coverage is obtained each day. The production of VIIRS NASA L2P SST files is part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) project and is a joint collaboration between the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). Researchers at RSMAS were responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, erro…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL/OBPG/RSMAS
dataset publisher: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
dataset release date: 2020-02-28
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS produced by JPL
dataset title: VIIRS L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHVRS-2PJ62
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi-NPP satellite (GDS2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-11-04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: Information on the the VIIRS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/jpss/documents/ATBD/D0001-M01-S01-010_JPSS_ATBD_VIIRS-SST_A.pdf
originating center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: VIIRS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-11-21
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2016.2
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CYGNS-L2H10
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.541Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
absract: This dataset contains the Version 1.0 CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Science Data Record, which provides the time-tagged and geolocated ocean surface heat flux parameters with 25x25 kilometer footprint resolution from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI) aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. The reported sample locations are determined by the specular points corresponding to the Delay Doppler Maps (DDMs). Only one netCDF-4 data file is produced each day (each file containing data from a combination of up to 8 unique CYGNSS spacecraft) with a latency of approximately 1 to 2 months from the last recorded measurement time. Version 1.0 represents the first release. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), launched on 15 December 2016, is a NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder Mission that was launched with the purpose to collect the first frequent space-based measurements of surface wind speeds in the inner core of tropical cyclones. Made up of a constellation of eight micro-satellites, the CYGNSS observatories provide nearly gap-free Earth coverage with a mean (i.e., average) revisit time of seven hours and a median revisit time of three hours. The 35 degree orbital inclination allows CYGNSS to measure ocean surface winds between approximately 38 degrees North and 38 degrees South latitude using an innovative combination of all-weather performance Global Positioning System (GPS) L-band ocean surface reflectometry to penetrate the clouds and heavy precipitation. The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) algorithm is what is used in this dataset to estimate the latent and sensible heat fluxes and their respective transfer coefficients. While COARE's initial intentions were for low to moderate wind speeds, the version used for this product, COARE 3.5, has been verified with direct in situ flux measurements for wind speeds up to 25 m/s. As CYGNSS does not provide air/sea temperature, humidity, surface pressure or density, …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CYGNSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2019-08-11
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Science Data Record
dataset title: CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Science Data Record Version 1.0
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CYGNS-L2H10
entry title: CYGNSS Level 2 Ocean Surface Heat Flux Science Data Record Version 1.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-07-31
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
long name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 40.0
online resource: http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/
originating center: NASA/ESSP/UMICH/CYGNSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: CYGNSS
short name: DDMI
southernmost latitude: 40.0
start date: 2017-03-18
term: OCEAN HEAT BUDGET
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: HEAT FLUX
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-MO4D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.559Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/MODST…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-MO4D9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHCMC-4FM03
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.388Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature (SST) analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Canadian Meteorological Center. This dataset merges infrared satellite SST at varying points in the time series from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) from NOAA-18,19, the European Meteorological Operational-A (METOP-A) and Operational-B (METOP-B), and microwave data from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) onboard the GCOM-W satellite in conjunction with in situ observations of SST from drifting buoys and ships from the ICOADS program. It uses the previous days analysis as the background field for the statistical interpolation used to assimilate the satellite and in situ observations. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Canada Meteorological Center
dataset publisher: Canada Meteorological Center
dataset release date: 2016-07-29
dataset release place: Dorval, QC, Canada
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 CMC0.1deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
dataset title: CMC 0.1 deg global sea surface temperature analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHCMC-4FM03
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 CMC0.1deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.1
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: InSitu
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
longitude resolution: 0.1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: CMC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: InSitu
short name: GHRSST
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: NOAA-20
short name: VIIRS
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: METOP-A
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR
short name: AMSR2
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: METOP-B
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2016-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statemenThese data were provided by GHRSST and Environment Canada
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 3.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01TMI
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.275Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) ocean surface winds from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, and WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L3.0 product are then …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-08
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look TMI Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look TMI Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01TMI
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look TMI Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Tropics
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 39.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: TMI
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: TRMM
southernmost latitude: -39.875
start date: 1997-12-06
stop date: 2011-12-31
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WUCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.451Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WUCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHGMB-3CO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.521Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.577Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 3 Collated (L3C) dataset derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-B (MetOp-B) platform (launched 17 Sep 2012). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near real time from Metop/AVHRR. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared channels (3.7, 10.8 and 12.0 micrometer) using a multispectral algorithm. Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction model, together with a radiatiave transfer model, are used to correct the multispectral algorithm for regional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. This global L3C product isderived from full resolution AVHRR l1b data that are re-mapped onto a 0.05 degree grid twice daily. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2016-09-02
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: NAR AVHRR SST
dataset title: MetOp-B AVHRR NAR SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHGMB-3CO02
entry title: GHRSST L3C global sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on Metop satellites (currently Metop-B) (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: METOP-B
short name: AVHRR-3
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2016-01-06
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-LAMBR
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.539Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Underway physical data from 6 cruises undertaken by the schooner Lady Amber during the SPURS-2 field campaign include along-track meteorological, salinity snake and fixed-hull CTD measurements at 1m and 2 m intake depths. Comparisons with nearby Revelle data facilitate evaluation of uncertainties arising from collecting data from a sailboat, and the characterization of small-scale spatial variability in the ocean and atmosphere. Data files are in netCDF CD/ACDD standards compliant format.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Drushka, K., W. Asher, J. Schanze and L. Rainville
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-10-24
dataset release place: Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 S/V Lady Amber underway Thermosalinograph and Sea Snake data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign PALS Products
easternmost longitude: -126.978
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-LAMBR
entry title: SPURS-2 S/V Lady Amber underway Thermosalinograph and Sea Snake data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-09-26
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Sailing Vessel Schooner Lady Amber
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 10.0
maximum depth: 1800.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 2.0
northernmost latitude: 35.627
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: S/V Lady Amber
short name: SPURS
short name: CTD
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 0.085
start date: 2016-08-29
stop date: 2018-04-30
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: PRECIPITATION
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: ATMOSPHERE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: PRECIPITATION RATE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: WATER TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -163.925

PODAAC-NSJPL-L3X02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.262Z
absract: The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 3 daily gridded ocean wind vectors are provided at 0.5 degree spatial resolution for ascending and descending passes; wind vectors are averaged at points where adjacent passes overlap. Wind vectors are not considered valid in rain contaminated regions; rain flags and precipitation information are not provided. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing, ambiguous, or contaminated by land/sea-ice. This is the most up-to-date version, which designates the final phase of calibration, validation and science data processing, which was completed in November of 1998, on behalf of the JPL NSCAT Project; wind vectors are processed using the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1998-07-26
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Surface Wind Vectors
dataset title: NSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Surface Wind Vectors (JPL)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NSJPL-L3X02
entry title: NSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Surface Wind Vectors (JPL)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.5
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: NASA Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I
longitude resolution: 0.5
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 75.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/nscat/docs/nscat_manual.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NSCAT
short name: ADEOS-I
southernmost latitude: -75.0
start date: 1996-09-15
stop date: 1997-06-30
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SEAAM-L3X00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.269Z
absract: This dataset is designed to compliment the SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 ocean surface wind vector dataset through the inclusion of AMSR corrections and precipitation rates. Data is provided daily and partitioned according to ascending and descending passes; where multiple passes occur over a given point, data from the most recent pass over-writes the earlier (adjacent) pass. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Rain flags are provided for each wind vector cell to assist in identifying potential rain contamination. This product utilizes JPL's most up-to-date calibration, validation, and science data processing from the QSCAT-1/F13 geophysical model function, adopted in July of 2006.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2006-01-15
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II L3 Ocean Wind Vectors w/AMSR corrections (JPL)
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II L3 Ocean Wind Vectors w/AMSR corrections (JPL)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEAAM-L3X00
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II L3 Ocean Wind Vectors w/AMSR corrections (JPL)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3E/docs/SWS_SDPUG_V2.0.pdf
originating center: SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AMSR
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADEOS-II
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3XMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.560Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
absract: Version 5.0 Aquarius CAP Level 3 products are the fourth release of the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mapped salinity and wind speed data based on the Combined Active Passive (CAP) algorithm. CAP Level 3 standard mapped image products contain gridded 1 degree spatial resolution salinity and wind speed data averaged over 7 day and monthly time scales. This particular dataset is the monthly wind speed V5.0 Aquarius CAP product. CAP is a P.I. produced dataset developed and provided by JPL. The CAP algorithm utilizes data from both the onboard radiometer and scatterometer to simultaneously retrieve salinity, wind speed and direction by minimizing the sum of squared differences between model and observations. The main improvements in CAP V5.0 relative to the previous version include: updates to the Geophysical Model Functions to 4th order harmonics with the inclusion of sea surface temperature (SST) and stability at air-sea interface effects; use of the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) SST product as the new source ancillary sea surface temperature data in place of NOAA OI SST. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Simon Yueh
dataset publisher: JPL - Simon Yueh
dataset release date: 2018-10-01
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
dataset title: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3XMCS
entry title: Aquarius CAP Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-22
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE, JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-09-01
stop date: 2015-06-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-ADCP0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.576Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.518Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) provide water column current velocity profile observations. Shipborne ADCP data were collected during the 3 US cruises, using the Knorr and Endeavor 300 kHz Workhorse, 75 khz broadband and 75 khz narrowband instruments, and during the Sarmiento cruise using a 76.8 khz broadband ADCP. Corresponding ruise dates were as follows: Knorr: 6 Sept-9 Oct 2012; Sarmiento: 14 Mar-10 Apr 2013, Endeavor: 15 Mar-15 Apr 2013 and 19 Sep-13 Oct 2013. Additionally, lowered ADCP (L-ADCP) measurements were made during the Knorr cruise on every CTD cast and during the Sarmiento cruise. The ADCP data files here (1 per cruise) are for the shipborne ADCP measurements only.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-1 shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data for N. Atlantic Endeavor and Knorr cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign ADCP Products
easternmost longitude: -28.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-ADCP0
entry title: SPURS-1 shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data for N. Atlantic Endeavor and Knorr cruises
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: R/V Knorr (WHOI)
long name: R/V Sarmiento De Gamboa (SPAIN)
long name: R/V Endeavor (WHOI)
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 974.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 14.0
northernmost latitude: 42.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: R/V Sarmiento
short name: R/V Endeavor
short name: R/V Knorr
short name: SPURS
short name: ADCP
southernmost latitude: 20.0
start date: 2012-09-06
stop date: 2013-10-13
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: CURRENT VELOCITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -73.0

PODAAC-MODTM-AN9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.559Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-AN9N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-8D9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.563Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-8D9N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMTG-2PN01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.281Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A; launched 19 Oct 2006) ) satellite produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The MetOp satellite program is a European undertaking providing weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. It was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with a contribution by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of an AVHRR sensor identical to those flying on the family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. This particular dataset is produced from Global Area Coverage (GAC) data that are derived from an on-board sample averaging of the fu…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2007-09-25 B. McKenzie: Original
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2007-09-26
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: METOP-A AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMTG-2PN01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-A
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2007-09-26
stop date: 2015-02-17
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RVAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.473Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, ascending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RVAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: InSitu
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-16
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3S7AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.485Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day,Ascending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3S7AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSX12-L2C11
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.572Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.509Z
absract: This dataset contains the RapidScat Level 2B 12.5km Version 1.0 Climate quality ocean surface wind vectors. The Level 2B wind vectors are binned on a 12.5 km Wind Vector Cell (WVC) grid and processed using the using the "full aperture" normalized radar cross-section (NRCS, a.k.a. Sigma-0) from the L1B dataset. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. This dataset is provided in a netCDF-3 file format that follows the netCDF-4 classic model (i.e., generated by the netCDF-4 API) and made available via PO.DAAC Drive and OPeNDAP. For data access, please click on the "Data Access" tab above. This climate quality data set differs from the nominal "slice" L2B dataset as follows: 1) it uses full antenna footprint measurements (~20-km) without subdividing by range (~7-km) and 2) the absolute calibration has been modified for the two different low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) mode data sets: LowSNR1 14 August 2015 to 18 September 2015; LowSNR2 6 October 2015 to 7 February 2016. The above enhancements allow this dataset to provide consistent calibration across all SNR states. Low SNR periods and other key quality control (QC) issues are tracked and kept up-to-date in PO.DAAC Drive at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/rapidscat/ancillary/revtime.csv. If you have any questions, please visit our…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-05-06
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2B Climate Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Footprints
dataset title: Rapidscat Level 2B Climate Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Footprints
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX12-L2C11
entry title: RapidScat Level 2B Climate Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Footprints
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ISS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: RapidScat
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2014-10-03
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GH18G-2PN02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.398Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 platform (launched 20 May 2005) produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. AVHRR data are acquired in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC). HRPT data are full resolution image data transmitted to a ground stations as they are collected. LAC are also full resolution data, but the acquisition is prescheduled and recorded with an on-board tape recorder for subsequent transmi…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2014-10-27
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: N-18 AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH18G-2PN02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR-3
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2013-09-24
stop date: 2018-05-14
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-2IOCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.459Z
absract: The version 5.0 Aquarius Level 2 product Cal product includes only the instrumental wiggle correction and is part of the official end of mission release of the orbital/swath data from AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius Level 2 data set contains sea surface salinity (SSS) and wind speed data derived from 3 different radiometers and the onboard scatterometer. Included also in the Level 2 data are the horizontal and vertical brightness temperatures (TH and TV) for each radiometer, ancillary data,flags, converted telemetry and navigation data. Each data file covers one 98 minute orbit. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath. Enhancements to the version 5.0 Level 2 data relative to v4.0 include: improvement of the salinity retrieval geophysical model for SST bias, estimates of SSS uncertainties (systematic and random components), and inclusion of a new spiciness variable.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-2IOCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 2 Sea Surface Salinity & Wind Speed Cal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-PALS0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.589Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.535Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Part of the Argo global network of autonomous, self-reporting samplers, Argo floats drift horizontally and move vertically through the water column generally on 10 day cycles, collecting high-quality temperature, conductivity and salinity depth (CTD) profiles from the upper 2000m. Four of the Twenty five floats deployed during SPURS-2 within the campaign spatial domain and time period were additionally equipped with acoustic rain gauges (PAL - Passive Acoustic Listeners). SPURS-2 ARGO-PAL data files are in netCDF/CF-compliant data format and organized per float. Float identifiers associated with ARGO CTD data are referenced in the metadata of the related PAL files.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Stephen Riser & Jie Yang
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-10-24
dataset release place: Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Passive Accoustic Listener (PAL) data from ARGO float deployments during the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign PALS Products
easternmost longitude: -116.57
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-PALS0
entry title: SPURS-2 Passive Accoustic Listener (PAL) data from ARGO float deployments during the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-09-18
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: Vaisalla sonde humidity sensor
long name: ARGO profiler floats
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 1800.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 2.5
northernmost latitude: 12.106
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SPURS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ARGO
short name: HUMIDITY SENSORS
southernmost latitude: 8.861
start date: 2016-08-30
stop date: 2018-08-22
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: PRECIPITATION
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
topic: ATMOSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
variable level 1: PRECIPITATION RATE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -129.129

PODAAC-GHSIO-3CO01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.461Z
absract: This dataset is produced by the Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) instrument onboard the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-1), Meteosat-8 satellite (launched on 28 August 2002). The dataset covers the Indian Ocean region with latitude of 60S-60N and longitude of 135W-15W. Level-3C SST, in the NetCDF format recommended by Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST), is identical to Level-2P GHRSST products, 3 refers to gridded products and C to the fact that hourly products result from compositing 15 minutes (MSG) or 30 minutes (GOES-E) data.The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), OSI SAF is producing SST products in near real time from MSG/SEVIRI. SEVIRI level 1.5 data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. SST is retrieved from the SEVIRI infrared channels (10.8 and 12.0 micrometer) using a multispectral algorithm. Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction model, together with a radiatiave transfer model, are used to correct the multispectral algorithm for regional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. Every 15 minutes slot is processed at full satellite resolution. The operational products are then produced by remapping over a 0.05-degree regular grid (60S-60N and 135W-15W) SST fields obtained by aggregating all 15-minute SST data available in one-hour time, and the priority being given to the value the closest in time to the product nominal hour. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2017-03-28
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: SEVIRI Indian Ocean SST
dataset title: SEVIRI Indian Ocean SST data set
easternmost longitude: -135.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHSIO-3CO01
entry title: GHRSST Level 3C Indian-Ocean (IO) sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on MSG1 in GDS2 format produced by OSISAF
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-07-19
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Indian Ocean
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 60.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MSG2
short name: SEVIRI
southernmost latitude: -60.0
start date: 2017-03-28
temporal resolution: 1 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -15.0

PODAAC-TELND-3AJ63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.583Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.526Z
absract: The monthly land mass grids contain water mass anomalies given as equivalent water thickness derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represents the total terrestrial water storage anomalies from soil moisture, snow, surface water (incl. rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc.), as well as groundwater and aquifers. A glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the terrestrial water storage data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: JPL TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
dataset title: TELLUS_GRAC_L3_JPL_RL06_LND_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TELND-3AJ63
entry title: JPL TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/monthly-mass-grids-land/
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-10-18
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-RSX25-L2A13
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.446Z
absract: This dataset contains the Version 1.3 ISS-RapidScat Level 2A 25km science data record, which provides surface-flagged sigma-0 in 25km Wind Vector Cells processed using the pulse "egg" Sigma-0 data provided by the Level 1B dataset. Version 1.3 is intended as a replacement and continuation of the Version 1.1 and 1.2 data forward from orbital revolution number 7873, corresponding to 11 February 2016; on 11 Feb 2016, RapidScat entered it's 3rd low signal to noise ratio (SNR) state and the initial calibration of low SNR 3 was preliminary during the Version 1.2 release. The fundamental difference between Version 1.3 and the previous Version 1.2 datasets is that the L1B sigma-0 has been re-calibrated during the periods of low SNR states 3 and 4 using re-pointed QuikSCAT data. Due to the circular scan of the SeaWinds instrument the expected number of Sigma-0 cells per WVC is not constant. To minimize the L2A data volume, the Sigma-0 cell data are stored as "lists" for each WVC row, with each list indexed by a "cell_index" array to indicate the cross-track WVC membership of the data. Each cell is then checked for land or ice and flagged accordingly. Attenuation corrections for each Sigma-0 measurement are also provided. Data are provided in single-orbit files in HDF-4 format. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day ret…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-10-28
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid
dataset title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid Version 1.3
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX25-L2A13
entry title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid Version 1.3
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: RapidScat
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ISS
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2016-02-11
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.3
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-8D9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.603Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.570Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-8D9N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-AN9D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.559Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-AN9D9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PVAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.484Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, Ascending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PVAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-J2OGR-GPSHA
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.400Z
absract: This is a near real time dataset that provides a GPS based orbit and Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) from that orbit. It is similar to the Jason-3 Operation Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) that is distributed at NOAA (http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog/jason/), but includes the GPS orbit and SSHA as two additional variables. It has a 5 hour time lag due to the time needed to calculate the GPS orbit and SSHA. The GPS orbits have been shown to be more accurate than the DORIS orbits on a near real time scale and therefore produces a more accurate SSHA.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Desai, Shailen
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2016-10-10
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Jason-3 GPS based orbit and SSHA OGDR
dataset title: JASON_3_L2_OST_OGDR_GPS
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J2OGR-GPSHA
entry title: Jason-3 GPS based orbit and SSHA OGDR
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Jason-3
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: JASON-3
long name: Global Positioning System Payload
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
originating center: NASA/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: JASON-3
short name: GPSP
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AMR
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 2016-09-30
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: OCEAN WAVES
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
version: A
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-REYN2-ERMON
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.419Z
absract: The Smith & Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 dataset provides a historical reconstruction of monthly global ocean surface temperatures and temperature anomalies on a 2 degree spatial grid from 1854-2009 from in-situ observations based on a consistent statistical methodology that accounts for uneven sampling distributions over time and related observational biases. Version 2 of this dataset implements release 2 of ICOADS (International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set) and utilizes Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnections (EOT) in reconstruction analyses to estimate both surface temperature and associated standard deviation error fields. ERSST v2 presents extended reconstructed sea surface temperature and associated estimated SST error standard deviation fields as 2 similarly structured ASCII flat files.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Smith, T., Reynolds, R.
dataset publisher: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
dataset release date: 1981-11-07
dataset release place: NOAA National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, USA
dataset series name: Smith and Reynolds NCDC Level 4 Historical Reconstructed SST Monthly
dataset title: NCDC Smith & Reynolds Historical Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Data Sets
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-REYN2-ERMON
entry title: Smith and Reynolds NCDC Level 4 Historical Reconstructed SST Monthly Version 2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 2.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Reynolds SST
long name: International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Global Telecommunication System Ship and Buoy In Situ Observations
longitude resolution: 2.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ersst/
originating center: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: REYNOLDS_SST
short name: ICOADS
short name: NCEP GTS
short name: InSitu
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1854-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DMDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.457Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly, Descending sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DMDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TPTMR-REP01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.413Z
absract: The Topex Microwave Radiometer (TMR) replacement product, version 1.0, is intended as an interim product for use with the version B Topex MGDRs while a new Topex/Poseidon GDR is being generated. The new GDR will contain the TMR data provided in this replacement product. The TMR replacement product was generated after a recalibration of the TMR for the entire Topex/Poseidon mission by Shannon Brown at JPL.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Shannon Brown
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2006-11-30
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER REPLACEMENT
dataset title: TOPEX_L2_OST_TMR_Replacement
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TPTMR-REP01
entry title: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER REPLACEMENT
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-02-03
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: TOPEX/Poseidon
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
originating center: JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TMR
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 1992-09-25
stop date: 2005-10-08
term: ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
term: MICROWAVE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: ATMOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: WATER VAPOR
variable level 1: BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-QSX12-L2B40
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.456Z
absract: This dataset contains the latest reprocessed version 4.0 of the Level 2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the QuikSCAT scatterometer. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 12.5 km pixel resolution. Higher resolution is achieved through a slice composite technique in which high resolution slice measurements from L1B data are composited into a 12.5 km wind vector cell. Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. This is an official dataset produced by the NASA QuikSCAT Project through the SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC). Version 4.0 processing begins with the same L1B (time-ordered backscatter) data as used in the previous Version 3.1 processing. The new version has three important improvements over the previous version 3.1. First, a sea-surface temperature (SST) dependent geophysical model function (GMF) developed by Lucrezia Ricciardulli of Remote Sensing Systems is used in wind retrieval in order to fix persistent speed biases in Ku-band data over cold ocean. Second, near coastal winds are retrieved using the Land Contamination Ratio with Expected Sigma-0 (LCRES) technique which retrieves winds significantly closer to the coast than has been done before. Third, flagging is simplified and extra flags are provided. All of the legacy quality flags are preserved with the same meaning. A new single bit wind_retrieval_likely_corrupted_flag is established for conditions in which approximately 3% (or greater) of the data comprising a wind vector cell (WVC) exhibits suboptimal performance due to rain, ice, or a few other rare anomalous cases. Another bit wind_retrieval_possibly_corrupted_flag is established for conditions in which approximately 15% of the data comprising a WVC near rain, ice, or a coastal boundary is thought to be high quality but may not match up well with numerical wind models due to either r…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: SeaPAC
dataset release date: 2018-03-29
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 4.0
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSX12-L2B40
entry title: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 4.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-01-29
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Quick Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B12/docs/
originating center: NASA/JPL/SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1999-10-27
stop date: 2009-11-22
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 4.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR00-SKY01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.541Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
absract: This datasets contains three maps of L-band (wavelength = 21 cm) brightness temperature of the celestial sky ("Galaxy") used in the processing of the NASA Aquarius instrument data. The maps report Sky brightness temperatures in Kelvin gridded on the Earth Centered Inertial (ECI) reference frame epoch J2000. They are sampled over 721 Declinations between -90 degrees and +90 degrees and 1441 Right Ascensions between 0 degrees and 360 degrees, all evenly spaced at 0.25 degrees intervals. The brightness temperatures are assumed temporally invariant and polarization has been neglected. They include microwave continuum and atomic hydrogen line (HI) emissions. The maps differ only in how the strong radio source Cassiopeia A has been included into the whole sky background surveys: 1/ TB_no_Cas_A does not include Cassiopeia A and reports only the whole Sky surveys. 2/ TB_Cas_A_1cell spread Cas A total flux homogeneously over 1 map grid cell (i.e. 9.8572E-6 sr). 3/ TB_Cas_A_beam spreads Cas A over surrounding grid cells using a convolution by a Gaussian beam with HPBW of 35 arcmin (equivalent to the instrument used for the Sky surveys). Cassiopeia A is a supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cassiopeia and the brightest extra-solar radio source in the sky at frequencies above 1.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Emmanuel Dinnat
dataset publisher: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
dataset release date: 2018-07-04
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, Md., 20771
dataset series name: Aquarius Celestial Sky Products
dataset title: Aquarius Celestial Sky Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR00-SKY01
entry title: Aquarius Celestial Sky Microwave Emission Map Ancillary Dataset V1.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-06-12
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/salinity/data.html
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-09-01
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 4 Year
term: ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
topic: ATMOSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHH08-2PO27
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.554Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
absract: Himawari-8 (H08) was launched on 7 October 2014 into its nominal position at 140.7-deg E, and declared operational on 7 July 2015. The Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI; largely identical to GOES-R/ABI) is a 16 channel sensor, of which five (3.9, 8.4, 10.3, 11.2, and 12.3 um) are suitable for SST. Accurate sensor calibration, image navigation and (co)registration, high spectral fidelity, and sophisticated pre-processing (geo-rectification, radiance equalization, and mapping) offer vastly enhanced capabilities for SST retrievals, over the heritage GOES-I/P and MTSAT-2 Imagers. From altitude 35,800km, H08/AHI maps SST in a Full Disk (FD) area from 80E-160W and 60S-60N, with spatial resolution 2km at nadir to 15km at view zenith angle 67-deg, with a 10-min temporal sampling. The AHI L2P (swath) SST product is derived at the native sensor resolution using NOAA's Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) system. ACSPO processes every 10-min FD data, identifies good quality ocean pixels (Petrenko et al., 2010) and derives SST using the four-band (8.4, 10.3, 11.2 and 12.3um) Non-Linear SST (NLSST) regression algorithm (Petrenko et al., 2014), trained against in situ SSTs from drifting and tropical mooring buoys in the NOAA iQuam system (Xu and Ignatov, 2014). The 10-min data are subsequently collated in time, to produce 1-hr L2P product, with improved coverage, and reduced cloud leakages and image noise. The collated L2P reports SSTs and brightness temperatures (BTs) in clear-sky water pixels (defined as ocean, sea, lake or river), and fill values elsewhere. All pixels with valid SSTs are recommended for use. ACSPO files also include sun-sensor geometry, l2p_flags (day/night, land, ice, twilight, and glint flags), and NCEP wind speed. The L2P is reported in NetCDF4 GHRSST Data Specification version 2 (GDS2) format, 24 granules per day, with a total data volume 0.6GB/day. Pixel earth locations are not reported in the granules, as they remain unchanged from granule to granu…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2020-05-21
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: GHRSST NOAA/STAR Himawari-08 AHI L2P Pacific Ocean Region SST dataset in GDS2
dataset title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR Himawari-08 AHI L2P Pacific Ocean Region SST v2.70 dataset in GDS2
easternmost longitude: -15.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHH08-2PO27
entry title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR Himawari-08 AHI L2P Pacific Ocean Region SST v2.70 dataset in GDS2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-04-01
latitude resolution: 0.018
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Western Pacific
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Himawari Imager
longitude resolution: 0.018
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 59.0
online resource: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/GHRSST
originating center: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AHI
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Himawari-8
southernmost latitude: -59.0
start date: 2015-06-01
temporal resolution: 60 Minute
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.7
westernmost longitude: -135.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3T7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.559Z
absract: Version 5.0 Aquarius CAP Level 3 products are the fourth release of the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mapped salinity and wind speed data based on the Combined Active Passive (CAP) algorithm. Level 3 standard mapped image products contain gridded 1 degree spatial resolution salinity and wind speed data averaged over 7 day and monthly time scales. This particular dataset is the 7-Day running mean sea surface salinity (SSS) V5.0 Aquarius CAP product. CAP is a P.I. produced dataset developed and provided by JPL. The CAP algorithm utilizes data from both the onboard radiometer and scatterometer to simultaneously retrieve salinity, wind speed and direction by minimizing the sum of squared differences between model and observations. The main improvements in CAP V5.0 relative to the previous version include: updates to the Geophysical Model Functions to 4th order harmonics with the inclusion of sea surface temperature (SST) and stability at air-sea interface effects; use of the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) SST product as the new source ancillary sea surface temperature data in place of NOAA OI SST. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Simon Yueh
dataset publisher: JPL - Simon Yueh
dataset release date: 2018-10-01
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
dataset title: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3T7CS
entry title: Aquarius CAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-22
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE, JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-26
stop date: 2015-06-08
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SVCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.476Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SVCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-MO4D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.513Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.573Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, monthly, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-MO4D4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SCDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.467Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. Thisparticular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, Descending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SCDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SMP43-2TOCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.525Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.579Z
absract: This is the PI-produced JPL SMAP-SSS V4.3, level 2B CAP, validated sea surface salinity (SSS) and extreme winds orbital/swath product from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory. It is based on the Combined Active-Passive (CAP) retrieval algorithm developed at JPL originally in the context of Aquarius/SAC-D and now extended to SMAP. Improvements with V4.3 include: 1) New residual TB calibration which removes the ascending/descending bias issue observed for version 4.3; 2) Slightly modified criteria for aggregation from L2B to L3 based on TB for V-pol minus TB for H-pol. The JPL SMAP-SSS L2B CAP product includes data for a range of parameters: derived SMAP sea surface salinity, SSS uncertainty and wind speed/direction data for extreme winds, brightness temperatures for each radiometer polarization, ancillary reference surface salinity, ice concentration, wind and wave height data, quality flags, and navigation data. Each data file covers one 98-minute orbit (15 files per day). Data begins on April 1,2015 and is ongoing, with a 3 day latency in processing and availability. Observations are global in extent and provided at 25km swath grid with an approximate spatial resolution of 60 km. The SMAP satellite is in a near-polar orbit at an inclination of 98 degrees and an altitude of 685 km. It has an ascending node time of 6 pm and is sun-synchronous. With its 1000km swath, SMAP achieves global coverage in approximately 3 days, but has an exact orbit repeat cycle of 8 days. On board Instruments include a highly sensitive L-band radiometer operating at 1.41GHz and an L-band 1.26GHz radar sensor providing complementary active and passive sensing capabilities. Malfunction of the SMAP scatterometer on 7 July, 2015, has necessitated the use of collocated wind speed for the surface roughness correction required for the surface salinity retrieval.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2020-02-13
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: JPL SMAP Level 2B CAP Sea Surface Salinity Validated Dataset
dataset title: JPL CAP SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SMP43-2TOCS
entry title: JPL SMAP Level 2B CAP Sea Surface Salinity V4.3 Validated Dataset
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-11-09
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SMAP L-Band Radiometer
long name: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
long name: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Sea Surface Salinity (SSS)
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/smap
originating center: NASA/JPL/SMAP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SMAP-SSS
short name: SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SMAP
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2015-04-01
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 4.3
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SDRON-ATOM0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.528Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.583Z
absract: Saildrone is a wind and solar powered unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of long distance deployments lasting up to 12 months and providing high quality, near real-time, multivariate surface ocean and atmospheric observations while transiting at typical speeds of 3-5 knots. The drone is autonomous in that it may be guided remotely from land while being completely wind driven. The saildrone ATOMIC (Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign) campaign involved the deployment of a fleet of saildrones, jointly funded by NASA and NOAA, in the Atlantic waters offshore of Barbados over a 45 day period from 17 January to 2 March 2020. The goal was to understand the Ocean-Atmosphere interaction particularly over the mesoscale ocean eddies in that region. The saildrones were equipped with a suite of instruments that included a CTD, IR pyrometer, fluorometer, dissolved oxygen sensor, anemometer, barometer, and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP). Additionally, four temperature data loggers were positioned vertically along hull to provide further information on thermal variability near the ocean surface. This Saildrone ATOMIC dataset is comprised of two data files for each of the three NASA-funded saildrones deployed, one for the surface observations and one for the ADCP measuements. The surface data files contain saildrone platform telemetry and near-surface observational data (air temperature, sea surface skin and bulk temperatures, salinity, oxygen and chlorophyll-a concentrations, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction) spanning the entire cruise at 1 minute temporal resolution. The ADCP files for each saildrone are at 5 minute resolution for the duration of the deployments. All data files are in netCDF format and CF/ACDD compliant consistent with the NOAA/NCEI specification.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Saildrone
dataset publisher: Saildrone Inc
dataset release date: 2020-07-30
dataset release place: Saildrone Inc. 1050 W Tower Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
dataset series name: Saildrone ATOMIC field campaign surface measurements
dataset title: Saildrone Arctic ATOMIC Field Campaign Products
easternmost longitude: -48.6
entry ID: PODAAC-SDRON-ATOM0
entry title: Saildrone field campaign surface and ADCP measurements for the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC) project
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-07-23
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Carribean
long name: Aanderaa Dissolved Oxygen (710) Sensor 4831
long name: Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle
long name: Vaisala Barometer PTB210
long name: Fluorometer
long name: Heitronics Wing IR Pyrometer
long name: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 5.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 12.1
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/saildrone
originating center: Saildrone
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ATOMIC
short name: PYROMETERS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: BAROMETERS
short name: CTD
short name: ADCP
short name: ANEMOMETERS
short name: Saildrone
short name: FLUOROMETERS
southernmost latitude: 7.4
start date: 2020-01-17
stop date: 2020-03-02
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
term: ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
term: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
term: OCEAN OPTICS
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN CHEMISTRY
term: ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
topic: ATMOSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: OCEAN CURRENTS
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: OXYGEN
variable level 1: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
variable level 1: SURFACE TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: FLUORESCENCE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -59.4

PODAAC-OSCT2-L2BV2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.427Z
absract: This dataset consists of the version 2 Level 2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Oceansat-2 scatterometer (OSCAT), which was designed and launched by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) 23 September 2009. This Level 2B dataset is produced by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) QuikSCAT Project in cooperation with ISRO. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 12.5 km pixel resolution. This resolution is achieved through a slice composite technique in which high resolution slice measurements from L1B data are composited into a 12.5 km wind vector cell. This newest version contains an improved geophysical model function (GMF), known as QSCAT12, consistent with the Remote Sensing Systems Ku2011 GMF, and an improved rain detection and flagging algorithm; these algorithms are consistent with the latest reprocessed version 3 QuikSCAT L2B dataset. Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. As a Ku-band dual pencil-beam rotating scatterometer, OSCAT design specs bear a strong resemblence of the Ku-band SeaWinds scatterometers on QuikSCAT and Midori-II (ADEOS-II). The primary difference between OSCAT and SeaWinds is the ~4 degree increase in the OSCAT incidence angle, which acts as an offset to the relatively lower altitude of Oceansat-2 to help provide a nearly identical swath width to SeaWinds. In the early phase of cal/val, the JPL QuikSCAT Project identified several problems, most of which have been corrected in this latest L2B version. This dataset release is expected to have an accuracy similar to that of the version 3 L2B QuikSCAT product, with minor caveats, all of which are described by Jaruwatanadilok et al. (2014) and summarized in the User Guide document which is made available in PO.DAAC Drive at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/oceansat2/L2B/oscat/jpl/docs/ . Read software is made a…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2013-02-26
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Oceansat-2 Scatterometer Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: Oceansat-2 Scatterometer Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 2
easternmost longitude: 0.0
entry ID: PODAAC-OSCT2-L2BV2
entry title: Oceansat-2 Scatterometer Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Oceansat-2 Scanning Scatterometer
long name: Oceansat-2
long name: Quick Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/OceanWinds/oceansat2/L2B/oscat/jpl/docs/
originating center: SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: OSCAT
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: IRS-O2
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2010-01-16
stop date: 2014-02-20
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 360.0

PODAAC-MODTM-AN9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.389Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, mid-IR SST level 3, 9km, annual, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-AN9N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-8D9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.514Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.573Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, mid-IR SST level 3, 9km, 8-day, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-8D9N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3R7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.463Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, 7-Day, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the 7-Day ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3R7CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NOAA-9
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-14
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ARBLT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.430Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrievals over the Arctic Polar region from SeaWinds on ADEOS-II retrievals subsetted and averaged twice daily at the local time-of-day (LTOD); local times are approximately mid-day (08:00 to 16:00 local) and evening (16:00 to 24:00 local). The eight hour interval at each LTOD reference of mid-day vs. evening corresponds to the natural boundaries of time separation within the data at polar latitudes. Hence, mid-day and evening are used as approximations for the LTOD reference, where the actual LTOD may vary within the respective 8 hour interval. This dataset is generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images meant for browse purposes only and is available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES_LTOD. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day and LTOD will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2012-03-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Arctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ARBLT
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2012-03-22
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: SCP
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-GLID3
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.283Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. A Waveglider is an autonomous platform propelled by the conversion of ocean wave energy into forward thrust and employing solar panels to power instrumentation. During SPURS-1, three wavegliders (ASL2, ASL3 and ASL4) were deployed from the Knorr in September 2012, redeployed in April 2013 (ASL22, ASL32 and ASL42) with final recovery in September. Waveglider trajectories followed a square loop or butterfly pattern around the central SPURS mooring. Sensors included a CTD at the near-surface and another at 6 m depth, a surface current meter, air temperature, atmospheric pressure and wind speed sensors providing continuous along-track observations. NetCDF waveglider data files here contain hour averaged, georeferenced trajectory data for those parameters and depths.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: Waveglider data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS-1 Field Campaign Waveglider Data Products
easternmost longitude: -37.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-GLID3
entry title: Waveglider data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: SPURS-I WHOI Waveglider
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: Current Meter
long name: Meteorological Measurement System
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 6.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 42.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MMS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: CTD
short name: Waveglider
short name: CURRENT METERS
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 23.0
start date: 2012-09-01
stop date: 2013-03-25
temporal resolution range: 1 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: SURFACE PRESSURE
variable level 1: CURRENT VELOCITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -71.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SUAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.489Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is themonthly climatology, Ascending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SUAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-NBFLT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.533Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.588Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Neutrally buoyant floats (also known as Mixed Layer Floats - MLF) drift and move through the water column providing continuous CTD temperature and salinity profiles and GPS surface position location data. One float was deployed in SPURS-2 during the first Revelle cruise in August 2016 and recovered in December 2016 after 3.5 months about 1800 km east of the central mooring. The MLF data are provided in netCDF file format with standards compliant metadata.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Andrey Shcherbina
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-10-24
dataset release place: APL, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Neutrally buoyant float data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS-2 Field Campaign Neutrally Buoyant Float Data Products
easternmost longitude: -108.951
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-NBFLT
entry title: SPURS-2 Neutrally buoyant float data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-08-14
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: SPURS-I University of Washington Neutrally Buoyant Float/Mixed layer float
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 130.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 11.891
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SPURS
short name: NeutrallyBuoyantFloat
short name: CTD
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 7.855
start date: 2016-08-26
stop date: 2016-12-29
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -125.015

PODAAC-REYN2-OIMON
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.420Z
absract: The NOAA/NCEP Reynolds Optimally Interpolated (OI) Sea Surface Temperature monthly Level 4 product consists of aggregate global sea surface temperature fields on a 1 degree by 1 degree grid over a month time interval. The OI analysis employed uses both in-situ SSTs from ships and buoys and satellite derived SSTs from the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). The satellite derived SSTs are from the Multichannel Sea Surface Temperature products that have been constructed operationally from the five-channel AVHRR by NOAA's Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) since late 1981 through to present. Monthly OI SST fields are derived by a linear interpolation of the weekly optimum interpolation (OI) fields to daily fields then averaging the daily values over a month. The monthly fields are in the same format and spatial resolution as the weekly fields, which have been widely used for weather and climate monitoring and forecasting. Version 2.0 of this dataset utilizes an update and extension of the COADS in-situ data series providing enhanced ship data coverage through 1997 and reducing the residual satellite biases in otherwise data sparse regions. This version also implements enhancements to the OI analysis utilizing simulations of SST observations from an improved sea ice algorithm and data following a technique developed at the UK Met Office, improvements that further reduce biases in the OI SST particularly at higher latitudes.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for REYNOLDS_NCEP_L3_SST_OPT_INTERP_MONTHLY_V2
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Reynolds, R., Stokes, D.
dataset publisher: National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
dataset release date: 1981-11-08
dataset release place: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Camp Springs, Maryland, USA
dataset series name: Reynolds NCEP Level 4 Optimally Interpolated SST Monthly
dataset title: NCEP Reynolds Optimally Interpolated Sea Surface Temperature Data Sets; Product
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-REYN2-OIMON
entry title: Reynolds NCEP Level 4 Optimally Interpolated SST Monthly Version 2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/avhrr/L4/reynolds_oi/docs/
originating center: NOAA/NCEP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: POES
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-7
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1981-11-01
stop date: 2017-08-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TEOCN-3AG63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.550Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.595Z
absract: The monthly ocean bottom pressure anomaly grids are given as equivalent water thickness changes derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represent sea floor pressure changes due to the integral effect of ocean and atmosphere processes, including global mean ocean bottom pressure changes (mean ocean mass and mean atmosphere mass over the global oceans). The Level-2 GAD product has been added back, a glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters (i.e., de-striping and spatial smoothing) have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the ocean bottom pressure data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GFZ TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly OCEAN Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface-Mass Anomaly Release 6.0
dataset title: TELLUS_GRAC_L3_GFZ_RL06_OCN_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TEOCN-3AG63
entry title: GFZ TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/monthly-mass-grids-ocean/
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: MEaSUREs
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-10-25
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: OCEANS
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-AN9D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.557Z
absract: TDay and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-AN9D9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGSM-20G06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.558Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of static field geopotential of the Earth, derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements, produced by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: GFZ
dataset release date: 2018-08-31
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonic Coefficients GFZ (GSM)
dataset title: GRACE_GSM_L2_GRAV_GFZ_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGSM-20G06
entry title: GRACE FIELD GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS GFZ RELEASE 6.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-06
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/GFZ
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE SCA
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-05
stop date: 2017-07-01
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
topic: SOLID EARTH
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-NSMGD-SIGW2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.280Z
absract: The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 2.5 high-resolution merged ocean wind vectors and sigma-0 in 25 km wind vector cell (WVC) swaths contain daily data from ascending and descending passes. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Wind vectors are not considered valid in rain contaminated regions; rain flags and precipitation information are not provided. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing or ambiguous. In the presence of land or sea ice winds values are set to 0, and sigma-0 values are preserved where measurements are available. This is the most up-to-date version, which designates the final phase of calibration, validation and science data processing, which was completed in November of 1998, on behalf of the JPL NSCAT Project; wind vectors are processed using the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2006-02-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT High-Resolution MGDR, Sigma-0 and Ocean Wind Vectors
dataset title: NSCAT High-Resolution MGDR, Sigma-0 and Ocean Wind Vectors (Dunbar)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NSMGD-SIGW2
entry title: NSCAT High-Resolution MGDR, Sigma-0 and Ocean Wind Vectors (Dunbar)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: NASA Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I
maximum altitude: -999.0
maximum depth: -999.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: -999.0
minimum depth: -999.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/ocean_wind/nscat/doc/l25_usersguide.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ADEOS-I
short name: NSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1996-09-15
stop date: 1997-06-29
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-8D9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.378Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, 8-day, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-8D9N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GH19G-2PN01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.434Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 platform (launched 6 Feb 2009) produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. AVHRR data are acquired in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC). HRPT data are full resolution image data transmitted to a ground stations as they are collected. LAC are also full resolution data, but the acquisition is prescheduled and recorded with an on-board tape recorder for subsequent transmis…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: REPAIRED META_HISTORY ENTRY
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2009-09-27
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: N-19 AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH19G-2PN01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-20
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2009-10-05
stop date: 2015-02-17
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-AN9D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.380Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, annual, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-AN9D4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3P7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.465Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3P7CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ARBMF
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.436Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrieval statistics over the Arctic Polar region from the SeaWinds L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are all contained within a single tar file for a given day. When the tar file is unpacked, the individual SIR files are separated according to polarization and the corresponding retrieval statistic (i.e., daily average, standard deviation, and daily measurement counts). Consequently, there are 6 SIR files contained within each unpacked tar file. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES. An additional complimentary dataset includes a reduced version of these Sigma-0 retrieval statistics by providing only the daily Sigma-0 average: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2003-11-02
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Arctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ARBMF
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSWBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: SCP
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RRDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.476Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, 7-Day, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, descending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RRDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-16
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-14
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-7
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3S3DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.494Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Seasonal,Descending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3S3DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHSEV-3COR1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.540Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the Eastern Atlantic Region from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) on the MSG satellites (Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT),Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) has reprocessed SST products in (long) delayed-mode from MSG/SEVIRI. SST is retrieved from the SEVIRI infrared channels (10.8 and 12.0 micrometer) using a multispectral algorithm and the cloud mask (CM) from OSI SAF. Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model, OSTIA Sea Surface Temperature re-analysis and analysis, together with a radiatiave transfer model (RTTOV), are used to correct the multispectral algorithm for regional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. Every 15 minutes slot is processed at full satellite resolution. The operational products are then produced by remapping over a 0.05 degree regular grid (60S-60N and 60W-60E) SST fields obtained by aggregating all 15 minute SST data available in one hour time, and the priority being given to the value the closest in time to the product nominal hour. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2019-05-29
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: GHRSST L3C OSISAF reprocessed SSTskin dataset v1.0 from SEVIRI on MSG for Atlantic (GDS V2)
dataset title: SEVIRI Atlantic SST data set
easternmost longitude: 60.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHSEV-3COR1
entry title: GHRSST L3C OSISAF reprocessed SSTskin dataset v1.0 from SEVIRI on MSG for Atlantic (GDS V2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-07-26
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Mid-Atlantic to East Indian Ocean - Baltic Sea to below Africa
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 60.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MSG2
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEVIRI
southernmost latitude: -60.0
start date: 2004-01-19
stop date: 2012-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -60.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ENR00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.401Z
absract: This dataset contains enhanced resolution gridded fields of the normalized radar cross-section (sigma-0) made from the SeaWinds on ADEOS-II L1B dataset using two different forms of the single-variate Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) algorithm: 1) for 'egg' sigma-0 measurements and 2) for 'slice' sigma-0 measurements, where the SIR with filtering (SIRF) algorithm is used. For 'egg' measurements, the full antenna/processing spatial response is used while a simplified spatial response function in which the spatial response is assumed to be 1 over the footprint and 0 elsewhere is used for 'slice' measurements. The SIR algorithm with 'eggs' makes images of sigma-0 at the measurement incidence angle at 4.5 km pixel resolution. The effective resolution varies depending on region and sampling conditions but is estimated to be 8-10 km in most areas. The SIRF algorithm with 'slices' makes images at 2.225 km pixel resolution with an estimated effective resolution of 6-8 km. It is worth noting that 'slice' measurements are inherently noisier than 'egg' measurements. This dataset has been pre-subsetted for the following regions: Alaska, Amazonia, Antarctica, Arctic, Australia, Bering Strait, Greenland, Central America, East China Sea, Sea of Japan, Europe, Indonesia, Northern Africa, North America, Southern Africa, South America, Southern Asia, and Siberia. Non-enhanced fields are also provided at lower resolution in a 'GRD' gridded format that does not utilize SIR processing; 'GRD' fields are provided at 11.125 km and 22.25 km pixel resolution for slices and eggs, respectively. In addition to Sigma-0, various statistical parameters are provided for added guidance, including but not limited to: standard deviation of incidence angle, mean incidence angle, measurement counts, pixel time, mean reconstruction error, and standard deviation of the reconstructed sigma-0. Sigma-0 fields are available for specific ascending/descending nodes, local time of day, or as a daily avera…
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 10-SEP-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2011-11-03
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Enhanced Resolution Regionally Gridded Sigma-0 (BYU, D. Long)
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Enhanced Resolution Regionally Gridded Sigma-0 (BYU, D. Long)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ENR00
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Enhanced Resolution Regionally Gridded Sigma-0 (BYU, D. Long)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2009-09-10
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Australia
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.02
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0enhanced/docs/qscat_seawinds_enhanced.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SCP
short name: ADEOS-II
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
temporal resolution range: 12-Hourly to Daily
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RMAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.472Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Monthly, ascending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RMAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-7
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-16
short name: InSitu
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-11
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMWO-4FR05
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.593Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.544Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) global Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on a 0.25-degree grid at Remote Sensing Systems. This product uses optimal interpolation (OI) from microwave (MW) sensors including the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI), the NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) onboard the GCOM-W1 satellite, and WindSat operates on the Coriolis satellite. The through-cloud capabilities of microwave radiometers provide a valuable picture of global sea surface temperature (SST). This analysis does not use any in situ SST data such as drifting buoy SST. Comparing with previous version 4.0 dataset, the version 5.0 has made the updates in several areas, including the diurnal warming model, the sensor-specific error statistics (SSES) for each microwave sensor, the sensor correlation model, and the quality mask.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2017-12-29
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 MW_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature analysis
dataset title: MW optimum interpolated SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMWO-4FR05
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 MW_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature analysis version 5.0 from REMSS
horizontal resolution range: 25 km
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-10-17
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Coriolis
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: WindSat
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory
long name: GPM Microwave Imager
longitude resolution: 0.25
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: WINDSAT
short name: AMSR2
short name: Aqua
short name: AMSR-E
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TRMM
short name: GHRSST
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: GPM
short name: GMI
short name: TMI
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1997-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SMP40-2SOCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.551Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.596Z
absract: The version 4.0 SMAP-SSS, level 2C product contains the fourth release of the validated sea surface salinity orbital/swath data from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory, and is produced operationally by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS). Enhancements with this release include: use of an improved 0.125 degree land correction table with land emission based on SMAP TB; replacement of the previous NCEP sea-ice mask with one based on RSS AMSR-2 and implementing a sea-ice threshold of 0.3% (gain weighted sea-ice fraction); revised solar flagging that depends on glint angle and wind speed; inclusion of estimated SSS-uncertainty; consolidation of both 40KM and 70KM SMAP-SSS datasets as variable fields in a single data product. The SMAP-SSS L2C product includes data for a range of parameters: derived sea surface salinity (SSS) with SSS-uncertainty, brightness temperatures for each radiometer polarization, antenna temperatures, collocated wind speed, data and ancillary reference surface salinity data from HYCOM, rain rate, quality flags, and navigation data. Each data file covers one 98-minute orbit (15 files per day). Data begins on April 1,2015 and is ongoing. Observations are global in extent and provided at a 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree grid with an approximate spatial feature resolution of 40KM. Note that while a SSS 40KM variable is also included in the product, for most open ocean applications, the default SSS variable (70KM) is best used as they are significantly less noisy than the 40KM data.The SMAP satellite is in a near-polar orbit at an inclination of 98 degrees and an altitude of 685 km. It has an ascending node time of 6 pm and is sun-synchronous. With its 1000km swath, SMAP achieves global coverage in approximately 3 days, but has an exact orbit repeat cycle of 8 days. On board Instruments include a highly sensitive L-band radiometer operating at 1.41GHz and an L-band 1.26GHz radar sensor providing complementary active and passive sensing capabil…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)
dataset release date: 2019-08-28
dataset release place: Remote Sensing Systems, 444 Tenth Street, Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, USA
dataset series name: RSS SMAP Level 2C Sea Surface Validated Dataset
dataset title: SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SMP40-2SOCS
entry title: RSS SMAP Level 2C Sea Surface Salinity V4.0 Validated Dataset
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-06
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Sea Surface Salinity (SSS)
long name: SMAP L-Band Radiometer
long name: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/smap
originating center: Remote Sensing Sensing Systems (RSS)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
short name: SMAP-SSS
short name: SMAP
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2015-04-01
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 4.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ANBLT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.427Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrievals over the Antarctic Polar region from SeaWinds on ADEOS-II retrievals subsetted and averaged twice daily at the local time-of-day (LTOD); local times are approximately morning (00:00 to 08:00 local) and evening (16:00 to 24:00 local). The eight hour interval at each LTOD reference of morning vs. evening corresponds to the natural boundaries of time separation within the data at polar latitudes. Hence, morning and evening are used as approximations for the LTOD reference, where the actual LTOD may vary within the respective 8 hour interval. This dataset is generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images meant for browse purposes only and is available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES_LTOD. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day and LTOD will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2012-03-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Antarctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Antarctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ANBLT
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Antarctic Region
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2012-03-22
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctic
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-REY3B-ERMON
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.423Z
absract: The Smith & Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 dataset provides a historical reconstruction of monthly global ocean surface temperatures and temperature anomalies over a 2 degree spatial grid since 1854 from in-situ observations based on a consistent statistical methodology that accounts for uneven sampling distributions over time and related observational biases. Version 3b of this dataset implements release 2.4 of ICOADS (International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set) and is supplemented by monthly GTS (Global Telecommunications Ship and buoy) system data. As for the prior ERSST version, v3b implements Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnection analysis (EOT) but with an improved tuning method for sparsely sampled regions and periods. ERSST anomalies are computed with respect to a 1971-2000 month climatology. The netCDF version of ERSST v3b contains extended reconstructed sea surface temperature, SST anomaly, and associated estimated SST error standard deviation fields in netCDF classic format with CF1.0 standard metadata.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Smith, T., Reynolds, R.
dataset publisher: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
dataset release date: 1981-11-07
dataset release place: NOAA National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, USA
dataset series name: Smith and Reynolds NCDC Level 4 Historical Reconstructed SST Monthly netCDF
dataset title: NCDC Smith & Reynolds Historical Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Data Sets
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-REY3B-ERMON
entry title: Smith and Reynolds NCDC Level 4 Historical Reconstructed SST Monthly Version 3b netCDF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 2.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Reynolds SST
long name: Global Telecommunication System Ship and Buoy In Situ Observations
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
longitude resolution: 2.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ersst/
originating center: NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: REYNOLDS_SST
short name: InSitu
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NCEP GTS
short name: ICOADS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1854-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION
version: 3b
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHVRS-2PN02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.427Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on retrievals from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). This sensor resides on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite launched on 28 October 2011.The VIIRS instrument is a a 22-band, multi-spectral scanning radiometer with a 3040-km swath width that builds on the heritage of the MODIS , AVHRR and SeaWIFS sensors for sea surface temperature (SST) and ocean color. For the infrared bands for SST the effective pixel size is 740 meters at nadir and the pixel size variation across the swath is constrained to no more than 1600 meters at the edge of the swath. However, the processing of this dataset aggregates two pixels into one so the resolution is 1500 meters at nadir. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2012-04-11
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS produced by NAVO
dataset title: VIIRS on NPP L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHVRS-2PN02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS on Suomi NPP (GDS2) V1
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: USA/NASA
short name: VIIRS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2013-05-20
stop date: 2016-02-25
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHNMB-3CO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.522Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.577Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-B (MetOp-B) platform (launched 17 Sep 2012). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT),Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near realtime from Metop/AVHRR and SNPP/VIIRS. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system.NAR SNPP/VIIRS level 0 data are acquired through direct readout and converted into l1b at CMS.SST is retrieved from the AVHRR and VIIRS infrared channels using a multispectral algorithm.This product is delivered as four six hourly collated files per day on a regular 2km grid. Theproduct format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2016-09-02
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from Metop/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
dataset title: MetOp-B AVHRR NAR SST data set
easternmost longitude: 72.97
entry ID: PODAAC-GHNMB-3CO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from Metop/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Atlantic Ocean
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
longitude resolution: 0.02
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 78.24
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-B
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-3
southernmost latitude: 13.59
start date: 2016-01-06
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -76.02

PODAAC-AQR50-3PRDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.484Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, Descending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PRDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-1D9D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.561Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-1D9D9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHVRS-3UO61
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.532Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.587Z
absract: The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), starting with S-NPP launched on 28 October 2011, is the new generation of the US Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES). The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) is a collaboration between NASA and NOAA. The ACSPO SNPP/VIIRS L3U (Level 3 Uncollated) product is a gridded version of the ACSPO SNPP/VIIRS L2P product available here https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/VIIRS_NPP-OSPO-L2P-v2.61. The L3U output files are 10-minute granules in netCDF4 format, compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification version 2 (GDS2). There are 144 granules per 24hr interval, with a total data volume of 500MB/day. Fill values are reported at all invalid pixels, including pixels with >5 km inland. For each valid water pixel (defined as ocean, sea, lake or river, and up to 5 km inland), the following layers are reported: SSTs, ACSPO clear-sky mask (ACSM; provided in each grid as part of l2p_flags, which also includes day/night, land, ice, twilight, and glint flags), NCEP wind speed, and ACSPO SST minus reference (Canadian Met Centre 0.1deg L4 SST; available at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/CMC0.1deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v3.0 ). Only L2P SSTs with QL=5 were gridded, so all valid SSTs are recommended for the users. Per GDS2 specifications, two additional Sensor-Specific Error Statistics layers (SSES bias and standard deviation) are reported in each pixel with valid SST. The ACSPO VIIRS L3U product is monitored and validated against iQuam in situ data (Xu and Ignatov, 2014) in SQUAM (Dash et al, 2010).
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
dataset publisher: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
dataset release date: 2019-05-15
dataset release place: Suitland, MD, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3U OSPO dataset from VIIRS on S-NPP Satellite (GDS v2)
dataset title: Sea Surface temperature retrievals produced by NOAA/NESDIS/STAR office from VIIRS sensor
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHVRS-3UO61
entry title: GHRSST Level 3U OSPO dataset v2.61 from VIIRS on S-NPP Satellite (GDS v2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-07
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.02
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov
originating center: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: USA/NASA
short name: VIIRS
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2012-02-01
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.61
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODTM-8D4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.568Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 day 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-8D4N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 day 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PMAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.478Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Monthly, Ascending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PMAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SDRON-NOPP0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.553Z
absract: Saildrone is a wind and solar powered unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of long distance deployments lasting up to 12 months and providing high quality, near real-time, multivariate surface ocean and atmospheric observations while transiting at typical speeds of 3-5 knots. The drone is autonomous in that it may be guided remotely from land while being completely wind driven. The saildrone Arctic campaign involved the deployment of a fleet of 5 saildrones, jointly funded by NASA and NOAA, from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, within the Bering and Chukchi Seas to the ice edge and back over a 150-day period from 15 May 2019 to 11 October 2019. Scientific objectives include collecting upper ocean temperature profiles with a full suite of ocean measurements, which could lead to significant improvements in modeling of diurnal warming. Additionally, these new data will provide additional Arctic SST observations to benefit SST algorithm development and validation, and collected additional data for studies of air- sea-ice interactions. For the Arctic cruises, saildrones were equipped with a suite of instruments that included a CTD, IR pyrometer, fluorometer, dissolved oxygen sensor, anemometer, barometer, and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP). Additionally, four temperature data loggers were positioned vertically along hull to provide further information on thermal variability near the ocean surface. This Saildrone Arctic dataset is comprised of 3 data files for each of the two NASA-funded saildrones deployed. The one file type contains saildrone platform telemetry and near-surface observational data (air temperature, sea surface skin and bulk temperatures, salinity, oxygen and chlorophyll-a concentrations, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction) spanning the entire cruise at 1 minute temporal resolution. The second file type contains the ADCP current vector data for each of the deployed saildrones that is depth-resolved to 100m at 2m intervals and binned temporally…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Saildrone
dataset publisher: Saildrone Inc
dataset release date: 2020-05-20
dataset release place: Saildrone Inc. 1050 W Tower Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
dataset series name: Saildrone Arctic field campaign surface and ADCP measurements for NOPP-MISST project
dataset title: Saildrone Arctic NOPP-MISST Field Campaign Products
easternmost longitude: -146.1
entry ID: PODAAC-SDRON-NOPP0
entry title: Saildrone Arctic field campaign surface and ADCP measurements for NOPP-MISST project
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-08
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: Fluorometer
long name: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
long name: Aanderaa Dissolved Oxygen (710) Sensor 4831
long name: NOPP MISST Project 2018-20
long name: Vaisala Barometer PTB210
long name: Heitronics Wing IR Pyrometer
long name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 102.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 75.5
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/saildrone
originating center: Saildrone
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOPP_MISST
short name: Saildrone
short name: PYROMETERS
short name: ANEMOMETERS
short name: CTD
short name: BAROMETERS
short name: FLUOROMETERS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADCP
southernmost latitude: 53.8
start date: 2019-05-14
stop date: 2019-10-11
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN OPTICS
term: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
term: ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN CHEMISTRY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: ATMOSPHERE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: OXYGEN
variable level 1: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: FLUORESCENCE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: AIR TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -168.7

PODAAC-SEABY-ARILT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.425Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrievals over the Arctic Polar region from SeaWinds on ADEOS-II retrievals subsetted and averaged twice daily at the local time-of-day (LTOD); local times are approximately mid-day (08:00 to 16:00 local) and evening (16:00 to 24:00 local). The eight hour interval at each LTOD reference of mid-day vs. evening corresponds to the natural boundaries of time separation within the data at polar latitudes. Hence, mid-day and evening are used as approximations for the LTOD reference, where the actual LTOD may vary within the respective 8 hour interval. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The GIF images are generated from a scientific dataset employing a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LTOD. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. As with the SIR files, the GIF images are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day and LTOD will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values derived from the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2012-03-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Arctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ARILT
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2012-03-22
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3UMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.475Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily,7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly rain-flagged sea surface salinity smoothed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3UMCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHK10-41N01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.267Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) on a global 0.1 degree grid. The K10 L4 sea surface temperature analysis uses SST observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E), and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager. The age, reliability, and resolution of the data are used in the weighted average with the analysis tuned to represent SST at 1 meter depth. AVHRR Pathfinder 9km climatology is used when no new satellite SST retrievals are available after 34 days.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2008-03-17 K. Willis, B. McKenzie: Original; 2008-04-30 E. Armstrong: Modified
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2008-03-11
dataset release place: Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 K10_SST Global 1 meter Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: K10 Global 10km Analyzed SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHK10-41N01
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 K10_SST Global 1 meter Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.1
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11-Imager
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-20
short name: GOES-11 Imager
short name: GHRSST
short name: METOP-A
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: GOES-11
short name: AMSR-E
short name: NOAA-19
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2008-04-01
stop date: 2019-01-16
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHGPN-4FO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.399Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.054 degree grid. The Geo-Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Analysis combines multi-satellite retrievals of sea surface temperature into a single analysis of SST. This analysis includes only nighttime data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager, the Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager (JAMI) and in situ data from ships, drifting and moored buoys. This analysis was specifically produced to be used as a lower boundary condition in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: A Met Office data license application form: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/legal/data_lic_form.html must be completed and submitted before using the data. This only needs to be completed once f
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Office of Satellite Products and Operations
dataset publisher: The GHRSST Project Office
dataset release date: 2015-03-11
dataset release place: Office of Satellite Products and Operations
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Nighttime Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
dataset title: OSPO L4 SST Analysis (GDS2)
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHGPN-4FO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Nighttime Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Advanced Himawari Imager
long name: null
long name: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
long name: Himawari Meteorological Satellites
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15
long name: Meteosat-10
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: www.osdpd.nesdis.noaa.gov
originating center: OSPO
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GOES-15 Imager
short name: GOES-15
short name: AHI
short name: ABI
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: SEVIRI
short name: VIIRS
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: GHRSST
short name: GOES-16
short name: METOP-B
short name: METEOSAT-10
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Himawari
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2014-06-02
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: These data may be used for pure academic research only, with no commercial or other application and all usage must meet the Met Office Standard Terms and Conditions http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corpora
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-RNRDR
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.587Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.532Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. The SEA-POL rain radar instrument was employed over the period 22 Oct.-10 Nov. 2017 during the second SPURS-2 R/V Revelle cruise. SEA-POL (seagoing-polarimetric radar) is a C-band, Doppler polarimetric radar system providing 240-degree sector coverage centered on the ships bow via its 1-degree beam width antenna. SEA-POL was used primarily to map rainfall in SPURS-2. The resulting dataset is a series of gridded netCDF data files for a 20 day period at 5-20 minute intervals comprised of rain rate and rain accumulation fields.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Steven A. Rutledge
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-03-28
dataset release place: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 research vessel along track SEA-POL rain radar imaging data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle-2 cruise
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign SEA-POL Rain Radar Products
easternmost longitude: -119.89
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-RNRDR
entry title: SPURS-2 research vessel along track SEA-POL rain radar imaging data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle-2 cruise
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-12
latitude resolution: 0.009
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: SEA-POL Rain Imaging Radar
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
longitude resolution: 0.009
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 24.2
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: R/V Revelle
short name: SEAPOL
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 5.06
start date: 2017-10-22
stop date: 2017-11-10
temporal resolution: 15 minutes
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: PRECIPITATION
topic: ATMOSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: PRECIPITATION RATE
variable level 1: RAIN
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -125.57

PODAAC-TEMSC-3JC62
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.552Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
absract: This dataset contains gridded monthly global water storage/height anomalies relative to a time-mean, derived from GRACE and GRACE-FO and processed at JPL using the Mascon approach (Version2/RL06). These data are provided in a single data file in netCDF format, and can be used for analysis for ocean, ice, and hydrology phenomena. This version of the data employs a Coastal Resolution Improvement (CRI) filter that reduces signal leakage errors across coastlines. The water storage/height anomalies are given in equivalent water thickness units (cm). The solution provided here is derived from solving for monthly gravity field variations in terms of geolocated spherical cap mass concentration functions, rather than global spherical harmonic coefficients. Additionally, realistic geophysical information is introduced during the solution inversion to intrinsically remove correlated error. Thus, these Mascon grids do not need to be destriped or smoothed, like traditional spherical harmonic gravity solutions. The complete Mascon solution consists of 4,551 relatively independent estimates of surface mass change that have been derived using an equal-area 3-degree grid of individual mascons. A subset of these individual mascons span coastlines, and contain mixed land and ocean mass change signals. In a post-processing step, the CRI filter is applied to those mixed land/ocean Mascons to separate land and ocean mass. The land mask used to perform this separation is provided in the same directory as this dataset. Since the individual mascons act as an inherent smoother on the gravity field, a set of optional gain factors (for continental hydrology applications) that can be applied to the solution to study mass change signals at sub-mascon resolution is also provided within the same data directory as the Mascon data. Please refer to the 'Data Access' tab at the top of this page to gain direct access to the Mascon data. For more information, please visit https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data…
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: D. N. Wiese, D.-N. Yuan, C. Boening, F. W. Landerer, M. M. Watkins
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2019-11-26
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: JPL GRACE and GRACE-FO Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height Coastal Resolution Improvement (CRI) Filtered Release 06
dataset title: JPL GRACE Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height RL06 CRI Filtered Version 02
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TEMSC-3JC62
entry title: JPL GRACE and GRACE-FO Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height Coastal Resolution Improvement (CRI) Filtered Release 06 Version 02
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-10-24
latitude resolution: 0.5
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
longitude resolution: 0.5
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/jpl_global_mascons/
originating center: TELLUS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE SCA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-04-04
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY ANOMALIES
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RUCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.486Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the monthly climatology ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RUCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-14
short name: InSitu
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NOAA-19
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-7
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ANBMF
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.423Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrieval statistics over the Antarctic Polar region from the SeaWinds L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are all contained within a single tar file for a given day. When the tar file is unpacked, the individual SIR files are separated according to polarization and the corresponding retrieval statistic (i.e., daily average, standard deviation, and daily measurement counts). Consequently, there are 6 SIR files contained within each unpacked tar file. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES. An additional complimentary dataset includes a reduced version of these Sigma-0 retrieval statistics by providing only the daily Sigma-0 average: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2003-11-02
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Antarctica
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Antarctica
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ANBMF
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Antarctica
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctica
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSWBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SCP
short name: ADEOS-II
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GGDAS-3NH33
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.588Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.534Z
absract: The total land water storage anomalies are aggregated from the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) NOAH model. GLDAS outputs land water content by using numerous land surface models and data assimilation. For more information on the GLDAS project and model outputs please visit https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/gldas. The aggregated land water anomalies (sum of soil moisture, snow, canopy water) provided here can be used for comparison against and evaluations of the observations of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE-FO over land. The monthly anomalies are computed over the same days during each month as GRACE and GRACE-FO data, and are provided on monthly 1 degree lat/lon grids in NetCDF format.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Rodell M, et. al
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-04-09
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Monthly gridded Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) from Noah-v3.3 land hydrology model for GRACE and GRACE-FO over nominal months
dataset title: TELLUS_GLDAS-NOAH-3.3_TWS-ANOMALY_MONTHLY
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GGDAS-3NH33
entry title: Monthly gridded Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) from Noah-v3.3 land hydrology model for GRACE and GRACE-FO over nominal months
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-03-12
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Model
long name: GRACE Follow-On
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: THE GLOBAL LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM, ://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-85-3-381
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: Model
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2002-04-15
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY ANOMALIES
version: 3.3
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ARBIM
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.433Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of polar-stereographic-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals over the Arctic Polar from the SeaWinds L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The GIF image files are separated according to polarization, and the averaged Sigma-0 measurements are displayed in grayscale with no color bar. Very bright areas indicate high Sigma-0 averages. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. An additional complimentary dataset of SIR files contains the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2003-11-02
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Arctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ARBIM
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSWBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-ARGO0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.542Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.592Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Part of the Argo global network of autonomous, self-reporting samplers, Argo floats drift horizontally and move vertically through the water column generally on 10 day cycles, collecting high-quality temperature, conductivity and salinity depth (CTD) profiles from the upper 2000m. Twenty five floats were deployed during SPURS-2 within the campaign spatial domain and time period, yielding approximately 1,893 profiles. These were standard Argo floats with the addition of acoustic rain gauges (PAL) in some cases. SPURS-2 ARGO data files are organized per float and profile with the vertical conductivity, salinity, temperature, pressure, depth observations per the netCDF ARGO file specification with some augmented global metadata attributes.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Stephen Riser & Jie Yang
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-03-28
dataset release place: Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Argo float CTD profile data from the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign ARGO float Products
easternmost longitude: -118.32
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-ARGO0
entry title: SPURS-2 Argo float CTD profile data from the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-15
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: ARGO profiler floats
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 1800.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 2.5
northernmost latitude: 21.26
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CTD
short name: ARGO
short name: SPURS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 5.06
start date: 2016-08-27
stop date: 2019-03-11
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -157.88

PODAAC-GFL1A-ASJ04
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.537Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. The GRACE-FO Level-1A data contains telemetry data that has been converted to engineering units, from which Level-1B data products are derived. For a detailed description, please see the GRACE-FO Level-1 documentation.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL GRACE-FO project
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2019-05-30
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE-FO Level-1A ASCII Format Data
dataset title: GRACEFO_L1A_ASCII_GRAV_JPL_RL04
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFL1A-ASJ04
entry title: GRACE-FO Level-1A Release version 4.0 from JPL in ASCII
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-14
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE-FO Laser Ranging Interferometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/gracefo/docs/
originating center: GRACE-FO/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO LRI
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO
southernmost latitude: -89.0
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: Daily
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 4.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHM25-4FJ42
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.505Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.571Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced as a retrospective dataset at the JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC using wavelets as basis functions in an optimal interpolation approach on a global 0.25 degree grid. The version 4 Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) L4 analysis is based upon nighttime GHRSST L2P skin and subskin SST observations from several instruments including the NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSR-E), the JAXA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 on GCOM-W1, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua and Terra platforms, the US Navy microwave WindSat radiometer, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on several NOAA satellites, and in situ SST observations from the NOAA iQuam project. The ice concentration data are from the archives at the EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) High Latitude Processing Center and are also used for an improved SST parameterization for the high-latitudes. The dataset also contains an additional SST anomaly variable derived from a MUR climatology.This dataset was originally funded by the NASA MEaSUREs program (http://earthdata.nasa.gov/our-community/community-data-system-programs/measures-projects) and the NASA CEOS COVERAGE project and created by a team led by Dr. Toshio M. Chin from JPL. It adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL MUR MEaSUREs Project
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL
dataset release date: 2019-10-18
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 MUR 0.25deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.2)
dataset title: GHRSST Level 4 MUR 0.25 deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHM25-4FJ42
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 MUR 0.25deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.2)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-08-09
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: InSitu
long name: WindSat
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Coriolis
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://mur.jpl.nasa.gov
originating center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-19
short name: Aqua
short name: AMSR-E
short name: InSitu
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: AMSR2
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: MODIS
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: WINDSAT
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-09-01
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 4.2
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-AN9D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.574Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.516Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, annual, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-AN9D4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-8D4D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.568Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-8D4D9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.476Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the Monthly sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SMCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YRAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.501Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, Ascending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YRAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DVAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.501Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, Ascending seasurface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DVAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PUCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.496Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averagedover daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PUCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01F11
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.278Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) ocean surface winds from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F11 platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, and WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-07
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F11 Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F11 Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01F11
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F11 Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SSM/I
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F11
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1991-12-03
stop date: 2000-05-16
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GRGIA-1DJ10
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.592Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.543Z
absract: Glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) is an ongoing geophysical process and is measured by gravimetry satellites like GRACE and GRACE-FO. To isolate signals of contemporary surface mass loss in the cumulative satellite gravimetry measurements, contemporary GIA rates are computed and subtracted from the satellite gravimetry observations. The GIA correction models provided here are filtered such that they are compatible with Level-3 post-processing filters applied to GRACE(-FO) data as indicated in the [product_id]. In this way, user can effectively assess the impact of the applied GIA correction, and substitute different GIA models should that be desired. This GIA dataset is mapped into 1.0-degree global grid in netCDF format.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Tellus
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2019-07-25
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: TELLUS GRACE Level-3 1.0-degree Glacial Isostatic Adjustment datasets produced by JPL
dataset title: TELLUS_GIA_1-Deg_v1.0
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGIA-1DJ10
entry title: TELLUS GRACE Level-3 1.0-degree Glacial Isostatic Adjustment v1.0 datasets produced by JPL
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-02
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/gia-trends/
originating center: NASA JPL TELLUS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1900-01-01
stop date: 2100-12-31
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SMP43-3TPCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.527Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.583Z
absract: This is the PI-produced JPL SMAP-SSS V4.3 CAP, 8-day running mean, level 3 mapped, sea surface salinity (SSS) product from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory. It is based on the Combined Active-Passive (CAP) retrieval algorithm developed at JPL originally in the context of Aquarius/SAC-D and now extended to SMAP. Improvements with V4.3 include: 1) New residual TB calibration which removes the ascending/descending bias issue observed for version 4.2; 2) Slightly modified criteria for aggregation from L2B to L3 based on TB for V-pol minus TB for H-pol. Daily data files for this L3 product are based on SSS averages spanning an 8-day moving time window. Associated file variables include: derived SSS with associated uncertainties and wind speed data from SMAP, ancillary ice concentration and HYCOM surface salinity data. SMAP data begins on April 1, 2015 and is ongoing, with a 7-day latency in processing and availability. L3 products are global in extent and gridded at 0.25degree x 0.25degree with an approximate spatial resolution of 60km. The SMAP satellite is in a near-polar orbit at an inclination of 98 degrees and an altitude of 685 km. It has an ascending node time of 6 pm and is sun-synchronous. With its 1000km swath, SMAP achieves global coverage in approximately 3 days, but has an exact orbit repeat cycle of 8 days. On board instruments include a highly sensitive L-band radiometer operating at 1.41GHz and an L-band 1.26GHz radar sensor providing complementary active and passive sensing capabilities. Malfunction of the SMAP scatterometer on 7 July, 2015, has necessitated the use of collocated wind speed for the surface roughness correction required for the surface salinity retrieval.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2020-02-13
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: JPL SMAP Level 3 CAP Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 8-Day Running Mean Validated Dataset
dataset title: JPL CAP SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SMP43-3TPCS
entry title: JPL SMAP Level 3 CAP Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 8-Day Running Mean V4.3 Validated Dataset
horizontal resolution range: 60km
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-11-09
latitude resolution: 0.6
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
long name: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Sea Surface Salinity (SSS)
long name: SMAP L-Band Radiometer
longitude resolution: 0.6
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/smap
originating center: NASA/JPL/SMAP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SMAP
short name: SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
short name: SMAP-SSS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2015-03-31
temporal resolution: 8 Day
temporal resolution range: Daily running mean
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 4.3
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF35-01AD5
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.258Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains a value-added 5-day mean ocean surface wind and pseudostress to approximate a satellite-only climatological data record. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS AMSR, TMI, and WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L3.0 product are then assigned to the time and location of the passive microwave satellite wind speed observations to derive the L2.5 product. All datasets are distributed on a 0.25 degree cy…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for CCMP_MEASURES_ATLAS_L4_OW_L3_5A_5DAY_WIND_VECTORS_FLK
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-09
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L3.5A Pentad First-Look Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L3.5A Pentad First-Look Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF35-01AD5
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L3.5A Pentad First-Look Analyses
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F15
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Coriolis
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
long name: WindSat
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F08
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F14
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 78.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L3.5a/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: TRMM
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F15
short name: WINDSAT
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F11
short name: SSM/I
short name: AMSR-E
short name: TMI
short name: SSMIS
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F14
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F8
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F10
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F17
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F13
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -78.0
start date: 1987-07-02
stop date: 2011-12-31
temporal resolution: 5 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-MET00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.578Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.523Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. A ship mast meteorological sensor package with an additional set of sophisticated sensors, including a direct covariance flux package was set up on both SPURS-2 Revelle cruises. These provided georeferenced, along-track atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, IR/visible radiation, rain, and wind speed and air-sea flux measurements. Resulting data are packaged in netCDF files (one per cruise) with standards compliant metadata.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Carol Anne Clayson
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-10-24
dataset release place: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Research vessel Meteorological series data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Meteorology Products
easternmost longitude: -119.886
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-MET00
entry title: SPURS-2 Research vessel Meteorological series data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-10-16
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
long name: Ship-based Thermosalinograph
long name: Meteorological Measurement System
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: R/V Endeavor (WHOI)
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 5.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 5.0
northernmost latitude: 24.203
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SPURS
short name: R/V Revelle
short name: MMS
short name: THERMOSALINOGRAPHS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: R/V Endeavor
southernmost latitude: 5.055
start date: 2016-08-20
stop date: 2017-11-15
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: PRECIPITATION
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
topic: ATMOSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -144.874

PODAAC-AQR50-3YCCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.454Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the mission cummulative rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YCCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ANILT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.428Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrievals over the Antarctic Polar region from SeaWinds on ADEOS-II subsetted and averaged twice daily at the local time-of-day (LTOD); local times are approximately morning (00:00 to 08:00 local) and evening (16:00 to 24:00 local). The eight hour interval at each LTOD reference of morning vs. evening corresponds to the natural boundaries of time separation within the data at polar latitudes. Hence, morning and evening are used as approximations for the LTOD reference, where the actual LTOD may vary within the respective 8 hour interval. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The GIF images are generated from a scientific dataset employing a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LTOD. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. As with the SIR files, the GIF images are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day and LTOD will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values derived from the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2012-03-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Antarctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Antarctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ANILT
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Antarctic Region
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2012-03-22
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctic
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SCP
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3QMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.594Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.546Z
absract: Version 5.0 Aquarius CAP Level 3 products are the fourth release of the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mapped salinity and wind speed data based on the Combined Active Passive (CAP) algorithm. CAP Level 3 standard mapped image products contain gridded 1 degree spatial resolution salinity and wind speed data averaged over 7 day and monthly time scales. This particular dataset is the monthly sea surface salinity (SSS) rain corrected V5.0 Aquarius CAP product. CAP is a P.I. produced dataset developed and provided by JPL. The CAP algorithm utilizes data from both the onboard radiometer and scatterometer to simultaneously retrieve salinity, wind speed and direction by minimizing the sum of squared differences between model and observations. The main improvements in CAP V5.0 relative to the previous version include: updates to the Geophysical Model Functions to 4th order harmonics with the inclusion of sea surface temperature (SST) and stability at air-sea interface effects; use of the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) SST product as the new source ancillary sea surface temperature data in place of NOAA OI SST. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Simon Yueh
dataset publisher: JPL - Simon Yueh
dataset release date: 2018-10-01
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
dataset title: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3QMCS
entry title: Aquarius CAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Rain Corrected Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-23
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE, JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-09-01
stop date: 2015-06-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WRAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.489Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, Ascending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WRAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SSCH3-01XM1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.280Z
absract: Contains monthly averaged ocean surface wind stress derived from Seasat-A Scatterometer (SASS) wind retrievals, from July 1978 until October 1978, gridded on a 2.5-degree by 2.5 degree global grid. The vector average wind stress is stored in units of dynes per centimeter squared (dyn/cm^2). Data is provided in formatted ASCII text. The primary data set used to construct these wind stress fields consists of 96 days of SASS vector winds supplied by Robert Atlas at GSFC. The directional ambiguities in the raw SASS data had been objectively removed using the GSFC Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences atmospheric general circulation model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GSFC/JPL
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1996-04-18
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DERIVED GLOBAL GRIDDED MONTHLY OCEAN WIND STRESS (Chelton)
dataset title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DERIVED GLOBAL GRIDDED MONTHLY OCEAN WIND STRESS (Chelton)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SSCH3-01XM1
entry title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DERIVED GLOBAL GRIDDED MONTHLY OCEAN WIND STRESS (Chelton)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 2.5
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Seasat-A Scatterometer System
long name: SEASAT-A
long name: SEASAT
longitude resolution: 2.5
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/documents/dataset_docs/seasat_chelton.html
originating center: GSFC/JPL/NCAR
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SASS
short name: SEASAT
short name: SEASAT-A
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 1978-07-07
stop date: 1978-10-10
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: WIND STRESS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GFL20-MJ060
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.561Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of the total month-by-month geopotential of the Earth, derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission measurements, produced by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The data are provided in spherical harmonic coefficients, averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE-FO mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field and corresponding Earth mass change variations, such as from polar ice sheets and mountain glaciers; total water storage on land (from groundwater changes in deep aquifers to changes in soil moisture and surface water); changes in deep ocean currents; and changes within the solid Earth itself, such as postglacial rebound and the impact of major earthquakes. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 490 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 220+/-50 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these inter-satellite range changes, the non-gravitational forces acting on each satellite are measured using a high accuracy electrostatic accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using star cameras (with three heads per satellite) and a GPS receiver. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field perturb the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences lead to minute changes (on the order of tens of micrometers per second) in the distance between the spacecraft as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance (or range rate) is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so ca…
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE-FO
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2019-06-10
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE-FO Level-2 Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonics JPL
dataset title: GRACEFO_L2_JPL_MONTHLY_0060
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFL20-MJ060
entry title: GRACE-FO Level-2 Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonics JPL Release 6.0 (RL06)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-10-04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO Laser Ranging Interferometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/gracefo/docs/
originating center: JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO LRI
southernmost latitude: -89.0
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3D1CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.450Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution derived density averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Daily, sea surface density product for version5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3D1CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHG1S-4FP01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.406Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis by the JPL OurOcean group using a multi-scale two-dimensional variational (MS-2DVAR) blending algorithm on a global 0.009 degree grid. This Global 1 km SST (G1SST) analysis uses satellite data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager (TMI), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager, the Multi-Functional Transport Satellite 1R (MTSAT-1R) radiometer, and in situ data from drifting and moored buoys.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL OurOcean Project
dataset publisher: JPL NASA
dataset release date: 2010-06-03
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 G1SST Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: G1SST L4 SST Analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHG1S-4FP01
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 G1SST Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.01
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Multifunction Transport 2 Imager
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: NDBC MOORED BUOY
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
long name: Multi-functional Transport Satellite 1 Replacement
long name: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Multifunctional Transport Satellites 1R Imager
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: The Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2
long name: InSitu
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.01
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
online resource: http://ourocean.jpl.nasa.gov/SST/
originating center: The OurOcean Team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-A
short name: NDBC-MOORED-BUOY
short name: MTSAT 2 Imager
short name: AMSR-E
short name: InSitu
short name: TMI
short name: MTSAT 1R Imager
short name: ABI
short name: TRMM
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: MODIS
short name: MTSAT-1R
short name: MTSAT-2
short name: GOES-16
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -80.0
start date: 2010-06-09
stop date: 2020-01-18
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHG17-3UO71
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.524Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.578Z
absract: The ACSPO G17/ABI L3C (Level 3 Collated) product is a gridded version of the ACSPO G17/ABI L2P product available at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ABI_G17-STAR-L2P-v2.71. The L3C output files are 1hr granules in NetCDF4 format, compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification version 2 (GDS2). Due to the loop heat pipe (LHP) issue on G17 ABI, there are only 13 granules available per 24hr interval, from 20UTC to 08UTC, followed by a break from 09UTC to 19UTC, with a total data volume of 0.1GB/day. Valid SSTs are found over oceans, sea, lakes or rivers, with fill values reported elsewhere. The following additional layers are also reported: SST, ACSPO clear-sky mask (ACSM; provided in each grid as part of l2p_flags, which also includes day/night, land, ice, twilight, and glint flags), NCEP wind speed and ACSPO SST minus reference (Canadian Met Centre 0.1deg L4 SST; available at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/CMC0.1deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v3.0 ). All valid SSTs in L3C are recommended for users, although data over internal waters may not have enough in situ data to be adequately validated. Per GDS2 specifications, two additional Sensor-Specific Error Statistics layers (bias and standard deviation) are reported in each pixel with valid SST. The ACSPO VIIRS L3U product is monitored and validated against iQuam in situ data (Xu and Ignatov, 2014) in SQUAM (Dash et al, 2010).
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2020-05-21
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-17 ABI L3C America Region SST dataset in GDS2
dataset title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-17 ABI L3C America Region SST v2.71 dataset in GDS2
easternmost longitude: -15.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHG17-3UO71
entry title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-17 ABI L3C America Region SST v2.71 dataset in GDS2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-03-31
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: America
long name: GOES-S
long name: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.02
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 59.0
online resource: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/ghrsst
originating center: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: ABI
short name: GOES-17
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -59.0
start date: 2019-02-01
temporal resolution: 60 Minute
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.71
westernmost longitude: -135.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ANBIM
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.255Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of polar-stereographic-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals over the Antarctic Polar from the SeaWinds L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU). The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The GIF image files are separated according to polarization, and the averaged Sigma-0 measurements are displayed in grayscale with no color bar. Very bright areas indicate high Sigma-0 averages. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. An additional complimentary dataset of SIR files contains the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2003-11-03
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ANBIM
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctica
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSWBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SCP
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-OSCAR-10D01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.434Z
absract: OSCAR (Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time) contains near-surface ocean current estimates, derived using quasi-linear and steady flow momentum equations. The horizontal velocity is directly estimated from sea surface height, surface vector wind and sea surface temperature data. These input data sources are derived from various satellites and in situ instruments. The model formulation combines geostrophic, Ekman and Stommel shear dynamics, and a complementary term from the surface buoyancy gradient. Data are on a 1 degree grid with a 5 day resolution. OSCAR is generated by Earth Space Research (ESR) https://www.esr.org/research/oscar/oscar-surface-currents/
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for OSCAR_L4_OC_1deg
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: ESR
dataset publisher: Earth Space Research
dataset release date: 2007-11-30
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: OSCAR 1 degree ocean surface currents
dataset title: OSCAR 1 deg
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-OSCAR-10D01
entry title: OSCAR 1 degree ocean surface currents
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: JASON-1
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: European Remote Sensing 2 altimeter
long name: Geosat Follow On Altimeter
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Jason-3
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: Radar Altimeter 2
long name: Ocean Surface Current Analysis
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: GEOSAT FOLLOW-ON-1
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: POSEIDON-3B
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: European Remote Sensing 1 altimeter
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/oscar/L4/oscar_1_deg/docs/
originating center: Earth Space Research
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: ERS-2
short name: RA-2
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: GFO
short name: SSALT
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F13
short name: QUIKSCAT

PODAAC-ALESC-J2001
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.578Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.522Z
absract: Adaptive Leading Edge Subwaveform (ALES) provides coastal and open ocean altimetric measurements by applying a specialized retracker to Jason-2 data. This is an along-track dataset that takes takes the high frequency SGDR data and retracks it to remove the waveforms that show land contamination. Therefore these data are provided at 20 Hz. It is similar to the Jason-2 SGDR data except that it also includes ALES variables for the range, significant wave height and sigma0 so that the user can calculate the retracked SSHA.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Passaro, M., P. Cipollini, S. Vignudelli, G. D. Quartly, and H. M. Snaith
dataset publisher: NOC
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: ALES Jason-2 Coastal Altimetry
dataset title: ALES_L2_OST_JASON2_V1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ALESC-J2001
entry title: ALES Jason-2 Coastal Altimetry Version 1
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Turbo Rouge Space Receiver
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
originating center: NOC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: TRSR
short name: OSTM
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: AMR
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 2008-07-12
stop date: 2015-05-15
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: OCEAN WAVES
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GEOS3-AGDRA
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.436Z
absract: These data consist of Geos-3 altimeter measurements produced by NOAA/NODC/Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry. The dataset contains 5,006,956 altimetric sea surface heights and supporting information such as sea state, wind speed, Schwiderski ocean tide height, and Cartwright solid-tide height. Corrections for altimeter bias, wet and dry troposheric delays, and electromagnetic bias are not included. The corrections in this dataset (tides and even orbit height) are old and not very accurate. This dataset should only be used by those with an expertise in altimetry. Measurements are compressed to a rate of 1 per second using a trim mean filter. Data values are written in binary format.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC
dataset publisher: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC
dataset release date: 1998-09-23
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GEOS-3 ALTIMETER GEOPHYSICAL DATA RECORD 1975-1978
dataset title: GEOS-3_ALT_GDR
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GEOS3-AGDRA
entry title: GEOS-3 ALTIMETER GEOPHYSICAL DATA RECORD 1975-1978
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Geodynamics and Earth Ocean Satellite 3
long name: Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite-3
long name: Geodetic and Earth Orbiting Satellite 3
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/geos3/L2/docs/geos3_alt.html
originating center: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GEOS-3
short name: GEOS-3 ALTIMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1975-04-14
stop date: 1978-12-02
term: OCEAN WAVES
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-1D9D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.575Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.517Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, daily, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-1D9D4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-CTD00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.390Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) profilers were deployed at stations on each of the 5 SPURS-1 cruises. These shipboard lowered CTD probes provide continuous conductivity, salinity, and temperature vertical profile observations at fixed sampling locations. There were 100, 52, 17, 22 and 94 CTD casts made during the Knorr, Endeavor-1, Endeavor-2, Sarmiento, and Thalassa cruises respectively. All CTD data were calibrated using shipboard salinometers using IAPSO standard seawater. SPURS-1 shipboard CTD data files (one per cruise) contain the observational data processed to 1 meter bin depth intervals.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-1 research vessel CTD profile data for N. Atlantic cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign CTD Products
easternmost longitude: -37.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-CTD00
entry title: SPURS-1 research vessel CTD profile data for N. Atlantic cruises
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: R/V Thalassa (IFREMER, France)
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: R/V Knorr (WHOI)
long name: R/V Sarmiento De Gamboa (SPAIN)
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: R/V Endeavor (WHOI)
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 5075.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 43.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: R/V Endeavor
short name: USA/NASA
short name: R/V Thalassa
short name: R/V Knorr
short name: R/V Sarmiento
short name: CTD
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 23.0
start date: 2012-08-16
stop date: 2013-10-05
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -63.0

PODAAC-MODTM-8D4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.286Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, mid-IR SST level 3, 4km, 8-day, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 day 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-8D4N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 day 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WCCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.499Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WCCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSX12-L2B12
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.445Z
absract: This dataset contains the RapidScat Level 2B 12.5km Version 1.2 science-quality ocean surface wind vectors, which are intended as a replacement and continuation of the Version 1.1 data forward from orbital revolution number 5127, corresponding to 19 August 2015; the overlapping time period starting on 19 August 2015 corresponds to the first time period of the recorded low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The Level 2B wind vectors are binned on a 12.5 km Wind Vector Cell (WVC) grid and processed using the Level 2A Sigma-0 dataset. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. This dataset is provided in a netCDF-3 file format that follows the netCDF-4 classic model (i.e., generated by the netCDF-4 API) and made available via FTP and OPeNDAP. For data access, please click on the "Data Access" tab above. This Version 1.2 dataset differs from the previous Version 1.1 dataset as follows: 1) L1B sigma-0 has been re-calibrated during the periods of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and 2) during low SNR periods the L1B sigma-0 calibration is determined using re-pointed L1B QuikSCAT data. It is advised for users to avoid using the "wind_obj" variable in this dataset since it is minimally applicable and meant primarily for quality assurance; for users who wish to access the objective function values for each ambiguity, …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-04-18
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 1.2
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX12-L2B12
entry title: RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 1.2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: RapidScat
short name: ISS
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2015-08-19
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.2
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GH18L-2PN01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.441Z
absract: A regional Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 platform (launched 20 May 2005) produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. AVHRR data are acquired in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC). HRPT data are full resolution image data transmitted to a ground stations as they are collected. LAC are also full resolution data, but the acquisition is prescheduled and recorded with an on-board tape recorder for subsequent trans…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2005-12-06. B D McKenzie: Original; 2006-04-10 E. Armstrong
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2005-12-24
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Regional Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: N-18 AVHRR LAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH18L-2PN01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Regional Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-19
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2006-01-25
stop date: 2009-09-09
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHG13-3CO01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.574Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.515Z
absract: A regional Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 3 Collated (L3C) dataset for the America Region (AMERICAS) based on retrievals from the GOES-13 Imager on board GOES-13 satellite. The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT),Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near realtime from GOES 13 in East position. GOES 13 imager level 1 data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system.SST is retrieved from the GOES 13 infrared channels (3.9 and 10.8 micrometer) using a multispectralalgorithm. Due to the lack of 12 micrometer channel in the GOES 13 imager, SST retrieval is not possiblein daytime conditions. Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numericalweather prediction model, together with a radiatiave transfer model, are used to correct themultispectral algorithm for regional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions.Every 30 minutes slot is processed at full satellite resolution. The operational products are thenproduced by remapping over a 0.05 degree regular grid (60S-60N and 135W-15W) SST fieldsobtained by aggregating 30 minute SST data available in one hour time, and the priority beinggiven to the value the closest in time to the product nominal hour. The product format is compliantwith the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: EUMETSAT offers no warranty and accepts no liability in respect of the Ocean & Sea Ice SAF products. EUMETSAT neither commits to nor guarantees the continuity, availability, or quality or suitability for any purpose of, the Ocean & Sea Ice SAF products
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2015-05-29
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: AMERICAS GOES13 SST
dataset title: AMERICAS GOES13 SST data set
easternmost longitude: -15.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHG13-3CO01
entry title: GHRSST Level 3C sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES 13) Imager in East position (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Americas
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 13
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 13-Imager
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 60.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: OSISAF
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GOES-13
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: GOES-13 Imager
southernmost latitude: -60.0
start date: 2010-01-01
stop date: 2017-12-14
temporal resolution: 1 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 135.0

PODAAC-MODAM-1D4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.566Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-1D4N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-MO9D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.558Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be at https://doi.org/10.5067/MODST-MO9D4
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-MO9D9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-J1JMR-NC00E
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.397Z
absract: Jason-1 Microwave Radiometer JMR Corrections in NETCDF v4 format organized by half orbits (cycle/pass)
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Jason-1
dataset publisher: Jason-1
dataset release date: 2015-04-30
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Jason-1 JMR netCDF
dataset title: JASON-1_JMR_E
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J1JMR-NC00E
entry title: Jason-1 Microwave Radiometer version E
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Jason-1
long name: JASON-1
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
originating center: NASA/JPL/TPJOT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: JASON-1
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 2002-01-14
stop date: 2012-03-03
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: E
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-J2ODR-GPSLR
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.524Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.578Z
absract: This dataset is similar to the OSTM/Jason-2 Operation Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) that is distributed at NOAA (ftp://data.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/jason2/ogdr/), but also includes a GPS based orbit and Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) calculated from that orbit, as supposed to the DORIS based orbit that is already available in the OGDR. It has a 5 hour time lag due to the time needed to recalculate the orbit and SSHA. The GPS orbits have been shown to be more accurate than the DORIS orbits on a near real time scale and therefore produces a more accurate SSHA. This is specifically for the Long Repeat Orbit (LRO) and starts with cycle 500. This new orbit is lower at 1309.5 km. Because of the new orbit the errors in SSHA are increased.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Shailen Desai
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2017-07-17
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: OSTM/Jason-2 GPS based orbit and SSHA OGDR Long Repeat Orbit
dataset title: OSTM_L2_OST_OGDR_GPS_LRO
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J2ODR-GPSLR
entry title: OSTM/Jason-2 GPS based orbit and SSHA OGDR Long Repeat Orbit
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-08-01
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ostm/preview/L2/GPS-OGDR/docs/
originating center: NASA/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: OSTM
short name: AMR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: POSEIDON-3
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 2017-07-11
stop date: 2019-10-01
term: OCEAN WAVES
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: A
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-CFT00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.579Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.525Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. The Controlled Flux Technique (CFT) is a system for measuring the net heat transfer velocity and turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) dissipation at the ocean surface, and is a useful tool for studying the turbulence generated at the ocean surface by the impact of raindrops. CFT was employed during both SPURS-2 Revelle cruises. It involves a laser heating a small patch of water on the ocean surface, and an infrared imaging camera then tracking the resulting thermal decay. This decay is known to be proportional to the dissipation of TKE at the water surface, which in turn can be used to scale the transfer velocity for the net heat flux. SPURS2 CFT data take the form of a series of .raw video files each with corresponding .met text header files containing the associated file metadata. The CFT d…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: W. Asher
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-07-31
dataset release place: Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St, Seattle, WA 98105
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Controlled Flux Technique (CFT) data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Rawinsonde Products
easternmost longitude: -118.32
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-CFT00
entry title: SPURS-2 Controlled Flux Technique (CFT) data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-07-08
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: Heitronics Wing IR Pyrometer
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 21.26
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: R/V Revelle
short name: SPURS
short name: PYROMETERS
southernmost latitude: 5.06
start date: 2016-08-24
stop date: 2017-11-11
temporal resolution: Continuous
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
term: OCEAN HEAT BUDGET
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TURBULENCE
variable level 1: HEAT FLUX
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -157.88

PODAAC-ASOP2-25B01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.422Z
absract: This dataset contains operational near-real-time Level 2 ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on MetOp-B at 25 km sampling resolution (note: the effective resolution is 50 km). It is a product of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) provided through the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). The wind vector retrievals are currently processed using the CMOD.n geophysical model function using a Hamming filter to spatially average the Sigma-0 data in the ASCAT L1B data. Each file is provided in netCDF version 3 format, and contains one full orbit derived from 3-minute orbit granules. Latency is approximately 2 hours from the latest measurement. The beginning of the orbit is defined by the first wind vector cell measurement within the first 3-minute orbit granule that starts north of the Equator in the ascending node. ASCAT is a C-band dual swath fan beam radar scatterometer providing two independent swaths of backscatter retrievals in sun-synchronous polar orbit aboard the MetOp-B platform. For more information on the MetOp-B mission, please visit: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/MetOp . For more timely announcements, users are encouraged to register with the KNMI scatterometer email list: scat@knmi.nl. Users are also highly advised to check the dataset user guide periodically for updates and new information on known problems and issues. All intellectual property rights of the OSI SAF products belong to EUMETSAT. The use of these products is granted to every interested user, free of charge. If you wish to use these products, EUMETSAT's copyright credit must be shown by displaying the words "copyright (year) EUMETSAT" on each of the products used.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: KNMI
dataset release date: 2013-06-03
dataset release place: KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
dataset series name: MetOp-B ASCAT Level 2 25.0km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors in Full Orbit Swath
dataset title: MetOp-B ASCAT Level 2 25.0 km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ASOP2-25B01
entry title: MetOp-B ASCAT Level 2 25.0km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors in Full Orbit Swath
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Scatterometer
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Meteorological Operational
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://projects.knmi.nl/scatterometer/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF/KNMI
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-B
short name: MetOp
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ASCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2012-10-29
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: All users publishing with PO.DAAC data from our providers and partners, please add a citation as outlined here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/WEB_INFO/citations.html. This product is intended for operational use only and has not been thoroughly evaluated for scientific applications. Please use with caution.
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: Operational/Near-Real-Time
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SADS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.498Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Annual,Descending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SADS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-8D4D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.520Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.576Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, 8-day, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-8D4D4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-ERSST-L4N40
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.455Z
absract: The Smith & Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 dataset provides a historical reconstruction of monthly global ocean surface temperatures and temperature anomalies over a 2 degree spatial grid since 1854 from in-situ observations based on a consistent statistical methodology that accounts for uneven sampling distributions over time and related observational biases. Version 4 of this dataset implements release 2.5 of ICOADS (International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set) and is supplemented by monthly GTS (Global Telecommunications Ship and buoy) system data. As for the prior ERSST version, v4 implements Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnection analysis (EOT) but with an improved tuning method for sparsely sampled regions and periods. ERSST anomalies are computed with respect to a 1971-2000 monthly climatology. The version 4 has been improved from previous version 3b. Major revisions include updated and substantially more complete input data from the ICOADS release 2.5, revised EOTs and EOT acceptance criterion, updated SST quality control procedures, revised SST anomaly evaluation methods, updated bias adjustments of ship SSTs using the Hadley Centre Nighttime Marine Air Temperature dataset version 2 (HadNMAT2), and buoy SST bias adjustment not previously made in v3b. The ERSST v4 in netCDF format contains extended reconstructed sea surface temperature, SST anomaly, and associated estimated SST error standard deviation fields, incompliance with CF1.6 standard metadata.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Smith, T., Reynolds, R.
dataset publisher: NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
dataset release date: 1981-11-07
dataset release place: NOAA National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, USA
dataset series name: NOAA Smith and Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 Monthly
dataset title: NCDC Smith & Reynolds Historical Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Data Sets
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ERSST-L4N40
entry title: NOAA Smith and Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 Monthly Version 4 Dataset in netCDF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-08-15
latitude resolution: 2.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
long name: Global Telecommunication System Ship and Buoy In Situ Observations
long name: Reynolds SST
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
longitude resolution: 2.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/
originating center: NOAA/NCEI
role: Data Center Contact
short name: REYNOLDS_SST
short name: InSitu
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ICOADS
short name: NCEP GTS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1854-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION
version: 4.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-J1JMR-NCG0E
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.397Z
absract: Jason-1 Microwave Radiometer JMR Corrections in NETCDF v4 format organized by half orbits (cycle/pass) for version E in the geodetic orbit (cycles 500 and greater).
access constraints: ITAR controlled http://exportcompliance.jpl.nasa.gov/guidelines/sciencedata/ project use only
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Jason-1
dataset publisher: Jason-1
dataset release date: 2015-04-30
dataset release place: NASA/JPL
dataset series name: Jason-1 JMR Geodetic
dataset title: JASON-1_JMR_GEODETIC
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J1JMR-NCG0E
entry title: Jason-1 Microwave Radiometer version E Geodetic
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Jason-1 Geodetic
long name: Jason-1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
originating center: Jason-1 NASA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: JASON-1
short name: Jason-1 Geodetic
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 2012-05-04
stop date: 2013-06-21
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: E
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Y3CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.500Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Seasonal rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Y3CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-1D4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.567Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-1D4N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3D7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.490Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution derived density averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day, sea surface density product for version5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3D7CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHG15-2PO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.431Z
absract: The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) support weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, meteorology and oceanography research. Generally there are several GOES satellites in geosynchronous orbit at any one time viewing different earth locations including the GOES-15 launched 4 March 2010. The radiometer aboard the satellite, The GOES N-P Imager, is a five channel (one visible, four infrared) imaging radiometer designed to sense radiant and solar reflected energy from sampled areas of the earth. The multi-element spectral channels simultaneously sweep east-west and west-east along a north-to-south path by means of a two-axis mirror scan system retuning telemetry in 10-bit precision. For this Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset, skin sea surface temperature (SST) measurements are calculated from the far IR channels of GOES-15 at full resolution on a half hourly basis. In native satellite projection, vertically adjacent pixels are averaged and read out at every pixel. L2P datasets including Single Sensor Error Statistics (SSES) are then derived following the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2.0. The full disk image is subsetted into granules representing distinct northern and southern regions.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2014-11-17
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: Sea Surface Temperature produced by NOAA/NESDIS
dataset title: GHRSST Sea Surface Temperature 146W-105E and 72N-44S, at 0.05 degree resolution from GOES-15 Imager
easternmost longitude: -105.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHG15-2PO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Central Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) Imager on the GOES-15 satellite (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.036
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Pacific
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11-Imager
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15
longitude resolution: 0.036
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 72.0
originating center: NOAA/NESDIS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GOES-11 Imager
short name: GOES-15
southernmost latitude: -44.0
start date: 2013-08-01
stop date: 2020-03-02
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 146.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Y7DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.458Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the 7-Day, Descending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Y7DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-NAVOC-318NT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.278Z
absract: High quality Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) maps derived from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)-Polar Orbiting Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) have been available since 1981. The multichannel sea surface temperature algorithm (MCSST) has been used to routinely calculate SSTs using a split window approach. Currently this algorithm is applied by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) to calculate SSTs at a near real-time rate.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L3_18km_MCSST_NIGHTTIME
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2001-08-29
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 3 18km Multi-Channel SST Nighttime
dataset title: NAVOCEANO MCSST Level 3 18km SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NAVOC-318NT
entry title: AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 3 18km Multi-Channel SST Nighttime
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.176
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Naval Oceanographic Office
longitude resolution: 0.176
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/avhrr/L3/navo_mcsst_18km/docs/avhrr_navoceano_l3.html
originating center: NAVO
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-17
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-14
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NAVOCEANO
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-2
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2001-08-29
stop date: 2005-10-26
temporal resolution: 1 Week
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3W3CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.485Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Seasonal wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3W3CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DRDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.501Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, Descending seasurface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DRDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-ASCDR-25X01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.572Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.509Z
absract: This dataset represents the first historically reprocessed Level 2 ocean surface wind vector climate data record from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on MetOp-A sampled on a 25 km grid. Products at 25-km sampling are less noisy than 12.5-km products, but also contain less geophysical information on small scales and near the coasts. The wind vector retrievals are currently processed using the CMOD7 geophysical model function using a Hamming filter to spatially average the Level 1 Sigma-0 data over 25 km swath grid cells. Each file corresponds to one complete orbit and is provided in netCDF version 3 format. The beginning of the orbit files is defined near the South Pole. ASCAT is a C-band fan beam radar scatterometer, providing two independent swaths of backscatter retrievals, aboard the MetOp-A platform in sun-synchronous polar orbit. It is a product of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) provided through the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). For more information on the MetOp mission, please visit: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/MetOp. For access to more contemporaneous and near-real-time MetOp-A ASCAT 25-km data, please visit: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ASCATA-L2-25km. For more timely announcements, users are encouraged to register with the KNMI scatterometer email list: scat@knmi.nl. All intellectual property rights of the OSI SAF products belong to EUMETSAT. The use of these products is granted to every interested user, free of charge. If you wish to use these products, EUMETSAT's copyright credit must be shown by displaying the words "copyright (year) EUMETSAT" on each of the products used. Use cases and feedback on the products will be much appreciated and in fact helps to sustain the reprocessing capability.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: KNMI
dataset release date: 2018-04-23
dataset release place: KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
dataset series name: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 25-km Ocean Surface Wind Vector Climate Data Record
dataset title: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 25-km Ocean Surface Wind Vector Climate Data Record
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ASCDR-25X01
entry title: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 25-km Ocean Surface Wind Vector Climate Data Record
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-05-11
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteorological Operational
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Advanced Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: http://projects.knmi.nl/scatterometer/ascat_cdr/
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF/KNMI
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MetOp
short name: METOP-A
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ASCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2007-01-01
stop date: 2014-04-01
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHVRS-3CNO1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.395Z
absract: A regional Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 3 Collated (L3C) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) based on retrievals from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near real time from Metop/AVHRR and SNPP/VIIRS. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. NAR SNPP/VIIRS level 0 data are acquired through direct readout and converted into l1b at CMS. SST is retrieved from the AVHRR and VIIRS infrared channels using a multispectral algorithm. This product is delivered as four six hourly collated files per day on a regular 2km grid. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: EUMETSAT offers no warranty and accepts no liability in respect of the Ocean & Sea Ice SAF products. EUMETSAT neither commits to nor guarantees the continuity, availability, or quality or suitability for any purpose of, the Ocean & Sea Ice SAF products
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2015-02-02
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
dataset title: NPP VIIRS NAR SST data set
easternmost longitude: 72.97
entry ID: PODAAC-GHVRS-3CNO1
entry title: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Atlantic Ocean
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.02
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 78.24
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: OSISAF
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: VIIRS
southernmost latitude: 13.59
start date: 2013-11-11
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -76.02

PODAAC-SPUR1-DRIFT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.283Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. Approximately 83 drifters were deployed during the SPURS-1 campaign. A drifter is a passive Lagrangian sensor platform consisting of a surface buoy and tethered subsurface drogue. Drifter buoys contain GPS/ARGOS and satellite data transmitters, with sensors measuring temperature and other properties. For SPURS-1, these were standard Surface Velocity Program (SVP) drifters with salinity sensors added (SVP/S). Data for both US and European drifter deployments during SPURS-1 are available here. For each series, drifter data have been aggregrated within single netCDF data filea with their corresponding drifter-IDs and associaciated near-surface salinity, temperaure georeferenced (GPS and ARGOS) trajectory series data.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: Drifter data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS-1 Field Campaign Drifter Data Products
easternmost longitude: -28.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-DRIFT
entry title: Drifter data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: SPURS-I SVP Drifters
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 35.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Drifter
short name: SPURS
short name: CTD
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 16.0
start date: 2011-10-19
stop date: 2015-04-07
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -66.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3W7DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.501Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day,Descending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: Goddard Ocean Color Group, Gene Feldman, Joel Gales
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3W7DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DMAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.499Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly, Ascending sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DMAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3S1DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.467Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Daily,Descending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3S1DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-1D4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.514Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.573Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, mid-IR SST level 3, 4km, daily, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-1D4N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-MO9D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.573Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.513Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, monthly, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-MO9D4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGAC-20C06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.588Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.534Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of geopotential field derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements and a non-tidal oceanic and atmospheric model produced by the Center for Space Research (CSR) at University of Texas at Austin. The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: CSR
dataset release date: 2018-05-10
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE NON-TIDAL ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS CSR (GAC)
dataset title: GRACE_GAC_L2_GRAV_CSR_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAC-20C06
entry title: GRACE NON-TIDAL ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS CSR RELEASE 6.0 GAC
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-04-26
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/L2/CSR/RL05/docs/
originating center: GRACE/CSR
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE KBR
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-05
stop date: 2017-06-30
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AKASA-XOGD1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.396Z
absract: These data are near-real-time (NRT) (within 7-9 hours of measurement) sea surface height anomalies (SSHA) from the AltiKa altimeter onboard the Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa (SARAL). SARAL is a French(CNES)/Indian(SARAL) collaborative mission to measure sea surface height using the Ka-band AltiKa altimeter and was launched February 25, 2013. The major difference between these data and the Operational Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) data produced by the project is that the orbit from SARAL has been adjusted using SSHA differences with those from the OSTM/Jason-2 GPS-OGDR-SSHA product at inter-satellite crossover locations. This produces a more accurate NRT orbit altitude for SARAL with accuracy of 1.5 cm (RMS), taking advantage of the 1 cm (radial RMS) accuracy of the GPS-based orbit used for the OSTM/Jason-2 GPS-OGDR-SSHA product. This dataset also contains all data from the project (reduced) OGDR, and improved altimeter wind speeds and sea state bias correction. More information on the SARAL mission can be found at: http://www.aviso.oceanobs.com/en/missions/current-missions/saral.html
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Shailen Desai
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2013-12-03
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: SARAL Near-Real-Time Value-added Operational Geophysical Data Record Sea Surface Height Anomaly
dataset title: ALTIKA_SARAL_L2_OST_XOGDR
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AKASA-XOGD1
entry title: SARAL Near-Real-Time Value-added Operational Geophysical Data Record Sea Surface Height Anomaly
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AltiKa
long name: Satellite with Argos and AltiKa
long name: Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 82.0
originating center: NASA/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SARAL
short name: ALTIKA Altimeter
southernmost latitude: -82.0
start date: 2013-11-18
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: OCEAN WAVES
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODAM-MO4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.562Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD,USA
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-MO4N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SCAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.488Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. Thisparticular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, Ascending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SCAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF35-01AM1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.440Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains a value-added monthly mean ocean surface wind and pseudostress to approximate a satellite-only climatological data record. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L3.0 product are then assigned to the time and location of the passive microwave satellite wind speed observations to derive the L2.5 product. All datasets are distributed on a 0.25 degree cyl…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for CCMP_MEASURES_ATLAS_L4_OW_L3_5A_MONTHLY_WIND_VECTORS_FLK
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-08
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L3.5A Monthly First-Look Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L3.5A Monthly First-Look Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF35-01AM1
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L3.5A Monthly First-Look Analyses
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F14
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F08
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F15
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
long name: Coriolis
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: WindSat
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 78.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L3.5a/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F10
short name: SSM/I
short name: TMI
short name: TRMM
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F14
short name: WINDSAT
short name: Aqua
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: AMSR-E
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F13
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F17
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SSMIS
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F8
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F15
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F11
southernmost latitude: -78.0
start date: 1987-07-02
stop date: 2011-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-GLID1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.530Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.585Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. The Seaglider is an autonomous profiler measuring salinity and temperature. A total of five Seagliders were deployed over the two SPURS2 cruises. Three Seagliders were deployed on the first Revelle cruise in August 2016, recovered by the Lady Amber after 7 months and redeployed, to be retrieved finally during the second cruise in November 2017. One of the Seagliders was deployed alongside and tracked the Lagrangian array across the study region, diving to depths of 1000m. All Seaglider data files are in netCDF format with standards compliant metadata.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Luc Rainville
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-10-24
dataset release place: APL, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Seaglider data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS-2 Field Campaign Waveglider Data Products
easternmost longitude: -122.128
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-GLID1
entry title: SPURS-2 Seaglider data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-08-14
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: SPURS-I University of Washington Seaglider
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 1000.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 12.022
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CTD
short name: SPURS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Seaglider
southernmost latitude: 8.994
start date: 2016-08-24
stop date: 2017-11-07
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -126.122

PODAAC-GFLND-3AC63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.578Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.523Z
absract: The monthly land mass grids contain water mass anomalies given as equivalent water thickness derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represents the total terrestrial water storage anomalies from soil moisture, snow, surface water (incl. rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc.), as well as groundwater and aquifers. A glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the terrestrial water storage data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: CSR TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness
dataset title: TELLUS_GRFO_L3_CSR_RL06_LND_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFLND-3AC63
entry title: CSR TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: Landerer F. W. and S. C. Swenson, 2012, Accuracy of scaled GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates. Water Resources Research, Vol 48, W04531, 11 PP, doi:10.1029/2011WR011453.
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-WAMOS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.560Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. The WaMoS wave radar instrument was available during the second R/V Revelle cruise of SPURS-2. WaMoS is a radar-based wave and surface current monitoring system providing wave field imagery and station time series or along track data series for key wave parameter in near near-real time. The single resulting SPURS-2 WaMos data file contains along track wave measurement from the R/V Revelle over the duration of this cruise (5 Oct. to 16 Nov. 2017) for the following essential wave field parameters: wave period, wave length, and wave direction, as well as surface current speed and direction.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Kyla Druska
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-03-28
dataset release place: Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 research vessel along track WAMOS wave radar data for the second R/V Revelle cruise in the E. Tropical Pacific
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign WAMOS Products
easternmost longitude: -119.89
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-WAMOS
entry title: SPURS-2 research vessel along track WAMOS wave radar data for the second R/V Revelle cruise in the E. Tropical Pacific
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-02-26
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: WaMoS Wave Radar
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 1830.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 24.2
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: R/V Revelle
short name: WAMOS
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 5.06
start date: 2017-10-05
stop date: 2017-11-16
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: OCEAN CURRENTS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -125.57

PODAAC-MODSA-1D4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.384Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, daily, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-1D4N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-ALESC-EN001
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.576Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.518Z
absract: Adaptive Leading Edge Subwaveform (ALES) provides coastal and open ocean altimetric measurements by applying a specialized retracker to Envisat data. This is an along-track dataset that takes takes the high frequency SGDR data and retracks it to remove the waveforms that show land contamination. Therefore these data are provided at 18 Hz. It is similar to the Jason-2 SGDR data except that it also includes ALES variables for the range, significant wave height and sigma0 so that the user can calculate the retracked SSHA.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Passaro, M., P. Cipollini, S. Vignudelli, G. D. Quartly, and H. M. Snaith
dataset publisher: NOC
dataset release date: 2015-12-07
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: ALES Envisat Coastal Altimetry
dataset title: ALES_L2_OST_ENVISAT_V1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ALESC-EN001
entry title: ALES Envisat Coastal Altimetry Version 1
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: ENVISAT
long name: ENVISAT MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Radar Altimeter 2
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 82.0
originating center: NOC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MWR
short name: RA-2
short name: ENVISAT
southernmost latitude: -82.0
start date: 2002-05-14
stop date: 2010-10-22
term: OCEAN WAVES
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YQCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.500Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averagedover daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day running mean rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YQCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DUCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.460Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution derived density averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology, sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DUCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GH19L-2PN01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.410Z
absract: A regional Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 platform (launched 6 Feb 2009) produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. AVHRR data are acquired in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC). HRPT data are full resolution image data transmitted to a ground stations as they are collected. LAC are also full resolution data, but the acquisition is prescheduled and recorded with an on-board tape recorder for subsequent transm…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: REPAIRED META_HISTORY ENTRY
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2009-09-29
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Regional Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: N-19 AVHRR LAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH19L-2PN01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Regional Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: NOAA-20
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2009-08-26
stop date: 2015-02-17
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-MO4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.568Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-MO4N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHAMA-2PO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.400Z
absract: A global 1 km Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A)satellite (launched 19 Oct 2006). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT),Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near realtime from Metop/AVHRR. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre deMeteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. SST is retrievedfrom the AVHRR infrared channels (3.7, 10.8 and 12.0 micrometer) using a multispectral algorithm.Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction model,together with a radiatiave transfer model, are used to correct the multispectral algorithm forregional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. This product is delivered atfull resolution in satellite projection as metagranule corresponding to 3 minutes of acquisition. Theproduct format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2015-02-02
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: METOP_A SST
dataset title: METOP_A AVHRR swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAMA-2PO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on Metop satellites (currently Metop-A) (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
horizontal resolution range: 1.1 to 6.2 km
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: OSISAF
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: METOP-A
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2013-06-04
stop date: 2016-11-23
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YUDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.466Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, andseasonal time scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology, Descending rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onbard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YUDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSX25-L2B02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.405Z
absract: This dataset has been superseded by Version 3: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_LEVEL_2B_OWV_COMP_12 . This QuikSCAT Level 2B dataset contains the Version 2 science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the NASA SeaWinds scatterometer. The Version 2 L2B data continues to be openly distributed to allow sufficient time for community acceptance of the Version 3 dataset. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 25 km pixel resolution. Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. An ASCII inline quality report (Q2B) has been generated for each L2B file; each Q2B file provides statistics of various quality elements pertaining to the processing of a specific L2B file. These wind vector retrievals have been processed using the QSCAT-1 geophysical model function. This is the official dataset produced by the QuikSCAT Project through the SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC). The SeaWinds instrument is a conical scanning pencil-beam radar, with dual-beam and dual-polarization capability, operating at Ku-band to provide all-weather ocean surface wind vector retrievals. This represents the 2nd version of the L2B processing. For more information on the QuikSCAT platform and mission, please visit http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/QuikSCAT .
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset policy entry migrated from the PO.DAAC Ingres database.
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: SeaPAC
dataset release date: 2006-11-13
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 25 Km Swath Grid
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 25 Km Swath Grid Version 2
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSX25-L2B02
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 25 Km Swath Grid Version 2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Quick Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B/docs/QSUG_v3.pdf
originating center: SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-22
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WQCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.486Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day running mean wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WQCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-NSGDR-L2X02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.432Z
absract: The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 2 ocean wind vectors in 50 km wind vector cell (WVC) swaths contain daily data from ascending and descending passes. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Wind vectors are not considered valid in rain contaminated regions; rain flags and precipitation information are not provided. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing, ambiguous, or contaminated by land/sea ice. Winds are calculated using the NSCAT-2 model function. This is the most up-to-date version, which designates the final phase of calibration, validation and science data processing, which was completed in November of 1998, on behalf of the JPL NSCAT Project; wind vectors are processed using the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1998-07-26
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vectors
dataset title: NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Geophysical Data Record
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NSGDR-L2X02
entry title: NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Geophysical Data Record
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I
long name: NASA Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/nscat/docs/nscat_manual.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADEOS-I
short name: NSCAT
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1996-09-15
stop date: 1997-06-29
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3ZMDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.481Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly, Descending sea surfacesalinity smoothed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3ZMDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ARBML
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.260Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals over the Arctic Polar region from the QuikSCAT L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The QuikSCAT scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES. An expanded version of this dataset includes the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2001-03-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Arctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ARBML
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/CRS/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SEABY-GLBML
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.435Z
absract: This dataset contains global, rectangular-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals from the SeaWinds L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day will contain the globally gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_IMAGES. An expanded version of this dataset includes the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2003-11-02
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Reduced)
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Reduced)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-GLBML
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Reduced)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSWBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SCP
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GRGAA-20G06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.584Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.530Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of geopotential field derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements and a non-tidal atmospheric model produced by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: GFZ
dataset release date: 2018-08-31
dataset release place: JPL PO.DAAC
dataset series name: GRACE NON-TIDAL ATMOSPHERE GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS GFZ (GAA)
dataset title: GRACE_GAA_L2_GRAV_GFZ_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAA-20G06
entry title: GRACE NON-TIDAL ATMOSPHERE GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS GFZ RELEASE 6.0 GAA
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-06
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/GFZ
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-05
stop date: 2017-07-01
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-DYNTO-1D1M1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.416Z
absract: This dataset contains absolute dynamic topography (similar to sea level but with respect to the geoid) binned and averaged monthly on 1 degree grids. The coverage is from October 1992 to December 2010. These data were provided by AVISO (French space agency data provider) to support the CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) under the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and was first made available via the JPL Earth System Grid. The dynamic topography are derived from sea surface height measured by several satellites including Envisat, TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2, and referenced to the geoid. Along with this dataset, two additional ancillary data files are included in the same directory which contain the number of observations and standard error co-located on the same 1 degree grids.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: AVISO
dataset publisher: AVISO
dataset release date: 2011-03-01
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: AVISO Level 4 Absolute Dynamic Topography for Climate Model Comparison
dataset title: AVISO_L4_DYN_TOPO_1DEG_1MO
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-DYNTO-1D1M1
entry title: AVISO Level 4 Absolute Dynamic Topography for Climate Model Comparison
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: JASON-1
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: Radar Altimeter 2
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: AVISO
long name: European Remote Sensing 1 altimeter
long name: European Remote Sensing 2 altimeter
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/aviso/L4/dynamic_topo_1deg_1mo/docs/zosTechNote_AVISO_L4_199210-201012.pdf
originating center: AVISO
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: SSALT
short name: ERS-1 ALTIMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ERS-2 Altimeter
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: ERS-1
short name: AVISO
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: TMR
short name: JASON-1
short name: AMR
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: RA-2
short name: GRACE
short name: ERS-2
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: ENVISAT
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1992-10-01
stop date: 2010-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS

PODAAC-AQR50-3WUDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.448Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is themonthly climatology, Descending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WUDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RRAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.463Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, 7-Day, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, ascending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RRAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-19
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-11
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-7
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-14
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NOAA-9
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3S3AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.484Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Seasonal,Ascending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3S3AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHRAM-4FA1A
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.554Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis, produced daily on an operational basis at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) using optimal interpolation (OI) on a regional 1/12 degree grid over the Australian region (20N - 70S, 60E - 170W). This Regional Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (RAMSSA) v1.0 system blends satellite SST observations from passive infrared and passive microwave radiometers, with in situ data from ships, Argo floats, XBTs, CTDs, drifting buoys and moorings from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS). SST observations that have experienced recent surface wind speeds less than 6 m/s during the day or less than 2 m/s during night are rejected from the analysis. The processing results in daily foundation SST estimates that are largely free of nocturnal cooling and diurnal warming effects. Sea ice concentrations are supplied by the NOAA/NCEP 12.7 km sea ice analysis. In the absence of observations, the analysis relaxes to the BoM Global Weekly 1 degree OI SST analysis, which relaxes to the Reynolds and Smith (1994) Monthly 1 degree SST climatology for 1961 - 1990.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
dataset publisher: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
dataset release date: 2019-11-14
dataset release place: Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 RAMSSA Australian Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: BLUElink Regional Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (RAMSSA), daily, 9 km resolution
easternmost longitude: -170.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHRAM-4FA1A
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 RAMSSA_9km Australian Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis v1.0 dataset (GDS2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-09-03
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Oceania
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: InSitu
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 20.0
online resource: http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/2011/beggs_hres.pdf, DOI: 10.22499/2.6101.001
originating center: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AMSR2
short name: NOAA-20
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: VIIRS
short name: METOP-B
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: USA/NASA
short name: METOP-A
short name: InSitu
short name: GHRSST
short name: AVHRR-3
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2006-06-12
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 60.0

PODAAC-GRGAC-20J06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.594Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.547Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of geopotential field derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements and a non-tidal oceanic and atmospheric model produced by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2018-07-05
dataset release place: JPL PO.DAAC
dataset series name: GRACE Non-Tidal Atmosphere and Ocean Geopotential Coefficients JPL (GAC)
dataset title: GRACE_GAC_L2_GRAV_JPL_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAC-20J06
entry title: GRACE NON-TIDAL ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS JPL RELEASE 6.0 GAC
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-06-11
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE SCA
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-06-30
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-PSGRA-SA2V2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.504Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.570Z
absract: The Global River Radar Altimeter Time Series (GRRATS) are simulated river gauge data that are derived from ERS-1, ERS-2, TOPEX/Poseidon OSTM/Jason-2, Jason-3 and Envisat altimetric measurements. The purpose of these heights are to provide satellite altimetric river height data in a form that is more recognizable to the observational community and as a way to get users use to using satellite data for river hydrology. These pre SWOT data are derived from satellites to provide hydrological measurements. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will have hydrology as one of its objectives. This dataset does not have the same variables as SWOT, but does provide hydrological measurements with typical quality flagging typical of satellite data. Not only does it provide science information, it can also assist hydrological users new to satellite data with the satellite data formats and variables before SWOT launches.If you are looking for version 1 it can be found at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/PRESWOT_HYDRO_GRRATS_L2_VIRTUAL_STATION_HEIGHTS_V1 however this version should be used with caution. Version 2, this page, is the most recent version with the most accurate algorithms used for producing river heights.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Coss, Stephen; Durand, Michael; Lettenmaier, Dennis; Yi, Yuchan; Jia, Yuanyuan; Guo, Qi; Tuozzolo, Stephen; Shum, C.K.; Allen, George H.; Calmant, Stephane; Pavelsky, Tamlin
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/SWOT
dataset release date: 2019-08-30
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Pre SWOT Hydrology GRRATS Virtual Station
dataset title: PRESWOT_HYDRO_GRRATS_L2_VIRTUAL_STATION_HEIGHTS_V2
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-PSGRA-SA2V2
entry title: Pre SWOT Hydrology GRRATS Virtual Station River Heights Version 2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-08-19
latitude resolution: 0.004
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Jason-3
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
long name: European Remote Sensing 2 altimeter
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: European Remote Sensing 1 altimeter
long name: Radar Altimeter 2
long name: JASON-1
long name: POSEIDON-3B
longitude resolution: 0.002
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/preswot_hydrology/L2/rivers/docs/GRRATS_user_handbookV2.pdf
originating center: MEaSUREs
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ERS-1
short name: JASON-1
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: RA-2
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: POSEIDON-3B
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ENVISAT
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: ERS-2
short name: ERS-1 ALTIMETER
short name: JASON-3
short name: ERS-2 Altimeter
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1992-04-08
stop date: 2018-04-20
term: SURFACE WATER
topic: TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WATER FEATURES
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YACS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.451Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Annual rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YACS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGIA-05J10
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.592Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.543Z
absract: Glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) is an ongoing geophysical process and is measured by gravimetry satellites like GRACE and GRACE-FO. To isolate signals of contemporary surface mass loss in the cumulative satellite gravimetry measurements, contemporary GIA rates are computed and subtracted from the satellite gravimetry observations. The GIA correction models provided here are filtered such that they are compatible with Level-3 post-processing filters applied to GRACE(-FO) data as indicated in the [product_id]. In this way, user can effectively assess the impact of the applied GIA correction, and substitute different GIA models should that be desired. This GIA dataset is mapped into 0.5-degree global grid compatible with the JPL Mascon solution, provided in netCDF format.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Tellus
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2019-07-24
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: TELLUS GRACE Level-3 0.5-degree Glacial Isostatic Adjustment datasets produced by JPL
dataset title: TELLUS_GIA_0.5-Deg_v1.0
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGIA-05J10
entry title: TELLUS GRACE Level-3 0.5-degree Glacial Isostatic Adjustment v1.0 datasets produced by JPL
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-02
latitude resolution: 0.5
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
longitude resolution: 0.5
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/gia-trends/
originating center: TELLUS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE ACC
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1900-01-01
stop date: 2100-12-31
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-NSBYU-SNEN0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.407Z
absract: This NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) satellite Sigma-0 dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at Brigham Young University (BYU) and is generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long. The SIR technique results in an enhanced resolution image reconstruction and gridded on an equal-area grid (for non-polar regions) at 4.45 km pixel resolution stored in SIR files; polar regions are gridded using a polar-stereographic technique. A non-enhanced version is provided at 22.25 km pixel resolution in a format known as GRD files. All files are produced in IEEE formatted binary. All data files are separated and organized by region, polarization, parameter, and sampling technique (i.e., SIR vs. GRD). The regions of China and Japan are combined into a single region. In additional to Sigma-0, various statistical parameters are provided for added guidance, including but not limited to: standard deviation, measurement counts, pixel time, Sigma-0 error, and average incidence angle. For more information, please visti: http://www.scp.byu.edu/docs/NSCAT_user_notes.html
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2011-11-28
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU
dataset title: NSCAT Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NSBYU-SNEN0
entry title: NSCAT Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-02-04
latitude resolution: 0.04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: South America
long name: NASA Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.04
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/L3/byu_scp/sigma0enhanced/docs/dLongNscat.html
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADEOS-I
short name: NSCAT
short name: SCP
southernmost latitude: -89.0
start date: 1996-09-15
stop date: 1997-06-26
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
temporal resolution range: Regionally Dependent
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GFLND-3AJ63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.583Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.528Z
absract: The monthly land mass grids contain water mass anomalies given as equivalent water thickness derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represents the total terrestrial water storage anomalies from soil moisture, snow, surface water (incl. rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc.), as well as groundwater and aquifers. A glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the terrestrial water storage data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: JPL TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness
dataset title: TELLUS_GRFO_L3_JPL_RL06_LND_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFLND-3AJ63
entry title: JPL TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: Landerer F. W. and S. C. Swenson, 2012, Accuracy of scaled GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates. Water Resources Research, Vol 48, W04531, 11 PP, doi:10.1029/2011WR011453.
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODTM-8D9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.555Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-8D9N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-MO4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.576Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.518Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, mid-IR SST level 3, 4km, monthly, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD,USA
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-MO4N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RCCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.473Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RCCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: InSitu
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-9
short name: USA/NASA
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-16
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSR12-L2C10
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.445Z
absract: This dataset contains the multi-sourced microwave radiometer wind speed, rain and cloud liquid water data collocated to RapidScat Level 2B wind vector cell (WVC) locations. The corresponding NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. This dataset is produced by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) with direct funding from the JPL RapidScat project. All of the collocated radiometer data is produced by RSS. The co-located radiometer sources include: 1) DMSP SSM/I (F15) and SSMIS (F16/F17), 2) Coriolis WindSat, 3) GCOM-W1 AMSR2 and 4) GPM Core GMI; more details on these radiometer sources and sensors can be extracted by scrolling down to the "Platform/Sensor" section below this description. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. This dataset is provided in a netCDF-4 file format that follows the netCDF "classic" model and made available via FTP and OPeNDAP. For data access, please click on the "Data Access" tab above.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-11-14
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Remote Sensing Systems Radiometer Rain Collocations with JPL RapidScat L2B Swath Grid
dataset title: Remote Sensing Systems Radiometer Rain Collocations with JPL RapidScat L2B Swath Grid
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSR12-L2C10
entry title: Remote Sensing Systems Radiometer Rain Collocations with JPL RapidScat L2B Swath Grid
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F15
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
long name: Coriolis
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: GPM Microwave Imager
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17
long name: Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
long name: International Space Station
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F16
long name: WindSat
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://images.remss.com/papers/rsstech/2016_081816_RSS_Radiometers_RapidScat_colocations.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: WINDSAT
short name: SSM/I
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F17
short name: AMSR2
short name: GMI
short name: RapidScat
short name: ISS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SSMIS
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F15
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F16
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: GPM
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2014-10-03
stop date: 2016-02-11
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: PRECIPITATION
term: CLOUDS
topic: ATMOSPHERE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: PRECIPITATION RATE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PRAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.469Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, andseasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, Ascending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PRAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMG3-2PO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.431Z
absract: The Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-3) satellites are spin stabilized geostationary satellites operated by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) to provide accurate weather monitoring data through its primary instrument the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI), which has the capacity to observe the Earth in 12 spectral channels. Eight of these channels are in the thermal infrared, providing among other information, observations of the temperatures of clouds, land and sea surfaces at approximately 5 km resolution with a 15 minute duty cycle. This Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset produced by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) is derived from the SEVIRI instrument on the second MSG satellite (also known as Meteosat-9) that was launched on 22 December 2005. Skin sea surface temperature (SST) data are calculated from the infrared channels of SEVIRI at full resolution every 15 minutes. L2P data products with Single Sensor Error Statistics (SSES) are then derived following the GHRSST-PP Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2.0.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2014-11-17
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: Sea Surface Temperature produced by NOAA/NESDIS
dataset title: Sea Surface Temperature, 55W-55E and 55S-55N, at 0.027 degree resolution from MSG-02 Imager Sectors every quarter-hour
easternmost longitude: 81.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMG3-2PO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Atlantic Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) on the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-3) satellite (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.027
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Atlantic
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
longitude resolution: 0.027
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 73.0
originating center: NOAA/NESDIS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: SEVIRI
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MSG2
southernmost latitude: -73.0
start date: 2013-08-01
stop date: 2018-02-20
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -81.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WACS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.495Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Annual wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WACS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-SSP00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.544Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.593Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. The towed Surface Salinity Profiler (SSP) platform is a converted paddleboard with a keel and surfboard outrigger that is tethered to the ship and skims the sea surface beyond the ships wake. Below the paddleboard are salinity and temperature sensors at depths of 10, 30, 50 and 100cm, and microstructure sensors that measure turbulence. The SSP was deployed 19 times throughout the first SPURS-2 cruise, totaling over 200 hours of measurements, and a further 15 times during the 2017 cruise. SSP deployment is most informative when there is a rain event leading to near-surface ocean stratification. The SSP then measures how the ocean changes over the periods before, during, and after rain, and how rainwater mixes into the ocean during recovery. All SSP data files are in netCDF forma…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Drushka, K., E. Thompson and W. Asher
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-10-24
dataset release place: APL, University of Washington, 1013 NE 40th St, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Towed surface salinity profile (SSP) data for the E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS-2 Field Campaign Surface Salinity Profiler Data Products
easternmost longitude: -123.203
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-SSP00
entry title: SPURS-2 Towed surface salinity profile (SSP) data for the E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-10-09
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: SPURS-I University of Washington Seaglider
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 16.502
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Seaglider
short name: CTD
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 6.546
start date: 2016-08-27
stop date: 2017-11-11
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: WATER TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: TURBULENCE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -140.969

PODAAC-SMP40-3SMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.587Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.533Z
absract: The version 4.0 SMAP-SSS level 3, monthly gridded product is based on the fourth release of the validated standard mapped sea surface salinity (SSS) data from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory, produced operationally by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) with a one-month latency. Enhancements with this release include: use of an improved 0.125 degree land correction table with land emission based on SMAP TB; replacement of the previous NCEP sea-ice mask with one based on RSS AMSR-2 and implementing a sea-ice threshold of 0.3% (gain weighted sea-ice fraction); revised solar flagging that depends on glint angle and wind speed; inclusion of estimated SSS-uncertainty; consolidation of both 40KM and 70KM SMAP-SSS datasets as variable fields in a single data product. Monthly data files for this product are averages over one-month time intervals. SMAP data begins on April 1,2015 and is ongoing, with a one-month latency in processing and availability. L3 products are global in extent and gridded at 0.25degree x 0.25degree with a default spatial feature resolution of approximately 70KM. Note that while a SSS 40KM variable is also included in the product, for most open ocean applications, the default SSS variable (70KM) is best used as they are significantly less noisy than the 40KM data. The SMAP satellite is in a near-polar orbit at an inclination of 98 degrees and an altitude of 685 km. It has an ascending node time of 6 pm and is sun-synchronous. With its 1000km swath, SMAP achieves global coverage in approximately 3 days, but has an exact orbit repeat cycle of 8 days. On board instruments include a highly sensitive L-band radiometer operating at 1.41GHz and an L-band 1.26GHz radar sensor providing complementary active and passive sensing capabilities. Malfunction of the SMAP scatterometer on 7 July, 2015, has necessitated the use of collocated wind speed, primarily from WindSat, for the surface roughness correction required for the surface salinity retri…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)
dataset release date: 2019-08-28
dataset release place: Remote Sensing Systems, 444 Tenth Street, Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, USA
dataset series name: RSS SMAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Vaidated Dataset
dataset title: SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SMP40-3SMCS
entry title: RSS SMAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly V4.0 Validated Dataset
horizontal resolution range: 70km
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-07
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SMAP L-Band Radiometer
long name: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Sea Surface Salinity (SSS)
long name: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
longitude resolution: 0.25
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/smap
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SMAP-SSS
short name: SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SMAP
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2015-04-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 4.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ANBML
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.429Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals over the Antarctic Polar region from the QuikSCAT L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The QuikSCAT scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES. An expanded version of this dataset includes the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is provided by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2001-03-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Antarctica
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Antarctica
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ANBML
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Antarctica
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctica
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/CRS/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SCP
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-MO4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.284Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, monthly, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-MO4N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRJPL-L1B02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.404Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. The GRACE Level 1B data provide all necessary inputs to derive monthly time variations in the Earth's gravity field. Level 1B data are also used for GRACE orbit and mean gravity field determination. It contains K-Band Ranging Data Product (KBR1B), Star Camera Data Product (SCA1B), Accelerometer Data Product (ACC1B), GPS Data Product (GPS1B), Vector Products (VGN1B, VGO1B, VGB1B, VCM1B, VKB1B, VSL1B), Quaternion Products (QSA1B, QSB1B), and Housekeeping Products (AHK1B, IHK1B, THR1B, TNK1B, MAG1B, MAS1B, TIM1B)
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2001-09-01
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE Level-1B Data
dataset title: GRACE_L1B_GRAV_JPL_RL02
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRJPL-L1B02
entry title: GRACE LEVEL 1B JPL RELEASE 2.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-07-15
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-06-30
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PCCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.484Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PCCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-8D9D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.568Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-8D9D9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SRCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.475Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data containsgridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SRCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CYGNS-L3C10
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.536Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
absract: This dataset contains the Version 1.0 CYGNSS Level 3 Climate Data Record which provides the average wind speed and mean square slope (MSS) on a 0.2x0.2 degree latitude by longitude equirectangular grid obtained from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. The Level 2 Delay Doppler Map (DDM) data are used in the direct processing of the average wind speed and MSS data that are binned on the Level 3 grid. A subset of DDM data used in the direct processing of the average wind speed and MSS is co-located inside of the Level 2 data files. A single netCDF-4 data file is produced for each day of operation with an approximate 6 day latency. The reported sample locations are determined by the specular points corresponding to the Delay Doppler Maps (DDMs). The Version 1.0 CDR represents the first climate-quality release and is a collection of reanalysis products derived from the SDR v2.1 Level 1 data. Calibration accuracy and long term stability are improved relative to the SDR v2.1 using a new trackwise correction algorithm which constrains the average value of the L1 data using MERRA-2 reanalysis wind speeds. Details of the algorithm are provided in the Trackwise Corrected CDR Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document. CDR Level 2 and 3 products (ocean surface wind speed, mean square slope, and latent and sensible heat flux) are generated from the CDR L1 data using the v2.1 SDR data processing algorithms. These products also exhibit improved calibration accuracy and stability over SDR v2.1. Trackwise correction is applied to the two primary CYGNSS L1 science data products the normalized bistatic radar cross section (NBRCS) and the leading edge slope of the Doppler-integrated delay waveform (LES). The correction compensates for variations in the transmit power level of the GPS signals measured by the CYGNSS bistatic radar receivers. The SDR v2.1 L1 algorithm assumes a constant GPS transmit power and variations in it can be misinterpreted as…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CYGNSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2020-05-22
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CYGNSS Level 3 Climate Data Record
dataset title: CYGNSS Level 2 Climate Data Record Version 1.0
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CYGNS-L3C10
entry title: CYGNSS Level 3 Climate Data Record Version 1.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-09
latitude resolution: 0.2
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
long name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument
longitude resolution: 0.2
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 40.0
online resource: http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/
originating center: UMICH/ENG/CSSE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: DDMI
short name: CYGNSS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 40.0
start date: 2017-03-18
temporal resolution: Daily
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHH08-3CO27
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.524Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.579Z
absract: The ACSPO H08/AHI L3C (Level 3 Collated) product is a gridded version of the ACSPO H08/AHI L2P product available at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AHI_H08-STAR-L2P-v2.70. The L3C output files are 1hr granules in NetCDF4 format, compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification version 2 (GDS2). There are 24 granules available per 24hr interval, with a total data volume of 0.2GB/day. Valid SSTs are found over clear-sky oceans, sea, lakes or rivers, with fill values reported elsewhere. The following layers are reported: SST, ACSPO clear-sky mask (ACSM; provided in each grid as part of l2p_flags, which also includes day/night, land, ice, twilight, and glint flags), NCEP wind speed and ACSPO SST minus reference (Canadian Met Centre 0.1deg L4 SST; available at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/CMC0.1deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v3.0 ). All valid SSTs in L3C are recommended for users, although data over internal waters may not have enough in situ data to be adequately validated. Per GDS2 specifications, two additional Sensor-Specific Error Statistics layers (bias and standard deviation) are reported in each pixel with valid SST (Petrenko et al., 2016). The ACSPO VIIRS L3U product is monitored and validated against iQuam in situ data (Xu and Ignatov, 2014) in SQUAM (Dash et al, 2010).
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2020-05-21
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: GHRSST NOAA/STAR Himawari-08 AHI L3C Pacific Ocean Region SST dataset in GDS2
dataset title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR Himawari-08 AHI L3C Pacific Ocean Region SST v2.70 dataset in GDS2
easternmost longitude: -15.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHH08-3CO27
entry title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR Himawari-08 AHI L3C Pacific Ocean Region SST v2.70 dataset in GDS2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-04-01
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Western Pacific
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Himawari Imager
longitude resolution: 0.02
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 59.0
online resource: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/GHRSST
originating center: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AHI
short name: GHRSST
short name: Himawari-8
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -59.0
start date: 2015-06-01
temporal resolution: 60 Minute
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.7
westernmost longitude: -135.0

PODAAC-CYGNS-L3X21
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.556Z
absract: This dataset contains the Version 2.1 CYGNSS Level 3 Science Data Record which provides the average wind speed and mean square slope (MSS) on a 0.2x0.2 degree latitude by longitude equirectangular grid obtained from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. The Level 2 Delay Doppler Map (DDM) data are used in the direct processing of the average wind speed and MSS data that are binned on the Level 3 grid. A subset of DDM data used in the direct processing of the average wind speed and MSS is co-located inside of the Level 2 data files. A single netCDF-4 data file is produced for each day of operation with an approximate 6 day latency. This version supersedes Version 2.0. The reported sample locations are determined by the specular points corresponding to the Delay Doppler Maps (DDMs). The Version 2.1 release represents the second science-quality release. Here is a summary of improvements that reflect the quality of the Version 2.1 data release: 1) first time availability of wind speeds using the Geophysical Model Function (GMF) calibrated for Young Seas with Limited Fetch (YSLF) conditions; 2) inherits all other improvements made to the version 2.1 Level 2 data intended to improve the quality of the wind speed retrievals and uncertainty estimates. For a full list of improvements to the version 2.1 Level 2 data, please refer to the following dataset information page: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/CYGNSS_L2_V2.1
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CYGNSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2018-09-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CYGNSS Level 3 Science Data Record
dataset title: CYGNSS Level 3 Science Data Record Version 2.1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CYGNS-L3X21
entry title: CYGNSS Level 3 Science Data Record Version 2.1
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-05-14
latitude resolution: 0.2
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument
long name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
longitude resolution: 0.2
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 40.0
online resource: http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/
originating center: NASA/ESSP/UMICH/CYGNSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CYGNSS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: DDMI
southernmost latitude: 40.0
start date: 2017-03-18
temporal resolution: Daily
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.1
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-MOOR2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.537Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Two PICO moorings (PMEL 9N and 11N) were deployed on the Revelle cruise in September 2016 in northern and southern domain quadrants at 9deg2.830N, 124deg59.833W and N10:59.0498, W124:57.531 respectively. These moorings contained a surface meteorological package and a "prawler", a CTD that crawls up and down the mooring line from 4-450m, yielding time series of salinity and temperature profile data at fixed locations (nominally 8 profiles per day). The moorings were recovered on the second Revelle cruise (Oct. 22 & Nov. 2, 2017). PICO mooring netCDF files contain georeferenced CTD profile data including salinity, temperature, potential temperature, pressure, depth, surface meteorological package data, GPS-Lat/Lon, and profile ID.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Zhang, D, Kessler, W.S
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-10-24
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 PICO mooring data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Pico Mooring Data Products
easternmost longitude: -124.958
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-MOOR2
entry title: SPURS-2 PICO mooring data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-30
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: SPURS1 WHOI Central Mooring
long name: Meteorological Measurement System
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 2.0
northernmost latitude: 11.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Mooring
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SPURS
short name: CTD
short name: MMS
southernmost latitude: 9.047
start date: 2016-08-22
stop date: 2017-10-24
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -125.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Y1CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.458Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Daily rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Y1CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGAD-20G06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.530Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.585Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of ocean bottom pressure derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements, produced by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: GFZ
dataset release date: 2018-08-31
dataset release place: JPL PO.DAAC
dataset series name: GRACE OCEAN BOTTOM GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS GFZ (GAD)
dataset title: GRACE_GAD_L2_GRAV_GFZ_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAD-20G06
entry title: GRACE OCEAN BOTTOM GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS GFZ RELEASE 6.0 GAD
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-06
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: Star Camera Assembly
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/GFZ
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-05
stop date: 2017-07-01
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01F13
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.277Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) ocean surface winds from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F13 platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, and WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-08
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F13 Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F13 Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01F13
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F13 Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: USA/NASA
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F13
short name: SSM/I
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1995-05-03
stop date: 2009-11-18
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-8D4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.569Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-8D4N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SVDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.472Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theseasonal climatology, Descending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SVDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSX12-L2A13
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.505Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.571Z
absract: This dataset contains the Version 1.3 ISS-RapidScat on Level 2A 12.5 km science data record, which provides surface-flagged sigma-0 in 12.5 km Wind Vector Cells processed using the pulse "slice" Sigma-0 data provided by the Level 1B dataset. Version 1.3 is intended as a replacement and continuation of the Version 1.1 and Version 1.2 data forward from orbital revolution number 7873, corresponding to 11 February 2016; on 11 Feb 2016, RapidScat entered it's 3rd low signal to noise ratio (SNR) state and the initial calibration of low SNR 3 was preliminary during the Version 1.2 release. The fundamental difference between Version 1.3 and the previous Version 1.2 datasets is that the L1B sigma-0 has been re-calibrated during the periods of low SNR states 3 and 4 using re-pointed QuikSCAT data. Due to the circular scan of the RapidScat instrument the expected number of Sigma-0 cells per WVC is not constant. To minimize the L2A data volume, the Sigma-0 cell data are stored as "lists" for each WVC row, with each list indexed by a "cell_index" array to indicate the cross-track WVC membership of the data. Each cell is then checked for land or ice and flagged accordingly. Attenuation corrections for each Sigma-0 measurement are also provided. Data are provided in single-orbit files in HDF-4 format. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent l…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-10-28
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 12.5Km Swath Grid
dataset title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 12.5Km Swath Grid Version 1.3
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX12-L2A13
entry title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 12.5Km Swath Grid Version 1.3
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ISS
short name: RapidScat
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2016-02-11
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.3
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHTMI-2PR04
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.284Z
absract: GDS2 Version -The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) is a well calibrated passive microwave radiometer, similar to the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), that contains lower frequency channels required for sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals. The TRMM is part of the NASA's mission to planet Earth, and is a joint venture between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to measure precipitation, water vapor, SST and wind in the global tropical regions and was launched in 27 November 1997 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, Japan. The TRMM satellite travels west to east in a 402 km altitude semi-equatorial precessing orbit that results in day-to-day changes in the observation time of any given earth location between 38S and 38N. Remote Sensing Systems has produced a Version-4 TMI ocean SST dataset for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) by applying an algorithm to the 10.7 GHz channel through a removal of surface roughness effects. In contrast to infrared SST observations, microwave retrievals can be measured through clouds, which are nearly transparent at 10.7 GHz. Microwave retrievals are also insensitive to water vapor and aerosols. The algorithm for retrieving SSTs from radiometer data is described in "AMSR Ocean Algorithm."
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2014-12-01
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) onboard Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) satellite
dataset title: TMI geolocated L2 swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHTMI-2PR04
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) onboard Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) satellite
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: 38N-38S
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 39.01
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TMI
short name: TRMM
southernmost latitude: -39.06
start date: 1998-01-01
stop date: 2015-01-11
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 4.0
westernmost longitude: -179.99

PODAAC-AQR50-3R3CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.462Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the seasonal ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3R3CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-14
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TEMSC-ATS62
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.603Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.569Z
absract: This dataset is a time series of mass variability averaged over all of Antarctica. It provides the ice mass changes of Antarctica over time. The mass variability are derived from JPL GRACE Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height RL06Mv02 CRI Filtered Version 2, which can be found at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/TELLUS_GRAC-GRFO_MASCON_CRI_GRID_RL06_V2. A more detailed description on the Mascon solution, including the mathematical derivation, implementation of geophysical constraints, and solution validation, please see Watkins et al., 2015, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011547. The mass variability are provided as an ASCII table.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: D. N. Wiese, D.-N. Yuan, C. Boening, F. W. Landerer, M. M. Watkins
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-03-18
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Tellus Level-4 Antarctica Mass Anomaly
dataset title: Tellus Level-4 Antarctica Mass Anomaly Time Series from JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascon CRI Filtered Release 06 version 02
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TEMSC-ATS62
entry title: Tellus Level-4 Antarctica Mass Anomaly Time Series from JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascon CRI Filtered Release 06 version 02
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-02-14
latitude resolution: 20.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctica
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: Star Camera Assembly
longitude resolution: 360.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/jpl_global_mascons/
originating center: TELLUS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE-FO
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-04-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-PCO20
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.559Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. During both Revelle cruises, continuous measurements of the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), and pH at surface (0m) and 5m depths were made on water pumped continuously from the Salinity Snake and the ship's intake port. In addition to these measurements, observational data from the salinity snake and thermosalinograph also include water temperature and salinity time series at the same depths. The temporal resolution of the observations range from 3 seconds (pH) to 3 minutes (DIC). All pCO2 and associated underway data comprising this dataset are in netCDF file format with standards compliant metadata. Due to issues with the quality of the 2016 underway data, only the data file for the 2017 cruise is available.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: David Ho
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2020-05-14
dataset release place: SOEST, University of Hawaii, 1680 East West Rd, POST 802, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 underway surface pCO2, DIC and pH data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS-2 Field Campaign Underway Surface pCO2, DIC, pH Data Products
easternmost longitude: -121.545
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-PCO20
entry title: SPURS-2 underway surface pCO2, DIC and pH data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-04-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Ship-based Thermosalinograph
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
long name: Salinity snake
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 16.411
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: THERMOSALINOGRAPHS
short name: SS
short name: SPURS
short name: R/V Revelle
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 1.383
start date: 2017-10-21
stop date: 2017-11-13
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN CHEMISTRY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: PH
variable level 1: INORGANIC CARBON
variable level 1: WATER TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: DISSOLVED GASES
variable level 1: CARBON DIOXIDE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -125.572

PODAAC-CYGNS-L1C10
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.539Z
absract: This Level 1 (L1) dataset contains the Version 1.0 Climate Data Record (CDR) of the geo-located Delay Doppler Maps (DDMs) calibrated into Power Received (Watts) and Bistatic Radar Cross Section (BRCS) expressed in units of m2 from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. Other useful scientific and engineering measurement parameters include the DDM of Normalized Bistatic Radar Cross Section (NBRCS), the Delay Doppler Map Average (DDMA) of the NBRCS near the specular reflection point, and the Leading Edge Slope (LES) of the integrated delay waveform. The L1 dataset contains a number of other engineering and science measurement parameters, including sets of quality flags/indicators, error estimates, and bias estimates as well as a variety of orbital, spacecraft/sensor health, timekeeping, and geolocation parameters. At most, 8 netCDF data files (each file corresponding to a unique spacecraft in the CYGNSS constellation) are provided each day; under nominal conditions, there are typically 6-8 spacecraft retrieving data each day, but this can be maximized to 8 spacecraft under special circumstances in which higher than normal retrieval frequency is needed (i.e., during tropical storms and or hurricanes). Latency is approximately 1 month, depending on the availability of the MERRA wind speed reanalysis. The Version 1.0 CDR represents the first climate-quality release and is a collection of reanalysis products derived from the v2.1 Level 1 data. Calibration accuracy and long term stability are improved relative to the SDR v2.1 using a new trackwise correction algorithm which constrains the average value of the L1 data using MERRA-2 reanalysis wind speeds. Details of the algorithm are provide in the Trackwise Corrected CDR Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document. The CDR exhibits improved calibration accuracy and stability over v2.1. Trackwise correction is applied to the two primary CYGNSS L1 science data products the normalized bistati…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CYGNSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2020-05-22
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CYGNSS Level 1 Climate Data Record
dataset title: CYGNSS Level 1 Climate Data Record Version 1.0
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CYGNS-L1C10
entry title: CYGNSS Level 1 Climate Data Record Version 1.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-04-01
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument
long name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 40.0
online resource: http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/
originating center: NASA/ESSP/UMICH/CYGNSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CYGNSS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: DDMI
southernmost latitude: 40.0
start date: 2017-03-18
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: RADAR CROSS-SECTION
variable level 1: RADAR REFLECTIVITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-CYGNS-L1X21
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.589Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.535Z
absract: This Level 1 (L1) dataset contains the Version 2.1 geo-located Delay Doppler Maps (DDMs) calibrated into Power Received (Watts) and Bistatic Radar Cross Section (BRCS) expressed in units of m2 from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. This version supersedes Version 2.0. Other useful scientific and engineering measurement parameters include the DDM of Normalized Bistatic Radar Cross Section (NBRCS), the Delay Doppler Map Average (DDMA) of the NBRCS near the specular reflection point, and the Leading Edge Slope (LES) of the integrated delay waveform. The L1 dataset contains a number of other engineering and science measurement parameters, including sets of quality flags/indicators, error estimates, and bias estimates as well as a variety of orbital, spacecraft/sensor health, timekeeping, and geolocation parameters. At most, 8 netCDF data files (each file corresponding to a unique spacecraft in the CYGNSS constellation) are provided each day; under nominal conditions, there are typically 6-8 spacecraft retrieving data each day, but this can be maximized to 8 spacecraft under special circumstances in which higher than normal retrieval frequency is needed (i.e., during tropical storms and or hurricanes). Latency is approximately 6 days (or better) from the last recorded measurement time. The Version 2.1 release represents the second science-quality release. Here is a summary of improvements that reflect the quality of the Version 2.1 data release: 1) data is now available when the CYGNSS satellites are rolled away from nadir during orbital high beta-angle periods, resulting in a significant amount of additional data; 2) correction to coordinate frames result in more accurate estimates of receiver antenna gain at the specular point; 3) improved calibration for analog-to-digital conversion results in better consistency between CYGNSS satellites measurements at nearly the same location and time; 4) improved GPS EIRP and transmit a…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CYGNSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2018-09-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CYGNSS Level 1 Science Data Record
dataset title: CYGNSS Level 1 Science Data Record Version 2.1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CYGNS-L1X21
entry title: CYGNSS Level 1 Science Data Record Version 2.1
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-05-14
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
long name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 40.0
online resource: http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/
originating center: NASA/ESSP/UMICH/CYGNSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CYGNSS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: DDMI
southernmost latitude: 40.0
start date: 2017-03-18
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: RADAR CROSS-SECTION
variable level 1: RADAR REFLECTIVITY
version: 2.1
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHIAS-2PO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.522Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.578Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) on the European Meteorological Operational-B (MetOp-B)satellite (launched 17 Sep 2012). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT),Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near realtime from METOP/IASI. The Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) measures inthe infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum at a horizontal resolution of 12 km at nadir up to40km over a swath width of about 2,200 km. With 14 orbits in a sun-synchronous mid-morningorbit (9:30 Local Solar Time equator crossing, descending node) global observations can beprovided twice a day. The SST retrieval is performed and provided by the IASI L2 processor atEUMETSAT headquarters. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification(GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2016-09-09
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: METOP_B SST
dataset title: METOP_B IASI swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHIAS-2PO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) on the Metop-B satellite (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSISAF
role: Data Center Contact
short name: IASI
short name: METOP-B
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2016-01-07
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3W1CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.502Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Daily wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3W1CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TEOCN-3AC63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.503Z
absract: The monthly ocean bottom pressure anomaly grids are given as equivalent water thickness changes derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represent sea floor pressure changes due to the integral effect of ocean and atmosphere processes, including global mean ocean bottom pressure changes (mean ocean mass and mean atmosphere mass over the global oceans). The Level-2 GAD product has been added back, a glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters (i.e., de-striping and spatial smoothing) have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the ocean bottom pressure data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: CSR TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly OCEAN Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface-Mass Anomaly Release 6.0
dataset title: TELLUS_GRAC_L3_CSR_RL06_OCN_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TEOCN-3AC63
entry title: CSR TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/monthly-mass-grids-ocean/
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-10-25
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
topic: OCEANS
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-QSSWS-CMIP1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.429Z
absract: This dataset contains ocean surface wind speed from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT binned and averaged monthly on 1 degree grids. The coverage is from August 1999 through October 2009. The QuikSCAT Project produced this dataset in support of the CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) portion of under the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and was first made available via the Earth System Grid. This dataset was derived directly from the Version 2 QuikSCAT Level 2B 25-km dataset, which can be accessed here: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_LEVEL_2B_V2. The SeaWinds instrument is a conical scanning pencil-beam radar, with dual-beam and dual-polarization capability, operating at Ku-band to provide all-weather ocean surface wind vector retrievals. Along with this dataset, two additional ancillary data files are included in the same directory which contain the number of observations and standard error co-located on the same 1 degree grids. This wind speed dataset is designed to be used in conjunction with the complete wind vector dataset, which include separate dataset files for both the Northward and Eastward components of the wind vector. All corresponding dataset and ancillary data files are included in a common directory. For more information on the QuikSCAT platform and mission, please visit https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/QuikSCAT.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA
dataset publisher: PODAAC
dataset release date: 2012-04-11
dataset release place: PODAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Surface Wind Speed for Climate Model Comparison
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Surface Wind Speed for Climate Model Comparison
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSSWS-CMIP1
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Surface Wind Speed for Climate Model Comparison
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Quick Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/OceanWinds/quikscat/L3/wind_1deg_1mo/docs/sfcWind_QuikSCAT_L2B_v20110531_199908-200910.pdf
originating center: NASA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-08-01
stop date: 2009-10-30
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GRGSM-20C06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.528Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.584Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of static field geopotential of the Earth, derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements, produced by the Center for Space Research (CSR) at University of Texas at Austin. The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: CSR
dataset release date: 2018-05-10
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonic Coefficients CSR (GSM)
dataset title: GRACE_GSM_L2_GRAV_CSR_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGSM-20C06
entry title: GRACE FIELD GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS CSR RELEASE 6.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-04-26
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/CSR
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-05
stop date: 2017-06-30
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
topic: SOLID EARTH
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GFOCN-3AG63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.504Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.570Z
absract: The monthly ocean bottom pressure anomaly grids are given as equivalent water thickness changes derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represent sea floor pressure changes due to the integral effect of ocean and atmosphere processes, including global mean ocean bottom pressure changes (mean ocean mass and mean atmosphere mass over the global oceans). The Level-2 GAD product has been added back, a glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters (i.e., de-striping and spatial smoothing) have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the ocean bottom pressure data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GFZ TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF
dataset title: TELLUS_GRFO_L3_GFZ_RL06_OCN_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFOCN-3AG63
entry title: GFZ TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: Landerer F. W. and S. C. Swenson, 2012, Accuracy of scaled GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates. Water Resources Research, Vol 48, W04531, 11 PP, doi:10.1029/2011WR011453
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3R7DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.477Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, 7-Day, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the 7-Day, descending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3R7DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: InSitu
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-9
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-11
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODTM-8D9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.286Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, mid-IR SST level 3, 9km, 8-day, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-8D9N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3P3CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.465Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Seasonal sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3P3CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-1D9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.566Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-1D9N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-2SOCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.459Z
absract: The version 5.0 Aquarius Level 2 product is the official third release of the orbital/swath data from AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius Level 2 data set contains sea surface salinity (SSS) and wind speed data derived from 3 different radiometers and the onboard scatterometer. Included also in the Level 2 data are the horizontal and vertical brightness temperatures (TH and TV) for each radiometer, ancillary data, flags, converted telemetry and navigation data.Each data file covers one 98 minute orbit. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath. Enhancements to the version 5.0 Level 2 data relative to v4.0 include: improvement of the salinity retrieval geophysical model for SST bias, estimates of SSS uncertainties (systematic and random components), and inclusion of a new spiciness variable.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 2 Sea Surface Salinity
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-2SOCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 2 Sea Surface Salinity & Wind Speed Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SASSX-L2SN0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.437Z
absract: Contains Seasat-A Scatterometer (SASS) Sigma-0 measurements for the entire Seasat mission, from July 1978 until October 1978, produced by Frank Wentz at Remote Sensing Systems. The data are presented chronologically by swath and consist of the forward and aft values, binned in 50 km cells. For each cell there are 17 parameters including time, location, incidence angle, sigma-0, instrument corrections, and data quality.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: REMSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1996-12-04
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER BINNED 50KM SIGMA-0 DATA (Wentz)
dataset title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER BINNED 50KM SIGMA-0 DATA (Wentz)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SASSX-L2SN0
entry title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER BINNED 50KM SIGMA-0 DATA (Wentz)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Seasat-A Scatterometer System
long name: SEASAT
long name: SEASAT-A
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/documents/dataset_docs/seasat_sigma0_wentz.html
originating center: REMSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEASAT
short name: SEASAT-A
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SASS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1978-07-07
stop date: 1978-10-10
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-ASOP2-COC01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.542Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.592Z
absract: This dataset contains operational near-real-time Level 2 coastal ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on MetOp-C at 12.5 km sampling resolution (note: the effective resolution is 25 km). It is a product of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) provided through the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). This coastal dataset differs from the standard 12.5 and 25 km datasets in that it utilizes a spatial box filter (rather than the Hamming filter) to generate a spatial average of the Sigma-0 retrievals from the Level 1B dataset; all full resolution Sigma-0 retrievals within a 15 km radius of the wind vector cell centroid are used in the averaging. Since the full resolution L1B Sigma-0 retrievals are used, all non-sea retrievals are discarded prior to the Sigma-0 averaging. Each box average Sigma-0 is then used to compute the wind vector cell using the same CMOD7.n geophysical model function as in the standard OSI SAF ASCAT wind vector datasets. With this enhanced coastal retrieval, winds can be computed as close to ~15 km from the coast. Each file is provided in netCDF version 3 format, and contains one full orbit derived from 3-minute orbit granules. Latency is approximately 2 hours from the latest measurement. The beginning of the orbit is defined by the first wind vector cell measurement within the first 3-minute orbit granule that starts north of the Equator in the ascending node. ASCAT is a C-band dual swath fan beam radar scatterometer providing two independent swaths of backscatter retrievals in sun-synchronous polar orbit aboard the MetOp-C platform. For more information on the MetOp-C mission, please visit: https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/TechnicalBulletins/Metop/index.html . For more timely announcements, users are encouraged to register with the KNMI scatterometer email list: scat@knmi.nl. Users…
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: KNMI
dataset release date: 2019-11-15
dataset release place: KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
dataset series name: MetOp-C ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
dataset title: MetOp-C ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ASOP2-COC01
entry title: MetOp-C ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-06
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - C
long name: Meteorological Operational
long name: Advanced Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: http://www.knmi.nl/scatterometer/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF/KNMI
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-C
short name: ASCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MetOp
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2019-10-22
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: All users publishing with PO.DAAC data from our providers and partners, please add a citation as outlined here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/WEB_INFO/citations.html. This product is intended for operational use only and has not been thoroughly evaluated for scientific applications. Please use with caution.
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: Operational/Near-Real-Time
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-CYGNS-L1RIF
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.583Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.528Z
absract: This Level 1 (L1) dataset contains the Raw Intermediate Frequency (IF) sensor data from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. The primary CYGNSS instrument, also known as the Delay-Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI), digitizes the incoming radio frequency (RF) streams from three input antenna channels (2 nadir oriented science antennas and one zenith oriented navigation antenna). The Raw IF data included in this data record are the raw sensor counts, retrieved prior to any digital signal processing, thus providing the highest possible resolution in delay and doppler space allowing for the construction of high resolution Delay Doppler Map (DDM) data. Raw IF data records are 30-90 sec in duration, with 60 sec being typical, and are initiated by ground commands to coincide with an overpass by one of the spacecraft of a target area of interest.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CYGNSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2020-08-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CYGNSS Level 1 Raw Intermediate Frequency Data Record
dataset title: CYGNSS Level 1 Raw Intermediate Frequency Data Record
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CYGNS-L1RIF
entry title: CYGNSS Level 1 Raw Intermediate Frequency Data Record
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-07-24
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument
long name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 40.0
online resource: http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/
originating center: NASA/ESSP/UMICH/CYGNSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CYGNSS
short name: DDMI
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -40.0
start date: 2017-02-19
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SENSOR COUNTS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3P7DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.488Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the 7-Day, Descending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3P7DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHOUH-4GM20
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.445Z
absract: CNR MED Sea Surface Temperature provides daily gap-free maps (L4) at 0.01 deg. x 0.01deg. horizontal resolution over the Mediterranean Sea. The data are obtained from infra-red measurements collected by satellite radiometers and statistical interpolation. It is the CMEMS sea surface temperature nominal operational product for the Mediterranean sea.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset publisher: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset release date: 2016-05-31
dataset release place: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset series name: Mediterranean Sea Ultra High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.01 deg Resolution
dataset title: Mediterranean Sea Ultra High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.01 deg daily
easternmost longitude: 36.25
entry ID: PODAAC-GHOUH-4GM20
entry title: Mediterranean Sea Ultra High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.01 deg Resolution
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.01
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Regional
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
long name: Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.01
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 46.0
originating center: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-A
short name: Terra
short name: MSG2
short name: MODIS
short name: GHRSST
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AATSR
short name: NOAA-19
short name: Aqua
short name: SEVIRI
short name: AVHRR
short name: ENVISAT
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 30.25
start date: 2007-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -18.125

PODAAC-GHAMT-2PE01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.409Z
absract: The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near realtime from Metop/AVHRR. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared channels (3.7, 10.8 and 12.0 m) using a multispectral algorithm. Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction model, together with a radiative transfer model, are used to correct the multispectral algorithm for regional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. This product is delivered at full resolution in satellite projection as metagranule corresponding to 3 minutes of acquisition. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for EUMETSAT METOP_A AVHRR SST Ingestion
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI-SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2008-04-09
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by EUMETSAT
dataset title: METOP_A AVHRR swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAMT-2PE01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by EUMETSAT
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: METOP-A
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2009-09-30
stop date: 2013-07-04
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-ADCP0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.505Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.571Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D,SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Shipborne ADCP observations were made during both SPURS-2 R/V Revelle cruises. Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) provide water column current velocity profile observations. The resulting data files available here are for narrowband 75 and 150khz ADCP measurements made during the first cruise, plus narrowband (NB) 75khz and both 75khz and 150khz broadband (BB) ADCP measurements obtained during the second R/V Revelle cruise.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Janet Sprintall
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-03-28
dataset release place: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign ADCP Products
easternmost longitude: -118.32
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-ADCP0
entry title: SPURS-2 shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-02-25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
long name: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 972.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 14.0
northernmost latitude: 21.26
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADCP
short name: R/V Revelle
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 5.06
start date: 2016-08-14
stop date: 2017-11-17
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CURRENT VELOCITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -157.88

PODAAC-MODSA-8D9D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.286Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, 8-day, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-8D9D4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSX12-L2B31
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.571Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.506Z
absract: This dataset contains the latest reprocessed version 3.1 of the Level 2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the QuikSCAT scatterometer. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 12.5 km pixel resolution. Higher resolution is achieved through a slice composite technique in which high resolution slice measurements from L1B data are composited into a 12.5 km wind vector cell. Version 3.1 processing begins with the same L1B (time-ordered backscatter) data as used in the previous Version 3.0 processing. Version 3.1 improves upon the previous Version 3.0 processing by incorporating enhanced coastal processing using a Land Contamination Ratio (LCR) method with a fixed threshold. The 12.5 km binning resolution combined with the LCR processing enables this dataset to provide wind vector retrievals with approximately half the coastal gap as compared to the Version 3.0 12.5 km L2B dataset. The geophysical model function used to produce the wind vector cell retrievals remains unchanged between Version 3.0 and 3.1. Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. This is the official dataset produced by the NASA QuikSCAT Project through the SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC). More details to the processing changes and improvements are to be published in the near future, but for now can be referenced by the following presentation: https://mdc.coaps.fsu.edu/scatterometry/meeting/docs/2016/Thu_AM/coastal-poster.pdf.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: SeaPAC
dataset release date: 2016-07-12
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3.1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSX12-L2B31
entry title: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3.1
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Quick Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B12/docs/qscat_l2b_v3_ug_v1_0.pdf
originating center: SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1999-10-27
stop date: 2009-11-22
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 3.1
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-1D9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.560Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-1D9N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSXXX-L1B02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.276Z
absract: The SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 1B dataset contains the geo-located Sigma-0 measurements and antenna pulse "egg" and "slice" geometries as derived from ephemeris and the Level 1A dataset. The pulse "egg" represents the complete footprint of the pulse, which has a spatial geometry of approximately 25 km by 35 km. There are 8 slices that constitute the range-binned components of a pulse each of which has a spatial geometry of approximately 25 km by 7 km. The orientation of the long dimension of the slices varies with the rotation of the antenna and thus does not align with the along/across track orientation of the wind vector grid in the L2B/L2A products. This dataset represents the second reprocessed version of the Level 1B release. Special note: QuikSCAT went into a "non-spinning" mode on 22 November 2009. The final rev number in the nominal Operational "spinning" mode is 54296; the "non-spinning" mode of the instrument continued predominantly until the end of the time series. There were some brief periods of "spinning" in between, which include the following days and rev numbers (identified in parenthesis): 1) 29 January 2013 to 5 February 2013 (7909-71011), 2) 14 March 2013 (71536-71549), 3) 18 March 2013 to 21 March 2013 (71590-71634), and 4) 28 March 2013 to 31 March 2013 (71735-71769). Data during the "non-spinning" mode is not consistently calibrated with data from the "spinning" mode. Furthermore, incidence angles change periodically during the "non-spinning" mode. It is therefore advised that only "expert" users attempt using the data during the "non-spinning" mode. For standard L1B data users who wish to access consistently calibrated L1B data during the "non-spinning" mode, please consider using the L1B Averaged Sigma-0 dataset as alternative, which may be accessed by contacting podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset policy entry migrated from the PO.DAAC Ingres database.
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL QuikSCAT Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2006-07-19
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 1B Time-Ordered Earth-Located Sigma0 Version 2
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSXXX-L1B02
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 1B Time-Ordered Earth-Located Sigma0 Version 2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Quick Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L1B/v2/docs/QSUG_v3.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1999-07-07
stop date: 2014-11-12
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SAAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.485Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Annual,Ascending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SAAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-8D4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.386Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, 8-day, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-8D4N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-GLBMF
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.273Z
absract: This dataset contains global, rectangular-gridded Sigma-0 retrieval statistics from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are all contained within a single tar file for a given day. When the tar file is unpacked, the individual SIR files are separated according to polarization and the corresponding retrieval statistic (i.e., daily average, standard deviation, and daily measurement counts). Consequently, there are 6 SIR files contained within each unpacked tar file. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_IMAGES. An additional complimentary dataset includes a reduced version of these Sigma-0 retrieval statistics by providing only the daily Sigma-0 average: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2001-03-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Complete)
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Complete)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-GLBMF
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Complete)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SCP
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-MOOR1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.519Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.576Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. The SPURS central mooring consisted of a surface meteorological package, surface oceanographic instruments, and subsurface, non-real time oceanographic instruments including CTD, ADCP sensors and current meters providing continuous series of temperature, salinity and current profile observations. Meteorological observations include wind speed, air temperature, precipitation, and radiative flux. The mooring was deployed in 5,535 meters of water at N24:34.867, W38 on 14 September 2012, was serviced on 25 March 2013 and recovered on 30 September 2013. WHOI mooring data files include surface and subsurface time series of sea temperature, skin temperature, salinity, conductivity, wind velocity, air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation rate, barometric pressure, shortwave and longwave radiation, short/longwave flux, heat Flux, wind Speed and direction.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: WHOI mooring CTD, surface flux and meterorological data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign SPURS Central Mooring Products
easternmost longitude: -38.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-MOOR1
entry title: WHOI mooring CTD, surface flux and meterorological data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: SPURS1 WHOI Central Mooring
long name: Meteorological Measurement System
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
maximum altitude: 2.0
maximum depth: 400.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: -400.0
minimum depth: -2.0
northernmost latitude: 24.6
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Mooring
short name: SPURS
short name: CTD
short name: MMS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 24.0
start date: 2012-09-14
stop date: 2013-09-30
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: PRECIPITATION
term: HUMIDITY INDICES
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN HEAT BUDGET
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: SKIN TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: SURFACE PRESSURE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: HUMIDITY
variable level 1: PRECIPITATION RATE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: RADIATIVE FLUX
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -38.0

PODAAC-REYN2-OIMOW
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.442Z
absract: The NOAA/NCEP Reynolds Optimally Interpolated (OI) Sea Surface Temperature weekly Level 4 product consists of aggregate 7 day global sea surface temperature fields on a 1 degree by 1 degree grid. The OI analysis employed uses both in-situ SSTs from ships and buoys and satellite derived SSTs from the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). The satellite derived SSTs are from the Multichannel Sea Surface Temperature products that have been constructed operationally from the five-channel AVHRR by NOAA's Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) since late 1981 through to present. The weekly product has been available since 1993 and is widely used for weather and climate monitoring and forecasting. Version 2.0 of this dataset utilizes an update and extension of the COADS in-situ data series providing enhanced ship data coverage through 1997 and reducing the residual satellite biases in otherwise data sparse regions. This version also implements enhancements to the OI analysis utilizing simulations of SST observations from an improved sea ice algorithm and data following a technique developed at the UK Met Office, improvements that further reduce biases in the OI SST particularly at higher latitudes.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for REYNOLDS_NCEP_L3_SST_OPT_INTERP_WEEKLY_V2
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Reynolds, R., Stokes, D.
dataset publisher: National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
dataset release date: 1981-11-07
dataset release place: NOAA National Center for Environmental Prediction, Camp Springs, Maryland, USA
dataset series name: Reynolds NCEP Level 4 Optimally Interpolated SST Weekly
dataset title: NCEP Reynolds Optimally Interpolated Sea Surface Temperature Data Sets; Product
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-REYN2-OIMOW
entry title: Reynolds NCEP Level 4 Optimally Interpolated SST Weekly Version 2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Global Telecommunication System Ship and Buoy In Situ Observations
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/avhrr/L4/reynolds_oi/docs/
originating center: NOAA/NCEP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NCEP GTS
short name: NOAA-14
short name: POES
short name: NOAA-11
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NOAA-20
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-19
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-17
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1981-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Week
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHK10-L4N01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.535Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.589Z
absract: This is a Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature (SST) analysis dataset produced daily on an operational basis by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) on a global 0.1x0.1 degree grid. The K10 (NAVO 10-km gridded SST analyzed product) L4 analysis uses SST observations from the following instruments: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), and Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI). The AVHRR data for this comes from the MetOp-A, MetOp-B, and NOAA-19 satellites; VIIRS data is sourced from the Suomi_NPP satellite; SEVIRI data comes from the Meteosat-8 and -11 satellites. The age (time-lag), reliability, and resolution of the data are used in the weighted average with the analysis tuned to represent SST at a reference depth of 1-meter. Input data from the AVHRR Pathfinder 9km climatology dataset (1985-1999) is used when no new satellite SST retrievals are available after 34 days. Comparing with its predecessor (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/GHK10-L4N01 ), this updated dataset has no major changes in Level-4 interpolated K10 algorithm, except for using different satellite instrument data, and updating metadata and file format. The major updates include: (a) updated and enhanced the granule-level metadata information, (b) converted the SST file from GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) v1.0 to v2.0, (c) added the sea_ice_fraction variable to the product, and (d) updated the filename convention to reflect compliance with GDS v2.0.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2018-12-29
dataset release place: Naval Oceanographic Office, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 K10_SST Global 10 km Analyzed Sea Surface Temperature from Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) in GDS2.0
dataset title: K10 Global 10 km Analyzed SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHK10-L4N01
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 K10_SST Global 10 km Analyzed Sea Surface Temperature from Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) in GDS2.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-09-13
latitude resolution: 0.1
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 4
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
longitude resolution: 0.1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: MSG4
short name: METOP-B
short name: VIIRS
short name: SEVIRI
short name: AVHRR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: MSG2
short name: METOP-A
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2018-10-01
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TEOCN-3AJ63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.557Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
absract: The monthly ocean bottom pressure anomaly grids are given as equivalent water thickness changes derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represent sea floor pressure changes due to the integral effect of ocean and atmosphere processes, including global mean ocean bottom pressure changes (mean ocean mass and mean atmosphere mass over the global oceans). The Level-2 GAD product has been added back, a glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters (i.e., de-striping and spatial smoothing) have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the ocean bottom pressure data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: JPL TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly OCEAN Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface-Mass Anomaly Release 6.0
dataset title: TELLUS_GRAC_L3_JPL_RL06_OCN_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TEOCN-3AJ63
entry title: JPL TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/monthly-mass-grids-ocean/
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-10-25
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: OCEANS
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RQCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.462Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the 7-Day running mean ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RQCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: InSitu
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-9
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-17
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Y7AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.502Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the 7-Day, Ascending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Y7AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-UCLRS-AREV2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.542Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
absract: The Global Lake/Reservoir Surface Inland Water Extent Mask Time Series are derived from the MODIS instruments. The purpose of this dataset is to provide surface water dynamics for several hundred lakes and reservoirs throughout the globe, with a base temporal resolution of 8 days and a spatial resolution of 500 meters. With the exception of periods of low-quality input data, these time series will extend across the lifespan of the MODIS multispectral reflectance products, from roughly 2000 to present. These time series will allow us to satisfy the project goal to produce ESDRs of suitable quality to support long-term trend analysis and global water dynamics models for the longest length possible (in most cases, about 20 years, the length of the altimetry record) of key measures of surface water storages and fluxes. This product should be accessible and of direct use to both water managers and the scientific community worldwide, and will allow for improved assessment and modeling of human impact on the global water cycle. These pre SWOT data are derived from satellites to provide hydrological measurements. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will have hydrology as one of its objectives. This dataset does not have the same variables as SWOT, but does provide hydrological measurements with typical quality flagging typical of satellite data. Not only does it provide science information, it can also assist hydrological users new to satellite data with the satellite data formats and variables before SWOT launches.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Khandelwal, Anjush; Kumar, Vipin
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/SWOT
dataset release date: 2019-11-15
dataset release place: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset series name: Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Surface Area
dataset title: PRESWOT_HYDRO_L3_LAKE_RESEVOIR_AREA_V2
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-UCLRS-AREV2
entry title: Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Surface Inland Water Area Extent V2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-08-19
latitude resolution: 0.004
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.002
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/preswot_hydrology/L3/lakes_reservoirs/docs/MEaSUReS_L3-handbook.pdf
originating center: MEaSUREs
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: Aqua
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-18
stop date: 2016-10-15
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: SURFACE WATER
topic: TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: LAKES
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGSM-20J06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.583Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.527Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of static field geopotential of the Earth, derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements, produced by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2018-07-05
dataset release place: JPL PO.DAAC
dataset series name: GRACE Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonic Coefficients JPL (GSM)
dataset title: GRACE_GSM_L2_GRAV_JPL_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGSM-20J06
entry title: GRACE FIELD GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS JPL RELEASE 6.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-06-11
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE SCA
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-06-30
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
topic: SOLID EARTH
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHAOI-4BC01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.267Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) global Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on a 0.25 degree grid at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center. This product uses optimal interpolation (OI) using data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder Version 5 time series (when available, otherwise operational NOAA AVHRR data are used), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSR-E), and in situ ship and buoy observations. A second similar product is available back to 1981 that includes only in situ and AVHRR Pathfinder data in its analysis. The OI analysis is a daily average SST that is bias adjusted using a spatially smoothed 7-day in situ SST average and is thus tuned to about 0.3 meter. Both day and night satellite fields are independently bias adjusted. More information is available at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/sst/oi-daily.php
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2007-04-13. Kenneth S. Casey: Original; 2007-04-18. E. Armstrong. Modified DSD_Entry_ID
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: National Climatic Data Center
dataset publisher: National Climatic Data Center
dataset release date: 2007-04-07
dataset release place: National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 AVHRR_AMSR_OI Global Blended Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: Daily L4 Optimally Interpolated SST (OISST) AVHRR and AMSR-E Analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAOI-4BC01
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 AVHRR_AMSR_OI Global Blended Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: InSitu
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: NOAA National Climatic Data Center
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AMSR-E
short name: GHRSST
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-16
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-06-01
stop date: 2011-10-05
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSCAT-L1B13
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.446Z
absract: This dataset contains the ISS-RapidScat Version 1.3 Level 1B geo-located Sigma-0 measurements and antenna pulse "egg" and "slice" geometries as derived from ephemeris and the Level 1A dataset. Version 1.3 is intended as a replacement and continuation of the Version 1.2 data forward from orbital revolution number 7873, corresponding to 11 February 2016; on 11 Feb 2016, RapidScat entered it's 3rd low signal to noise ratio (SNR) state and the initial calibration of low SNR 3 was preliminary during the Version 1.2 release. The fundamental difference between Version 1.3 and the previous Version 1.2 datasets is that the L1B sigma-0 has been re-calibrated during the periods of low SNR states 3 and 4 using re-pointed QuikSCAT data. The pulse "egg" represents the complete footprint of the pulse, which has a spatial geometry of approximately 25 km by 35 km. There are 8 slices that constitute the range-binned components of a pulse each of which has a spatial geometry of approximately 25 km by 7 km. The orientation of the long dimension of the slices varies with the rotation of the antenna and thus does not align with the along/across track orientation of the wind vector grid in the L2B/L2A products. Data are provided in single-orbit files in HDF-4 format. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the ISS Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. Caution: this dataset is intended for expert …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-10-28
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 1B Time-Ordered Geo-Located Sigma-0
dataset title: RapidScat Level 1B Time-Ordered Geo-Located Sigma-0 Version 1.3
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSCAT-L1B13
entry title: RapidScat Level 1B Time-Ordered Geo-Located Sigma-0 Version 1.3
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ISS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: RapidScat
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2016-02-11
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.3
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHWST-2GR01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.401Z
absract: This dataset contains sea surface temperature derived from observations made by the WindSat Polarimetric Radiometer developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and launched on 6 January 2003 aboard the Department of Defense Coriolis satellite. This radiometer is well-calibrated and contains the lower frequency channels required for SST retrievals. The radiometer operates in 5 discrete bands: 6.8, 10.7, 18.7, 23.8 and 37.0 GHz. The 10.7, 18.7 and 37.0 GHz bands are fully polarimetric whereas the 6.8 and 23.8 GHz bands have only dual polarization. The feedhorns of each frequency band trace out different arcs along the bench, therefore the Earth Incidence Angles (EIA) are different for each frequency band. Unlike previous radiometers, the WindSat sensor takes observations during both the forward and aft looking scans. This makes the WindSat geometry of the earth view swath quite different and significantly more complicated than the other passive microwave sensors. The Remote Sensing Systems (RSS, or REMSS) WindSat dataset is the only one available that uses both the fore and aft look directions which results in a wider swath and more complicated swath geometry visible in the provided maps. RSS produces these SST data for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project. In the data processing chain, a first stage produces a near-real-time (NRT) dataset (identified with a "rt" within the file name) which is made as available as soon as possible. A later second stage produces a final dataset (identified by "v7" within the file name) that contains more data than the NRT version. In this dataset, both ascending (evening time) and descending (morning time) gridded orbital passes are packaged into the same daily file.Although the product designation is "L2P_GRIDDED" it is in actuality a Level 3 Collated (L3C) product as defined in the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2.0. Its "L2P_GRIDDED" name derives from a deprecated specificat…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2011-12-16
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Gridded Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from WindSat polarimetric radiometer on the Coriolis satellite
dataset title: WindSat Coriolis L3 gridded SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHWST-2GR01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Gridded Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from WindSat polarimetric radiometer on the Coriolis satellite
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: WindSat
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Coriolis
longitude resolution: 0.25
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.remss.com/windsat
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: WINDSAT
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2003-02-09
stop date: 2015-12-28
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 7.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3UMDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.475Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the Monthly, Descending rain-flagged sea surface salinity smoothed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3UMDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SLREF-CDRV2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.536Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.589Z
absract: These are gridded Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) above a mean sea surface, on 1/6th degree grid every 5 days. It contains the fully corrected heights, but delayed 3 months. If you require data sooner there is an interim dataset available, but with slightly lower accuracy at http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/SLINT-CDRV2.The gridded data are derived from the SSHA data of TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2 and Jason-3 as reference data from the level 2 swath data found at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/MERGED_TP_J1_OSTM_OST_CYCLES_V42, plus ERS-1, ERS-2, Envisat, SARAL-AltiKa, CRyosat-2, depending on the date, from the RADS database. The gridding is done by the kriging method. The date given in the data is the center of the 5 day window.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Zlotnicki, Victor; Qu, Zheng; Willis, Joshua
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2019-03-07
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: MEaSUREs Gridded Sea Surface Height Anomalies
dataset title: SEA_SURFACE_HEIGHT_ALT_GRIDS_L4_2SATS_5DAY_6THDEG_V_JPL1609
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SLREF-CDRV2
entry title: MEaSUREs Gridded Sea Surface Height Anomalies Version 1812
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-02-26
latitude resolution: 0.17
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Jason-3
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: JASON-1
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: POSEIDON-3B
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: Jason-1 Geodetic
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
longitude resolution: 0.17
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/merged_alt/L4/docs/alti-gridding-jpl-PODAAC-UserGuide_201902017.pdf
originating center: JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: TMR
short name: JASON-1
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: POSEIDON-3B
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: SSALT
short name: JASON-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Jason-1 Geodetic
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: AMR
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1992-10-01
temporal resolution: 5 Day
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: 1812.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-QSSIA-BYU01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.425Z
absract: This SeaWinds on QuikSCAT scatterometer-derived Arctic sea ice classification dataset is provided as a service to the ocean and sea ice research communities on behalf of Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU) and the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP). This dataset provides nominal 4.45 km (pixel resolution at reference latitude 70 N) gridded fields that classify First-Year (FY) and Multi-Year (MY) sea ice using SeaWinds on QuikSCAT scatterometer observations on a daily basis from 20 June 2002 through 23 November 2009. It is unique from other sea ice classification datasets primarily due to its utilization of passive microwave AMSR-E data to provide the initial ocean/ice masking edge and the use of a seasonal threshold for FY and MY sea ice classification from only SeaWinds data.The dataset is derived from daily gridded QuikSCAT vertically polarized (V-pol) egg backscatter data from the SCP, which is made available at the PO.DAAC: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QUIKSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ENHANCED . A seasonally varying threshold was derived by Swan and Long (2012) and used to discriminate between FY and MY sea ice based on QuikSCAT V-pol egg backscatter. The sea ice mask was derived by applying threshold constraints to the SCP AMSR-E 6 GHz images, which are made available by the BYU SCP: http://www.scp.byu.edu/data/AMSRE/SIR/AMSRE_sir.html . The data is provided in a CF-compliant, netCDF version 3 format. Further details on the algorithms and validation are described in further detail by Swan and Long (2012). The dataset, software readers and user guide documentation may all be accessed in PO.DAAC Drive at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/preview/L3/byu_scp/sea_ice_age/arctic/ . For more information on the QuikSCAT platform and mission, please visit http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/QuikSCAT .
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: David Long
dataset publisher: BYU/SCP
dataset release date: 2013-01-01
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Arctic Sea Ice Age Classification (BYU/SCP)
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Arctic Sea Ice Age Classification (BYU/SCP)
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSSIA-BYU01
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Arctic Sea Ice Age Classification (BYU/SCP)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.04
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.scp.byu.edu/data/Quikscat/iceage/Quikscat_iceage.html
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ROSES
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 47.5
start date: 2002-06-20
stop date: 2009-11-23
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA ICE AGE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DRAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.492Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, Ascending seasurface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DRAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RUDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.483Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the monthly climatology, descending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RUDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NOAA-19
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-7
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-14
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-9
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-OMGBA-MBES1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.584Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.529Z
absract: This dataset contains in situ depth measurements from Multibeam Echo Sounder System (MBES) instruments. These depths were used to map the bathymetry around ocean terminating glaciers of Greenland. The bathymetry mapping is part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project. The goal of the project is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers. The MBES was onboard a ship so the tracks are not of a swath, but less regularly patterned as the ship is limited as to where it can traverse due to floating glaciers, ice cover and general weather conditions. Bathymetry was also measured with the Singlebeam Echo Sounder System (SBES) in areas where the MBES could not go, but has less spatial coverage.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OMG
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/OMG
dataset release date: 2019-06-07
dataset release place: NASA/JPL
dataset series name: OMG Swath Gridded Multibeam Echo Sounding (MBES) Bathymetry
dataset title: OMG Swath Gridded Multibeam Echo Sounding (MBES) Bathymetry
easternmost longitude: -6.9
entry ID: PODAAC-OMGBA-MBES1
entry title: OMG Swath Gridded Multibeam Echo Sounding (MBES) Bathymetry
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-14
location category: Geographic Region
location type: North America
long name: Oceans Melting Greenland
long name: Multibeam Echo Sounder System
long name: OMG Vessels
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 83.6
originating center: NASA/JPL/OMG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: OMGSHIP_MBES
short name: MBES
short name: USA/NASA
short name: OMG
southernmost latitude: 59.1
start date: 2015-07-25
stop date: 2018-08-21
term: BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: BATHYMETRY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -73.6

PODAAC-AQR50-3PQCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.465Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averagedover daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day running mean sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PQCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3W7AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.489Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the 7-Day, Ascending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3W7AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01WSC
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.414Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added WindSat ocean surface winds from the Coriolis platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L3.0 product are then assigned to the time and location of the passive microwave…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2011-08-04
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look WindSat Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look WindSat Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01WSC
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look WindSat Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-08-05
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: WindSat
long name: Coriolis
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: WINDSAT
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MEaSUREs
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 2010-01-01
stop date: 2011-12-31
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODAM-1D9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.575Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.518Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, mid-IR SST level 3, 9km, daily, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-1D9N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3S1AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.488Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Daily,Ascending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3S1AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SMDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.471Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly,Descending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SMDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHCMC-4FM02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.417Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature (SST) analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Canadian Meteorological Center. This dataset merges infrared satellite SST at varying points in the time series from the (A)TSR series of radiometers from ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat, AVHRR from NOAA-16,17,18,19 and METOP-A, and microwave data from TMI, AMSR-E and Windsat in conjunction with in situ observations of SST from drifting buoys and ships from the ICOADS program. It uses the previous days analysis as the background field for the statistical interpolation used to assimilate the satellite and in situ observations. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Canada Meteorological Center
dataset publisher: Canada Meteorological Center
dataset release date: 2012-11-19
dataset release place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 CMC0.2deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
dataset title: CMC 0.2 deg global sea surface temperature analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHCMC-4FM02
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 CMC0.2deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.2
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: Along Track Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Coriolis
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: WindSat
longitude resolution: 0.2
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: CMC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-16
short name: TRMM
short name: AATSR
short name: METOP-A
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-19
short name: GHRSST
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: Aqua
short name: NOAA-17
short name: WINDSAT
short name: ERS-1
short name: NOAA-20
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: ATSR-2
short name: AMSR-E
short name: ENVISAT
short name: ERS-2
short name: TMI
short name: InSitu
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1991-09-01
stop date: 2017-03-18
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statemenThese data were provided by GHRSST and Environment Canada
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DCCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.501Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution derived density averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the missionseries mean or cumulative, sea surface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DCCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-MO9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.567Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-MO9N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PUDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.493Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology, Descending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onbard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PUDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-GLBIM
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.415Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of global, rectangular-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU). The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The GIF image files are separated according to polarization, and the averaged Sigma-0 measurements are displayed in grayscale with no color bar. Very bright areas indicate high Sigma-0 averages. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. An additional complimentary dataset of SIR files contains the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2001-03-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Images
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Images
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-GLBIM
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Images
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GMSLT-FJPL1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.525Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.579Z
absract: This dataset contains reconstructed global-mean sea level evolution and the estimated contributing processes over 1900-2018. Reconstructed sea level is based on annual-mean tide-gauge observations and uses the virtual-station method to aggregrate the individual observations into a global estimate. The contributing processes consist of thermosteric changes, glacier mass changes, mass changes of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheet, and terrestrial water storage changes. The glacier, ice sheet, and terrestrial water storage are estimated by combining GRACE observations (2003-2018) with long-term estimates from in-situ observations and models. Steric estimates are based on in-situ temperature profiles. The upper- and lower bound represent the 5 and 95 percent confidence level. The numbers are equal to the ones presented in Frederikse et al. The causes of sea-level rise since 1900, Nature, 2020.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Frederikse, T.; Landerer, F.; Caron, L.; Adhikari, S.; Parkes, D.; Humphrey V.; Dangendorf, S.; Hogarth, P.; Zanna, L.; Cheng, L.; Wu, Y.
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2020-08-14
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Reconstructed Global Mean Sea Level from GRACE and In Situ 1900 to 2018
dataset title: JPL_RECON_GMSL
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GMSLT-FJPL1
entry title: Reconstructed Global Mean Sea Level from GRACE and In Situ 1900 to 2018
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-08-03
latitude resolution: 179.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
longitude resolution: 360.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2591-3
originating center: NASA/JPL/OSTM
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 1900-01-01
stop date: 2018-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Year
temporal resolution range: 118 Years
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GGAOD-3MJ60
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.595Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.550Z
absract: GRACE non-tidal high-frequency atmospheric and oceanic mass variation models are routinely generated at GFZ as so-called Atmosphere and Ocean De-aliasing Level-1B (AOD1B) products (in terms of corresponding spherical harmonic geopotential coefficients) to be added to the background static gravity model during GRACE monthly gravity field determination. AOD1B products are 3-hourly series of spherical harmonic coefficients up to degree and order 180 which are routinely provided to the GRACE Science Data System and the user community with only a few days time delay. These products reflect spatio-temporal mass variations in the atmosphere and oceans deduced from an operational atmospheric model and corresponding ocean dynamics provided by an ocean model. The variability is derived by subtraction of a long-term mean of vertical integrated atmospheric mass distributions and a corresponding mean of ocean bottom pressure as simulated with the ocean model. For further details, please refer to https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/aod1b/.The Gridded AOD1B data sets provided here contain the monthly mean AOD1B data in geolocated gridded form, smoothed or spatially aggregated to be consistent with the GRACE and GRACE-FO Tellus Level-3 data products of land and/or ocean mass anomalies. With these gridded AOD1B Level-3 products, users can remove or add the effects of the modeled mean monthly atmospheric and ocean bottom pressure change (e.g., to compare different models).
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-03-31
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Gridded-AOD1B Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface-Mass Anomaly RL06 dataset for Tellus Level-3 mascon 0.5-degree grid
dataset title: GRC-GFO_GRIDDED_AOD1B_JPL_MASCON_RL06
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GGAOD-3MJ60
entry title: JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Gridded-AOD1B Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface-Mass Anomaly RL06 dataset for Tellus Level-3 mascon 0.5-degree grid
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-03-11
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: Landerer F. W. and S. C. Swenson, 2012, Accuracy of scaled GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates. Water Resources Research, Vol 48, W04531, 11 PP, doi:10.1029/2011WR011453
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2002-04-15
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY ANOMALIES
version: RL06
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-1D9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.385Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, daily, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-1D9N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-GLID3
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.554Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. A Waveglider is an autonomous platform propelled by the conversion of ocean wave energy into forward thrust and employing solar panels to power instrumentation. For SPURS-2, sensors included a CTD at the near-surface and another at 6 m depth, providing continuous salinity and temperature observations plus air temperature and wind measurements. Three wavegliders (ASL22, 32, 42) were deployed from the Revelle in August 2016 and again in November 2017 before final retrieval at the conclusion on the second cruise. Waveglider trajectories followed a 20x20km square loop around the moorings and a butterfly pattern around the neutrally-buoyant float. NetCDF waveglider data files here (one per platform) contain hour averaged, georeferenced trajectory data for those parameters and depths…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Ben Hodges
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-08-15
dataset release place: ASL, Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Waveglider data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS-2 Field Campaign Waveglider Data Products
easternmost longitude: -108.8
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-GLID3
entry title: SPURS-2 Waveglider data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-07-23
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Current Meter
long name: Meteorological Measurement System
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: SPURS-I WHOI Waveglider
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 6.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 13.8
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Waveglider
short name: CTD
short name: MMS
short name: SPURS
short name: CURRENT METERS
southernmost latitude: 6.1
start date: 2016-08-24
stop date: 2017-11-10
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
variable level 1: SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: CURRENT VELOCITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -126.4

PODAAC-AQR50-3YVCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.471Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averagedover daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YVCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RACS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.473Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, Annual, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Annual ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RACS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: InSitu
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-16
short name: USA/NASA
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-14
short name: AVHRR-2
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSSNW-CMIP1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.443Z
absract: This dataset contains ocean surface Northward wind from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT binned and averaged monthly on 1 degree grids. The coverage is from August 1999 through October 2009. The QuikSCAT Project produced this dataset in support of the CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) under the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and was first made available via the Earth System Grid. This dataset was derived directly from the Version 2 QuikSCAT Level 2B 25-km dataset, which can be accessed here: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_LEVEL_2B_V2. The SeaWinds instrument is a conical scanning pencil-beam radar, with dual-beam and dual-polarization capability, operating at Ku-band to provide all-weather ocean surface wind vector retrievals. Along with this dataset, two additional ancillary data files are included in the same directory which contain the number of observations and standard error co-located on the same 1 degree grids. This wind vector dataset is designed to be used in conjunction with the complete wind vector dataset, which include separate dataset files for both the Eastward component and total wind speed of the wind vector. All corresponding dataset and ancillary data files are included in a common directory. For more information on the QuikSCAT platform and mission, please visit https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/QuikSCAT.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA
dataset publisher: PODAAC
dataset release date: 2012-04-11
dataset release place: PODAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Surface Northward Wind for Climate Model Comparison
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Surface Northward Wind for Climate Model Comparison
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSSNW-CMIP1
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Surface Northward Wind for Climate Model Comparison
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Quick Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/OceanWinds/quikscat/L3/wind_1deg_1mo/docs/vas_QuikSCAT_L2B_v20110531_199908-200910.pdf
originating center: NASA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-08-01
stop date: 2009-10-30
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YCDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.461Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the mission cummulative, Descending rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YCDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GH19L-2PS01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.405Z
absract: A Level 2P swath-based Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic area from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 platform (launched on 6 Feb 2009). This particular dataset is produced by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service (NEODAAS) in collaboration with the National Centre for Ocean Forecasting (NCOF) in the United Kingdom. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST) sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day or more (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km.NEODAAS-Dundee acquires approximately 15 AVHRR direct broadcast High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT) passes per day over NW Europe and the Arctic. Each pass is approximately 15 minutes duration. These are immediately transferred to NEODAAS-Plymouth where they a…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: REPAIRED META_HISTORY ENTRY
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NEODAAS
dataset publisher: NEODAAS
dataset release date: 2009-11-12
dataset release place: NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service, UK
dataset series name: AVHRR L2P SST
dataset title: GHRSST L2P sea surface temperature from AVHRR
easternmost longitude: 60.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH19L-2PS01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P North Atlantic Regional Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NEODAAS
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Northeast Atlantic
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.neodaas.ac.uk/faq/
originating center: PML
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-20
southernmost latitude: -24.0
start date: 2009-09-06
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -60.0

PODAAC-MODSA-MO9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.560Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-MO9N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GH18G-2PN01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.441Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 platform (launched 20 May 2005) produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. AVHRR data are acquired in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC). HRPT data are full resolution image data transmitted to a ground stations as they are collected. LAC are also full resolution data, but the acquisition is prescheduled and recorded with an on-board tape recorder for subsequent transmi…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2005-12-06. B D McKenzie: Original; 2006-04-11 E. Armstrong
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2005-12-23
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: N-18 AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH18G-2PN01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-19
short name: GHRSST
short name: AVHRR-3
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2006-01-25
stop date: 2015-02-16
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3D1DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.453Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theDaily, Descending sea surface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3D1DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-NAVOC-318DY
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.264Z
absract: High quality Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) maps derived from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)-Polar Orbiting Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) have been available since 1981. The multichannel sea surface temperature algorithm (MCSST) has been used to routinely calculate SSTs using a split window approach. Currently this algorithm is applied by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) to calculate SSTs at a near real-time rate.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L3_18km_MCSST_DAYTIME
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2001-08-28
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 3 18km Multi-Channel SST Daytime
dataset title: NAVOCEANO MCSST Level 3 18km SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NAVOC-318DY
entry title: AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 3 18km Multi-Channel SST Daytime
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.176
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: Naval Oceanographic Office
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
longitude resolution: 0.176
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/avhrr/L3/navo_mcsst_18km/docs/avhrr_navoceano_l3.html
originating center: NAVO
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NAVOCEANO
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-17
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2001-08-29
stop date: 2005-10-26
temporal resolution: 1 Week
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSX25-L2A12
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.444Z
absract: This dataset contains the Version 1.2 ISS-RapidScat Level 2A 25km science data record, which provides surface-flagged sigma-0 in 25km Wind Vector Cells processed using the pulse "egg" Sigma-0 data provided by the Level 1B dataset. Version 1.2 is intended as a replacement and continuation of the Version 1.1 data forward from orbital revolution number 5127, corresponding to 19 August 2015; the overlapping time period starting on 19 August 2015 corresponds to the first time period of the recorded low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). This Version 1.2 dataset differs from the previous Version 1.1 dataset as follows: 1) L1B sigma-0 has been re-calibrated during the periods of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and 2) during low SNR periods the L1B sigma-0 calibration is determined using re-pointed L1B QuikSCAT data. Due to the circular scan of the SeaWinds instrument the expected number of Sigma-0 cells per WVC is not constant. To minimize the L2A data volume, the Sigma-0 cell data are stored as "lists" for each WVC row, with each list indexed by a "cell_index" array to indicate the cross-track WVC membership of the data. Each cell is then checked for land or ice and flagged accordingly. Attenuation corrections for each Sigma-0 measurement are also provided. Data are provided in single-orbit files in HDF-4 format. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 56 degrees North to 56 degrees South. Furthermore, there is …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-04-18
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid
dataset title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid Version 1.2
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX25-L2A12
entry title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid Version 1.2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ISS
short name: RapidScat
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2015-08-19
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.2
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WVCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.455Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WVCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3X7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.549Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.595Z
absract: Version 5.0 Aquarius CAP Level 3 products are the fourth release of the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mapped salinity and wind speed data based on the Combined Active Passive (CAP) algorithm. CAP Level 3 standard mapped image products contain gridded 1 degree spatial resolution salinity and wind speed data averaged over 7 day and monthly time scales. This particular dataset is the 7-Day running mean wind speed V5.0 Aquarius CAP product. CAP is a P.I. produced dataset developed and provided by JPL. The CAP algorithm utilizes data from both the onboard radiometer and scatterometer to simultaneously retrieve salinity, wind speed and direction by minimizing the sum of squared differences between model and observations. The main improvements in CAP V5.0 relative to the previous version include: updates to the Geophysical Model Functions to 4th order harmonics with the inclusion of sea surface temperature (SST) and stability at air-sea interface effects; use of the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) SST product as the new source ancillary sea surface temperature data in place of NOAA OI SST. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Simon Yueh
dataset publisher: JPL - Simon Yueh
dataset release date: 2018-10-01
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
dataset title: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3X7CS
entry title: Aquarius CAP Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-22
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE, JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-26
stop date: 2015-06-08
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PACS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.479Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Annual sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PACS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHV20-3UO61
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.561Z
absract: NOAA-20 (hereafter, N20; also known as JPSS-1 or J1 prior to launch) is the second satellite in the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) latest generation Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). N20 was launched on November 18, 2017. In conjunction with the first US satellite in JPSS series, Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite launched on October 28, 2011, N20 form the new NOAA polar constellation. The ACSPO N20/VIIRS L3U (Level 3 Uncollated) product is a gridded version of the ACSPO N20/VIIRS L2P product available here https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/VIIRS_N20-OSPO-L2P-v2.61. The L3U output files are 10-minute granules in netCDF4 format, compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification version 2 (GDS2). There are 144 granules per 24hr interval, with a total data volume of 500MB/day. Fill values are reported at all invalid pixels, including pixels with >5 km inland. For each valid water pixel (defined as ocean, sea, lake or river, and up to 5 km inland), the following layers are reported: SSTs, ACSPO clear-sky mask (ACSM; provided in each grid as part of l2p_flags, which also includes day/night, land, ice, twilight, and glint flags), NCEP wind speed, and ACSPO SST minus reference (Canadian Met Centre 0.1deg L4 SST; available at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/CMC0.1deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v3.0 ). Only L2P SSTs with QL=5 were gridded, so all valid SSTs are recommended for the users. Per GDS2 specifications, two additional Sensor-Specific Error Statistics layers (SSES bias and standard deviation) are reported in each pixel with valid SST. The ACSPO VIIRS L3U product is monitored and validated against iQuam in situ data (Xu and Ignatov, 2014) in SQUAM (Dash et al, 2010).
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
dataset publisher: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
dataset release date: 2019-05-15
dataset release place: Suitland, MD, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3U OSPO dataset from VIIRS on NOAA-20 Satellite (GDS v2)
dataset title: Sea Surface temperature retrievals produced by NOAA/NESDIS/STAR office from VIIRS sensor
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHV20-3UO61
entry title: GHRSST Level 3U OSPO dataset v2.61 from VIIRS on NOAA-20 Satellite (GDS v2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-07
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
longitude resolution: 0.02
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov
originating center: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: VIIRS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-20
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2018-01-05
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.61
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMTB-2PN02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.421Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-B (MetOp-B; launched 19 Oct 2006) ) satellite produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The MetOp satellite program is a European undertaking providing weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. It was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with a contribution by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of an AVHRR sensor identical to those flying on the family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. This particular dataset is produced from Global Area Coverage (GAC) data that are derived from an on-board sample averaging of the fu…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2014-10-27
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-B satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: METOP-A AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMTB-2PN02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-B satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: METOP-B
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2013-09-24
stop date: 2020-06-22
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WCDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.503Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily,7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, Descending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WCDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YUAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.450Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly,and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology, Ascending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YUAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHAAO-4BC21
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.586Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.531Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) global Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis is produced daily on a 0.25 degree grid at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. This product uses optimal interpolation (OI) by interpolating and extrapolating SST observations from different sources, resulting in a smoothed complete field. The sources of data are satellite (AVHRR) and in situ platforms (i.e., ships, buoys, and Argo floats above 5m depth), and the specific datasets employed may change over time. In the regions with sea-ice concentration higher than 30%, freezing points of seawater are used to generate proxy SSTs. A preliminary version of this file is produced in near-real time (1-day latency), and then replaced with a final version after 2 weeks. The v2.1 is updated from the AVHRR_OI-NCEI-L4-GLOB-v2.0 data. Major improvements include: 1) In-Situ ship and buoy data changed from the NCEP Traditional Alphanumeric Codes (TAC) to the NCEI merged TAC + Binary Universal Form for the Representation (BUFR) data, with large increase of buoy data included to correct satellite SST biases; 2) Addition of Argo float observed SST data as well, for further correction of satellite SST biases; 3) Satellite input from the METOP-A and NOAA-19 to METOP-A and METOP-B, removing degraded satellite data; 4) Revised ship-buoy SST corrections for improved accuracy; and 5) Revised sea-ice-concentration to SST conversion to remove warm biases in the Arctic region (Banzon et al. 2020). These updates only apply to granules after Jan. 1st, 2016. The data pre 2016 are still the same as v2.0 except for metadata upgrades.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: National Centers for Environmental Information
dataset publisher: National Centers for Environmental Information
dataset release date: 2020-04-22
dataset release place: National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC, USA
dataset series name: Daily L4 in situ and AVHRR OISST 0.25 degree
dataset title: Daily L4 Optimally Interpolated SST (OISST) In situ and AVHRR Analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAAO-4BC21
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 AVHRR_OI Global Blended Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS2) from NCEI
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-04-01
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: NOAA National Climatic Data Center
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-11
short name: USA/NASA
short name: METOP-B
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: GHRSST
short name: METOP-A
short name: NOAA-9
short name: InSitu
short name: AVHRR-2
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1981-09-01
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.1
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-REY3B-ERMOA
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.278Z
absract: The Smith & Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 dataset provides a historical reconstruction of monthly global ocean surface temperatures and temperature anomalies on a 2 degree spatial grid since 1854 from in-situ observations based on a consistent statistical methodology that accounts for uneven sampling distributions over time and related observational biases. Version 3b of this dataset implements release 2.4 of ICOADS (International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set) and is supplemented by monthly GTS (Global Telecommunications Ship and buoy) system data. As for the prior ERSST version, v3b implements Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnection analysis (EOT) but with an improved tuning method for sparsely sampled regions and periods. ERSST anomalies are computed with respect to a 1971-2000 month climatology. The ASCII text file version of ERSST v3b contains extended reconstructed sea surface temperature and associated estimated SST error standard deviation fields as 2 similarly structured ASCII flat files.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Smith, T., Reynolds, R.
dataset publisher: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
dataset release date: 1981-11-07
dataset release place: NOAA National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, USA
dataset series name: Smith and Reynolds NCDC Level 4 Historical Reconstructed SST Monthly
dataset title: NCDC Smith & Reynolds Historical Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Data Sets
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-REY3B-ERMOA
entry title: Smith and Reynolds NCDC Level 4 Historical Reconstructed SST Monthly Version 3b Ascii
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 2.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Global Telecommunication System Ship and Buoy In Situ Observations
long name: International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Reynolds SST
longitude resolution: 2.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ersst/
originating center: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ICOADS
short name: InSitu
short name: NCEP GTS
short name: REYNOLDS_SST
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1854-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 3b
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3D3CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.490Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution derived density averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Seasonal, sea surface density product forversion 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3D3CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GMSLM-TJ142
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.593Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.545Z
absract: This dataset contains the Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) trend generated from the Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research ( http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/MERGED_TP_J1_OSTM_OST_ALL_V42 ). The GMSL is a 1-dimensional time series of globally averaged Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2 and Jason-3. It starts in September 1992 to present, with a lag of up to 4 months. All biases and cross-calibrations have been applied to the data so SSHA are consistent between satellites. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) has not been applied, but it has been smoothed with a 60 day filter. However this product does not use the TOPEX internal calibration-mode range correction. This is the main difference between version 4 and version 4.2. More information on this calibration can be found at Beckley et al. 2017 DOI 10.1002/2017JC013090. These data are available in ASCII format.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Beckley, B.; Zelensky, N.P.; Holmes, S.A.;Lemoine, F.G.; Ray, R.D.; Mitchum, G.T.; Desai, S.; Brown, S.T.
dataset publisher: GSFC
dataset release date: 2016-12-28
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Global Mean Sea Level Trend from Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeters TOPEX/Poseidon Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2
dataset title: MERGED_TP_J1_OSTM_OST_GMSL_ASCII_V42
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GMSLM-TJ142
entry title: Global Mean Sea Level Trend from Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeters TOPEX/Poseidon Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2 Version 4.2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-19
latitude resolution: 132.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: POSEIDON-3B
long name: Jason-3
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: JASON-1
longitude resolution: 360.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
originating center: GSFC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AMR
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: JASON-1
short name: POSEIDON-3B
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: JASON-3
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: SSALT
short name: TMR
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 1992-09-25
temporal resolution: 10 Day
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: 4.2
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3ZMAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.476Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly, Ascending sea surfacesalinity smoothed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3ZMAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODTM-1D4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.556Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Mid-IR Daily 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-1D4N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Mid-IR Daily 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHGMI-3UR8A
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.572Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.511Z
absract: The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite was launched on February 27th, 2014 with the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) instrument on board. The GPM mission is a joint effort between NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other international partners. In march 2005, NASA has chosen the Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado to build the GMI instrument on the continued success of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite by expanding current coverage of precipitation from the tropics to the entire world. GMI is a dual-polarization, multi-channel, conical-scanning, passive microwave radiometer with frequent revisit times. One of the primary differences between GPM and other satellites with microwave radiometers is the orbit, which is inclined 65 degrees, allowing a full sampling of all local Earth times repeated approximately every 2 weeks. The GPM platform undergoes yaw maneuvers approximately every 40 days to compensate for the sun's changing position and prevent the side of the spacecraft facing the sun from overheating. Today, the GMI instrument plays an essential role in the worldwide measurement of precipitation and environmental forecasting. Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is one of its major products. The GMI data from the Remote Sensing System (REMSS) have been produced using an updated RTM, Version-8. The V8 brightness temperatures from GMI are slightly different from the V7 brightness temperatures; The SST datasets are available in near-real time (NRT) as they arrive, with a delay of about 3 to 6 hours, including the Daily, 3-Day, Weekly, and Monthly time series products.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2017-11-30
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from GMI onboard GPM satellite
dataset title: GMI 25km gridded SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHGMI-3UR8A
entry title: GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from GMI onboard GPM satellite
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-06-13
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory
long name: GPM Microwave Imager
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.25
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GMI
short name: GPM
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2014-03-04
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 8.2a
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHAM2-3UR8A
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.593Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.544Z
absract: GDS2 Version -The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) was launched on 18 May 2012, onboard the Golbal Change Observation Mission - Water (GCOM-W) satellite developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The GCOM-W mission aims to establish the global and long-term observation system to collect data, which is needed to understand mechanisms of climate and water cycle variations, and demonstrate its utilization. AMSR2 onboard the first generation of the GCOM-W satellite will continue Aqua/AMSR-E observations of water vapor, cloud liquid water, precipitation, SST, sea surface wind speed, sea ice concentration, snow depth, and soil moisture. AMSR2 is a remote sensing instrument for measuring weak microwave emission from the surface and the atmosphere of the Earth. From about 700 km above the Earth, AMSR2 will provide us highly accurate measurements of the intensity of microwave emission and scattering. The antenna of AMSR2 rotates once per 1.5 seconds and obtains data over a 1450 km swath. This conical scan mechanism enables AMSR2 to acquire a set of daytime and nighttime data with more than 99% coverage of the Earth every 2 days. Remote Sensing Systems (RSS, or REMSS), providers of these SST data for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project, performs a detailed processing of AMSR-E instrument data in two stages. The first stage produces a near-real-time (NRT) product (identified by "rt" within the file name) which is made as available as soon as possible. This is generally within 3 hours of when the data are recorded. Although suitable for many timely uses the NRT products are not intended to be archive quality. "Final" data (currently identified by "v8" within the file name) are processed when RSS receives the atmospheric mode NCEP FNL analysis. The NCEP wind directions are particularly useful for retrieving more accurate SSTs and wind speeds. The final "v8" products will continue to accumulate new swaths (half o…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2017-11-30
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 on the GCOM-W satellite
dataset title: AMSR2 geolocated L3U SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAM2-3UR8A
entry title: GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature version 8a from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 on the GCOM-W satellite
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-09-08
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
longitude resolution: 0.25
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: AMSR2
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2012-07-02
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 8a
westernmost longitude: -179.0

PODAAC-QSNON-L1CA2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.534Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.588Z
absract: This dataset is Version 2 of the geo-located and averaged Level 1B Sigma-0 measurements and wind retrievals from the SeaWinds on QuikSCAT platform, initiated in the months following the failure of the rotating antenna motor on 22 November 2009, using the various incidence angles at which QuikSCAT was pointed during the time period from November 2009 until present. Incidence angles were varied in order to cross-calibrate the Oceansat-2 and RapidScat scatterometers and to extend the known Ku-band geophysical model function. The averaging of the L1B input data combined with the wind vector processing results are both contained in this product referred to hereafter as Level 1C (L1C). The fixed and repointed beam processing is relative to either the one corresponding to the vertically polarized "outer" beam or the other corresponding to the horizontally polarized "inner" beam. The Sigma-0 values from the fixed operating beam for each frame are averaged to a single value representing approximately 50 samples. The data points are land flagged, collocated with ECMWF surface winds, and have climatological nadir attenuations provided for the location and time of the data (not applied to the sigma0). The following enhancements have been applied in the Version 2 re-processing: 1) the GMF has been updated (QNS2016a) to make use of ECMWF nowcast 1x1 degree resolution wind direction information for the entire historical data record; 2) the new QNS2016a GMF leverages a calibration adjustment from Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) resulting in a consistently lower Normalized Radar Cross Section (NRCS or Sigma-0) measurements that establishes a Sigma-0 bias of -0.25 dB (-5.9% linear scale) compared to the L1C Version 1 data; 3) the new QNS2016a GMF also applies an azimuthal modulation that is decreased by several tenths of a dB (for Sigma-0) in variation with wind speed; this results in a more consistent wind speed retrieval comparison between "non-spinning" and "spinning" modes of the Qu…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2019-02-13
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: QuikSCAT Level 1C Averaged Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna
dataset title: QuikSCAT Level 1C Averaged Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna Version 2.0
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSNON-L1CA2
entry title: QuikSCAT Level 1C Averaged Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna Version 2.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-08-30
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Quick Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
originating center: NASA/JPL/SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 2010-07-16
stop date: 2018-08-30
term: RADAR
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMTA-2PN20
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.588Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.533Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P data set containing multi-channel Sea Surface Temperature (SST) retrievals derived in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) level-1B data from the Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A) satellite. The SST data in this data set are used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The MetOp satellite program is a European multi-satellite program to provide weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. MetOp-A, MetOp-B and Metop-C were respectively launched on 19 Oct 2006, 17 September 2012 and 7 November 2018. The program was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contributing the AVHRR sensor. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micron) and near-infrared (0.9 micron) regions, the third one is located around 4 (3.6) micron, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micron, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micron. Typically, the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The swath of the AVHRR sensor is a relatively large 2400 km. All MetOp platforms are sun synchronous and generally view the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent). The ground native resolution of the AVHRR instruments is approximately 1.1 km at nadir and degrades off nadir. This particular data set is produced from legacy Global Area Coverage (GAC) data that are derived from a …
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2020-07-24
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: METOP-A AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST dataset v2.0
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMTA-2PN20
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the AVHRR on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-06-11
latitude resolution: 0.04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.04
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
online resource: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/GHRSST
originating center: DOD/USNAVY/NAVOCEANO
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: METOP-A
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2020-06-29
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3R1CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.477Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, Daily, and Daily time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Daily ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3R1CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-7
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-17
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-11
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-19
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WUAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.494Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set isthe monthly climatology, Ascending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WUAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHG16-2PO27
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.551Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.596Z
absract: GOES-16 (G16) is the first satellite in the US NOAA third generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), a.k.a. GOES-R series (which will also include -S, -T, and -U). G16 was launched on 19 Nov 2016 and initially placed in an interim position at 89.5-deg W, between GOES-East and -West. Upon completion of Cal/Val in Dec 2018, it was moved to its permanent position at 75.2-deg W, and declared NOAA operational GOES-East on 18 Dec 2018. NOAA is responsible for all GOES-R products, including Sea Surface Temperature (SST) from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI). The ABI offers vastly enhanced capabilities for SST retrievals, over the heritage GOES-I/P Imager, including five narrow bands (centered at 3.9, 8.4, 10.3, 11.2, and 12.3 um) out of 16 that can be used for SST, as well as accurate sensor calibration, image navigation and co-registration, spectral fidelity, and sophisticated pre-processing (geo-rectification, radiance equalization, and mapping). From altitude 35,800 km, G16/ABI can accurately map SST in a Full Disk (FD) area from 15-135-deg W and 60S-60N, with spatial resolution 2km at nadir (degrading to 15km at view zenith angle, 67-deg) and temporal sampling of 10min (15min prior to 2 Apr 2019). The Level 2 Preprocessed (L2P) SST product is derived at the native sensor resolution using NOAA Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) system. ACSPO first processes every 10min FD data SSTs are derived from BTs using the ACSPO clear-sky mask (ACSM; Petrenko et al., 2010) and Non-Linear SST (NLSST) algorithm (Petrenko et al., 2014). Currently, only 4 longwave bands centered at 8.4, 10.3, 11.2, and 12.3 um are used (the 3.9 microns was initially excluded, to minimize possible discontinuities in the diurnal cycle). The regression is tuned against quality controlled in situ SSTs from drifting and tropical mooring buoys in the NOAA iQuam system (Xu and Ignatov, 2014). The 10-min FD data are subsequently collated in time, to produce 1-hr L2P…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2019-05-15
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-16 ABI L2P America Region SST dataset in GDS2
dataset title: GHRSST Sea Surface Temperature 30W-135W and 65N-50S, at 0.036 degree resolution from GOES-16 ABI
easternmost longitude: -15.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHG16-2PO27
entry title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-16 ABI L2P America Region SST v2.70 dataset in GDS2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-28
latitude resolution: 0.018
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Western Atlantic
long name: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
longitude resolution: 0.018
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 59.0
originating center: NOAA/NESDIS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: GOES-16
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ABI
southernmost latitude: -59.0
start date: 2017-12-15
temporal resolution: 60 Minute
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.7
westernmost longitude: -135.0

PODAAC-ERSST-L4N50
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.498Z
absract: The Smith & Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 dataset provides a historical reconstruction of monthly global ocean surface temperatures and temperature anomalies over a 2 degree spatial grid since 1854 from in-situ observations based on a consistent statistical methodology that accounts for uneven sampling distributions over time and related observational biases. Version 5 of this dataset implements release 3.0 of ICOADS (International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set) and is supplemented by monthly GTS (Global Telecommunications Ship and buoy) system data. As for the prior ERSST version, v5 implements Empirical Orthogonal Teleconnection analysis (EOT) but with an improved tuning method for sparsely sampled regions and periods. ERSST anomalies are computed with respect to a 1971-2000 monthly climatology. The version 5 has been improved from previous version 4. Major improvements in v5 include: 1) Inclusion and use of new sources and new versions of input datasets, such as data from Argo floats (new source), ICOADS R3.0 (from R2.5), HadISST2 (from HadISST1) sea ice concentration, and 2) Improved methodologies, such as inclusion of additional statistical modes, less spatial-temporal smoothing, better quality control method, and bias correction with baseline to modern buoy observations. The new version improves the spatial structures and magnitudes of El Nino and La Nina events. The ERSST v5 in netCDF format contains extended reconstructed sea surface temperature, SST anomaly, and associated estimated SST error standard deviation fields, incompliance with CF1.6 standard metadata.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Smith, T., Reynolds, R.
dataset publisher: NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
dataset release date: 1981-11-07
dataset release place: NOAA National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, USA
dataset series name: NOAA Smith and Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 Monthly
dataset title: NCDC Smith & Reynolds Historical Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature Data Sets
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ERSST-L4N50
entry title: NOAA Smith and Reynolds Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) Level 4 Monthly Version 5 Dataset in netCDF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-08-15
latitude resolution: 2.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Reynolds SST
long name: International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
long name: Global Telecommunication System Ship and Buoy In Situ Observations
longitude resolution: 2.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/
originating center: NOAA/NCEI
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ICOADS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: InSitu
short name: REYNOLDS_SST
short name: NCEP GTS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1854-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMDA-2PJ02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.577Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.521Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) launched by NASA in 2002 on board the Aqua satellite platform (a second series is on the Terra platform) to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km). For the sea surface temperature (SST) products from this radiometer channels in the 4, 11 and 12 um spectrum are used. The Aqua platform is in a sun synchronous, near polar orbit at 705 km altitude and the MODIS instrument images the entire Earth every 1 to 2 days.The production of the MODIS L2P SST data as part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) is a joint collaboration between the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). RSMAS is responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging, while the OBPG is NASA ground data system for production of daily MODIS ocean products in HDF file format. JPL acquires MODIS ocean granules from the OBPG in near realtime and reformats them to the GHRSST L2P netCDF specification with complete metadata. Data consists of global coverage at 1 km resolution with approximately 300+ five minute observation granules per day. For nighttime data both SST from the 11-12 um, and 4 um bands are available. Ocean chlorophyll a and K490 diffuse attenuation coefficient data are also available for daytime periods as non standard L2P core fields.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL/OBPG/RSMAS
dataset publisher: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
dataset release date: 2016-05-31
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua
dataset title: MODIS Aqua L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMDA-2PJ02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua satellite
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: Information on the the MODIS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod25.pdf and http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/DOCS/modis_sst/
originating center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Y3DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.458Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Seasonal, Descending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Y3DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3D7DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.449Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day, Descending sea surface density productfor version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3D7DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-MO9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.387Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, mid-IR SST level 3, 9km, monthly, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-MO9N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-1D4D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.557Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-1D4D9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-03
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GGAOD-3GJ60
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.523Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.578Z
absract: GRACE non-tidal high-frequency atmospheric and oceanic mass variation models are routinely generated at GFZ as so-called Atmosphere and Ocean De-aliasing Level-1B (AOD1B) products (in terms of corresponding spherical harmonic geopotential coefficients) to be added to the background static gravity model during GRACE monthly gravity field determination. AOD1B products are 3-hourly series of spherical harmonic coefficients up to degree and order 180 which are routinely provided to the GRACE Science Data System and the user community with only a few days time delay. These products reflect spatio-temporal mass variations in the atmosphere and oceans deduced from an operational atmospheric model and corresponding ocean dynamics provided by an ocean model. The variability is derived by subtraction of a long-term mean of vertical integrated atmospheric mass distributions and a corresponding mean of ocean bottom pressure as simulated with the ocean model. For further details, please refer to https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/aod1b/.The Gridded AOD1B data sets provided here contain the monthly mean AOD1B data in geolocated gridded form, smoothed or spatially aggregated to be consistent with the GRACE and GRACE-FO Tellus Level-3 data products of land and/or ocean mass anomalies. With these gridded AOD1B Level-3 products, users can remove or add the effects of the modeled mean monthly atmospheric and ocean bottom pressure change (e.g., to compare different models).
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-03-31
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Gridded-AOD1B Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface-Mass Anomaly RL06 dataset for Tellus Level-3 1.0-degree grid
dataset title: GRC-GFO_GRIDDED_AOD1B_JPL_1-DEG_RL06
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GGAOD-3GJ60
entry title: JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Gridded-AOD1B Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface-Mass Anomaly RL06 dataset for Tellus Level-3 1.0-degree grid
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-03-11
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: Landerer F. W. and S. C. Swenson, 2012, Accuracy of scaled GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates. Water Resources Research, Vol 48, W04531, 11 PP, doi:10.1029/2011WR011453
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2002-04-15
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY ANOMALIES
version: RL06
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3P1CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.488Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Daily sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3P1CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-NSGDR-L2R00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.277Z
absract: The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 2.5 high-resolution reduced MGDR contains only wind vector data (sigma-0 is excluded) in 25 km wind vector cell (WVC) swaths which contain daily data from ascending and descending passes. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Wind vectors are not considered valid in rain contaminated regions; rain flags and precipitation information are not provided. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing or ambiguous. In the presence of land or sea ice winds values are set to 0. Wind vectors are processed using the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 10-SEP-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2006-02-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)
dataset title: NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NSGDR-L2R00
entry title: NSCAT High Resolution R-MGDR, Selected Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: NASA Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/ocean_wind/nscat/doc/l25_usersguide.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ADEOS-I
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NSCAT
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1996-09-15
stop date: 1997-06-29
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3W3DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.501Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theSeasonal, Descending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3W3DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-NSJPL-L3I02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.420Z
absract: This dataset provides browse images of the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 3 daily gridded ocean wind vectors, which are provided at 0.5 degree spatial resolution for ascending and descending passes; wind vectors are averaged at points where adjacent passes overlap. This is the most up-to-date version, which designates the final phase of calibration, validation and science data processing, which was completed in November of 1998, on behalf of the JPL NSCAT Project; wind vectors are processed using the NSCAT-2 geophysical model function. Information and access to the Level 3 source data used to generate these browse images may be accessed at: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/NSCAT%20LEVEL%203.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1998-07-26
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Surface Wind Vector Browse Images (JPL)
dataset title: NSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Surface Wind Vector Browse Images (JPL)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NSJPL-L3I02
entry title: NSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Surface Wind Vector Browse Images (JPL)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2012-11-08
latitude resolution: 0.5
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I
long name: NASA Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.5
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 75.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/nscat/docs/nscat_manual.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NSCAT
short name: ADEOS-I
southernmost latitude: -75.0
start date: 1996-09-15
stop date: 1997-06-29
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GOES3-1HOUR
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.434Z
absract: Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are derived from the series of Geostationary Environmental Satellites using GOES Imagers with five-band multispectral capability,10 bit precision and high spatial resolution.The GOES 6km Near Real-Time data set consists of Level 3 SSTs derived from GOES East and GOES West with a spatial resolution of approximately 6km. Data sets are available in one hour, three hour, and 24 hour gridded sea surface temperatures. The grid covers much of the Western Hemisphere bounded by 180W, 30W, 60N and 45S.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for GOES_L3_SST_6km_NRT_SST_1HOUR
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2003-05-11
dataset release place: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset series name: GOES Level 3 6km Near Real Time SST 1 Hour
dataset title: GOES L3 6km Near Real-Time SST (NOAA/NESDIS)
easternmost longitude: -30.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GOES3-1HOUR
entry title: GOES Level 3 6km Near Real Time SST 1 Hour
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Pacific Ocean
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite I-M Imager
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite N-P Imager
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 12
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 60.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/goes/L3/goes_6km_nrt/docs/goes_sst_doc.html
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GOES-16
short name: GOES-12
short name: GOES
short name: GOES I-M IMAGER
short name: GOES-11
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GOES N-P IMAGER
southernmost latitude: -45.0
start date: 2000-12-01
stop date: 2020-03-02
temporal resolution: 1 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 180.0

PODAAC-GFL1B-ASJ04
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.553Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. The GRACE-FO Level-1B data provide all necessary inputs to derive monthly time variations in the Earth gravity field. Level-1B data are also used for GRACE orbit and mean gravity field determination. For a detailed description, please see the GRACE-FO Level-1 documentation.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE-FO
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2019-05-30
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE-FO Level 1B ASCII Format Data
dataset title: GRACEFO_L1B_ASCII_GRAV_JPL_RL04
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFL1B-ASJ04
entry title: GRACE-FO Level-1B Release version 4.0 from JPL in ASCII
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-08
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO Laser Ranging Interferometer
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/gracefo/docs/
originating center: GRACE-FO/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO LRI
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
southernmost latitude: -89.0
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: Daily
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 4.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-GLID2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.394Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. The Tenuse (Slocum) glider is an autonomous undulating profiler measuring salinity and temperature. It was deployed from the Thalassa on 21-August and recovered by the Knorr on 4-October-2012. It made a total of about 1400 profiles during that period (1-2 profiles/hour), going from the surface to 200 m. Resulting trajectory profile data from the Tenuse glider include georeferenced CTD observations on salinity, temperature, pressure, and depth.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: Tenuse Glider CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Tenuse Glider Products
easternmost longitude: -35.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-GLID2
entry title: Tenuse Glider CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: SPURS-I L'Ocean Tenuse Glider
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 197.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 27.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CTD
short name: TenuseGlider
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 24.0
start date: 2012-08-21
stop date: 2012-10-04
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -39.0

PODAAC-MODSA-MO9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.285Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, monthly, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-MO9N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF30-01XXX
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.276Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains a value-added 6-hourly gridded analysis of ocean surface winds. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, and WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L3.0 product are then assigned to the time and location of the passive microwave satellite wind speed observations to derive the L2.5 product. All datasets are distributed on a 0.25 degree cylindrical coordinate grid. This dataset is one in a seri…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for CCMP_MEASURES_ATLAS_L4_OW_L3_0_WIND_VECTORS_FLK
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-10
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CCMP L3.0
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L3.0 First-Look Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF30-01XXX
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L3.0 First-Look Analyses
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: WindSat
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F08
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F14
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Coriolis
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F15
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 78.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L3.0/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: TRMM
short name: AMSR-E
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F10
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F13
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F8
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F11
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: SSMIS
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F17
short name: Aqua
short name: SSM/I
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: WINDSAT
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: TMI
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F15
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F14
southernmost latitude: -78.0
start date: 1987-07-02
stop date: 2011-12-31
temporal resolution: 6 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHAAO-4BC02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.520Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.577Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) global Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on a 0.25 degree grid at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. This product uses optimal interpolation (OI) by interpolating and extrapolating SST observations from different sources, resulting in a smoothed complete field. The sources of data are satellite (AVHRR) and in situ platforms (i.e., ships and buoys), and the specific datasets employed may change over. At the marginal ice zone, sea ice concentrations are used to generate proxy SSTs. A preliminary version of this file is produced in near-real time (1-day latency), and then replaced with a final version after 2 weeks. Note that this is the AVHRR-ONLY (AVHRR-OI), available from September 1, 1981, but there is a companion SST product that includes microwave satellite data, available from June 2002.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: National Centers for Environmental Information
dataset publisher: National Centers for Environmental Information
dataset release date: 2016-04-20
dataset release place: National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC, USA
dataset series name: Daily L4 in situ and AVHRR OISST 0.25 degree
dataset title: Daily L4 Optimally Interpolated SST (OISST) In situ and AVHRR Analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAAO-4BC02
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 AVHRR_OI Global Blended Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) from NCEI
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: NOAA National Climatic Data Center
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-19
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-11
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-17
short name: GHRSST
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AVHRR-2
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1981-09-01
stop date: 2020-04-05
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-ASOP2-12C01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.411Z
absract: This dataset contains operational near-real-time Level 2 coastal ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on MetOp-A at 12.5 km sampling resolution (note: the effective resolution is 25 km). It is a product of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) provided through the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). This coastal dataset differs from the standard 25 km datasets in that it utilizes a spatial box filter (rather than the Hamming filter) to generate a spatial average of the Sigma-0 retrievals from the Level 1B dataset; all full resolution Sigma-0 retrievals within a 15 km radius of the wind vector cell centroid are used in the averaging. Since the full resolution L1B Sigma-0 retrievals are used, all non-sea retrievals are discarded prior to the Sigma-0 averaging. Each box average Sigma-0 is then used to compute the wind vector cell using the same CMOD7.n geophysical model function as in the standard OSI SAF ASCAT wind vector datasets. With this enhanced coastal retrieval, winds can be computed as close to ~15 km from the coast, as compared to the static ~35 km land mask in the standard 12.5 km dataset. Each file is provided in netCDF version 3 format, and contains one full orbit derived from 3-minute orbit granules. Latency is approximately 2 hours from the latest measurement. The beginning of the orbit is defined by the first wind vector cell measurement within the first 3-minute orbit granule that starts north of the Equator in the ascending node. ASCAT is a C-band dual fan beam radar scatterometer providing two independent swaths of backscatter retrievals in sun-synchronous polar orbit aboard the MetOp-A platform. For more information on the MetOp mission, please visit: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/MetOp . For more timely announcements, users are encouraged to register with the KNMI scatterometer ema…
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: KNMI
dataset release date: 2010-05-24
dataset release place: KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
dataset series name: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
dataset title: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ASOP2-12C01
entry title: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Scatterometer
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Meteorological Operational
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://projects.knmi.nl/scatterometer/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF/KNMI
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-A
short name: ASCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MetOp
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2010-08-18
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: All users publishing with PO.DAAC data from our providers and partners, please add a citation as outlined here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/WEB_INFO/citations.html. This product is intended for operational use only and has not been thoroughly evaluated for scientific applications. Please use with caution.
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: Operational/Near-Real-Time
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-J1GPR-NC00E
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.395Z
absract: These Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) are derived from the Jason-1 Geophysical Data Record (GDR). Jason-1 is an altimetric mission whose instruments make direct observations of the following quantities: altimeter range, significant wave height, ocean radar backscatter cross-section (a measure of wind speed), ionospheric electron content (derived by a simple formula), tropospheric water content, and position relative to the GPS satellite constellation. Using the various parameter the SSHA can be calculated and are provided in this dataset. The data are in NetCDF format. This dataset only contains the parameters that are directly related to SSHA.
access constraints: TBD
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JASON-1
dataset publisher: JASON-1
dataset release date: 2015-10-08
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Jason-1 SSHA netCDF
dataset title: Jason-1 Geophysical Data Record (GDR) Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA) NetCDF
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J1GPR-NC00E
entry title: Jason-1 GDR SSHA version E NetCDF
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: Jason-1
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: JASON-1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
originating center: Jason-1
role: Data Center Contact
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: USA/NASA
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: JASON-1
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 2002-01-14
stop date: 2012-03-03
term: OCEAN WAVES
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: TBD
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
version: E
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-UCLRS-STOV2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.539Z
absract: The Global Lake/Reservoir Storage Time Series is derived from the Surface Water Height Time Series and Surface Water Extent Mask Time Series products. The purpose of this dataset is to provide surface water storage estimates for several hundred lakes and reservoirs across the globe. These time series potentially span a 25 year time period, from late 1992 to 2017, satisfying the project goal of ESDR creation with a suitable level of quality that supports long-term trend analysis and global water dynamics models. This product is readily accessible and is of direct use to both water managers and the scientific community worldwide, and allows for improved assessment and modeling of the human impact on the global water cycle. These pre SWOT data are derived from satellites to provide hydrological measurements. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will have hydrology as one of its objectives. This dataset does not have the same variables as SWOT, but does provide hydrological measurements with typical quality flagging typical of satellite data. Not only does it provide science information, it can also assist hydrological users new to satellite data with the satellite data formats and variables before SWOT launches.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Tortini, Riccardo; Noujdina, Nina; Yeo, Samantha; Khandelwal, Ankush; Kumar, Vipin; Birkett, Charon; Ricko, Martina; Yang, Xu; Lettenmaier, Dennis
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset release date: 2019-11-15
dataset release place: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset series name: Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Storage
dataset title: PRESWOT_HYDRO_L4_LAKE_STORAGE_TIME_SERIES_V2
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-UCLRS-STOV2
entry title: Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Storage Time Series V2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-08-19
latitude resolution: 0.001
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
longitude resolution: 0.001
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/preswot_hydrology/L4/lakes_reservoirs/docs/MEaSUReS_L4-handbook.pdf
originating center: MEaSUREs
role: Data Center Contact
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 1992-09-25
stop date: 2019-12-23
temporal resolution: 10 Day
term: SURFACE WATER
topic: TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: LAKES
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-SDRON
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.587Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.533Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Two saildrones were deployed over a month period during the second SPURS-2 R/V Revelle cruise in 2017. Saildrone is a state-of-the-art, remotely guided, wind and solar powered unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of long distance deployments lasting up to 12 months. It is equipped with a suite of instruments and sensors providing high quality, georeferenced, near real-time, multi-parameter surface ocean and atmospheric observations while transiting at typical speeds of 3-5 knots. Saildrone data files are in netCDF format and CF/ACDD/NCEI compliant. They contain the saildrone platform telemetry and near-surface observational data (air temperature, sea surface skin and bulk temperatures, salinity, oxygen and chlorophyll-a concentrations, barometric pressure, wind speed and dire…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: D. Zhang, and M.F. Cronin
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-03-28
dataset release place: NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Saildrone data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign ARGO float Products
easternmost longitude: -124.5
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-SDRON
entry title: SPURS-2 Saildrone data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-26
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Fluorometer
long name: Aanderaa Dissolved Oxygen (710) Sensor 4831
long name: Vaisala Barometer PTB210
long name: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
long name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: Heitronics Wing IR Pyrometer
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 5.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 10.9
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: PYROMETERS
short name: Saildrone
short name: ANEMOMETERS
short name: ADCP
short name: BAROMETERS
short name: CTD
short name: FLUOROMETERS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 8.5
start date: 2017-10-16
stop date: 2017-11-17
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN CHEMISTRY
term: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
term: OCEAN OPTICS
term: ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: ATMOSPHERE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: OXYGEN
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: AIR TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
variable level 1: FLUORESCENCE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -125.0

PODAAC-MODST-8D9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.556Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-8D9N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHG13-2PO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.416Z
absract: The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) support weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, meteorology and oceanography research. Generally there are several GOES satellites in geosynchronous orbit at any one time viewing different earth locations including the GOES-13 launched 24 May 2006. The radiometer aboard the satellite, The GOES N-P Imager, is a five channel (one visible, four infrared) imaging radiometer designed to sense radiant and solar reflected energy from sampled areas of the earth. The multi-element spectral channels simultaneously sweep east-west and west-east along a north-to-south path by means of a two-axis mirror scan system retuning telemetry in 10-bit precision. For this Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset, skin sea surface temperature (SST) measurements are calculated from the far IR channels of GOES-13 at full resolution on a half hourly basis. In native satellite projection, vertically adjacent pixels are averaged and read out at every pixel. L2P datasets including Single Sensor Error Statistics (SSES) are then derived following the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2.0. The full disk image is subsetted into granules representing distinct northern and southern regions.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2014-11-17
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: Sea Surface Temperature produced by NOAA/NESDIS
dataset title: GHRSST Sea Surface Temperature 30W-135W and 65N-50S, at 0.036 degree resolution from GOES-13 Imager
easternmost longitude: -30.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHG13-2PO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Western Atlantic Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) Imager on the GOES-13 satellite (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 65.0
originating center: NOAA/NESDIS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GOES-15 Imager
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GOES-15
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: 50.0
start date: 2013-08-01
stop date: 2018-01-08
temporal resolution: 30 min
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -135.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01F15
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.439Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) ocean surface winds from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F15 platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellites as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L3.0 product are…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-08
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F15 Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F15 Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01F15
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F15 Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F15
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: SSM/I
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F15
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1999-12-17
stop date: 2006-08-14
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.471Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averagedover daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius dataset. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YMCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-J1GPR-NCG0E
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.421Z
absract: These Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) are derived from the Jason-1 Geophysical Data Record (GDR) Geodetic Mission. Jason-1 is an altimetric mission whose instruments make direct observations of the following quantities: altimeter range, significant wave height, ocean radar backscatter cross-section (a measure of wind speed), ionospheric electron content (derived by a simple formula), tropospheric water content, and position relative to the GPS satellite constellation. Using the various parameter the SSHA can be calculated and are provided in this dataset. The data are in NetCDF format.
access constraints: TBD
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JASON-1
dataset publisher: JASON-1
dataset release date: 2015-10-08
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Jason-1 SSHA netCDF Geodetic
dataset title: JASON-1_L2_OST_GPR_E_GEODETIC
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J1GPR-NCG0E
entry title: Jason-1 GDR SSHA version E NetCDF Geodetic
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Jason-1
long name: Jason-1 Geodetic
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
originating center: Jason-1
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Jason-1 Geodetic
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: USA/NASA
short name: JASON-1
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 2012-05-07
stop date: 2013-06-21
term: OCEAN WAVES
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: TBD
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: E
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODTM-1D4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.287Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, mid-IR SST level 3, 4km, daily, nighttime product
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Mid-IR Daily 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-1D4N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Mid-IR Daily 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DQCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.490Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution derived density averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day running mean, sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DQCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SVAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.491Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theseasonal climatology, Ascending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SVAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMDT-2PJ02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.577Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.522Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) launched by NASA in 1999 on board the Terra satellite platform (a second series is on the Aqua platform) to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km). For the sea surface temperature (SST) products from this radiometer channels in the 4, 11 and 12 um spectrum are used. The Terra platform is in a sun synchronous, near polar orbit at 705 km altitude and the MODIS instrument images the entire Earth every 1 to 2 days.The production of the MODIS L2P SST data as part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) is a joint collaboration between the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). RSMAS is responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging, while the OBPG is NASA ground data system for production of daily MODIS ocean products in HDF file format. JPL acquires MODIS ocean granules from the OBPG in near realtime and reformats them to the GHRSST L2P netCDF specification with complete metadata. Data consists of global coverage at 1 km resolution with approximately 300+ five minute observation granules per day. For nighttime data both SST from the 11-12 um, and 4 um bands are available. Ocean chlorophyll a and K490 diffuse attenuation coefficient data are also available for daytime periods as non standard L2P core fields.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL/OBPG/RSMAS
dataset publisher: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
dataset release date: 2016-05-31
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Terra
dataset title: MODIS Terra L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMDT-2PJ02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: Information on the the MODIS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod25.pdf and http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/DOCS/modis_sst/
originating center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHOST-4FK02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.428Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the UK Met Office using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.054 degree grid. The Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) analysis uses satellite data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager, the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager (TMI) and in situ data from ships, drifting and moored buoys. This analysis was specifically produced to be used as a lower boundary condition in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: A Met Office data license application form: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/legal/data_lic_form.html must be completed and submitted before using the data. This only needs to be completed once f
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: UK Met Office
dataset publisher: UK Met Office
dataset release date: 2012-12-19
dataset release place: Met Office, Exeter, UK
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 OSTIA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: OSTIA L4 SST Analysis (GDS2)
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHOST-4FK02
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 OSTIA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: InSitu
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: UK Met Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: METOP-A
short name: TMI
short name: SEVIRI
short name: InSitu
short name: TRMM
short name: GHRSST
short name: NOAA-20
short name: MSG2
short name: ABI
short name: GOES-16
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2006-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SEA ICE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: These data may be used for pure academic research only, with no commercial or other application and all usage must meet the Met Office Standard Terms and Conditions http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corpora
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: SEA ICE CONCENTRATION
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-2JOCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.459Z
absract: The version 5.0 Aquarius Level 2 quicklook product includes the instrumental wiggle correction and exponential drift correction and is part of the official end of mission release of the orbital/swath data from AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius Level 2 data set contains sea surface salinity (SSS) and wind speed data derived from 3 different radiometers and the onboard scatterometer. Included also in the Level 2 data are the horizontal and vertical brightness temperatures (TH and TV) for each radiometer,ancillary data, flags, converted telemetry and navigation data. Each data file covers one 98 minute orbit. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath. Enhancements to the version 5.0 Level 2 data relative to v4.0 include: improvement of the salinity retrieval geophysical model for SST bias, estimates of SSS uncertainties (systematic and random components), and inclusion of a new spiciness variable.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-2JOCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 2 Sea Surface Salinity & Wind Speed Quicklook Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SASSX-L3UCD
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.261Z
absract: Contains dealiased ocean wind vector components (zonal and meridional) derived from the Seasat-A Scatterometer (SASS) provided on a global 1x1 degree grid. Dealiasing of the SASS data was achieved manually using ship observations in a joint effort between JPL, UCLA and AES. This data set underwent restoration in 1997. Data are provided in ASCII text files at six hour intervals.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL/UCLA/AES
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1997-04-18
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DEALIASED OCEAN WIND VECTORS (JPL-UCLA-AES)
dataset title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DEALIASED OCEAN WIND VECTORS (JPL-UCLA-AES)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SASSX-L3UCD
entry title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DEALIASED OCEAN WIND VECTORS (JPL-UCLA-AES)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SEASAT-A
long name: Seasat-A Scatterometer System
long name: SEASAT
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/documents/dataset_docs/seasat_windcomp_jpl.html
originating center: JPL/UCLA/AES
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEASAT-A
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SASS
short name: SEASAT
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 1978-07-07
stop date: 1978-10-11
temporal resolution: 6 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODTM-MO4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.569Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-MO4N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TPMGD-XOVRB
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.408Z
absract: This dataset contains the crossover points from TOPEX(ocean TOPography EXperiment)/Poseidon Merged Geophysical Data Record version B (MGDR-B). The MGDR-B combines measurements from two altimeters, TOPEX, a NASA dual frequency (Ku and C band) instrument, and a French (CNES) instrument which is a proof-of-concept solid-state altimeter, Poseidon (Ku band). The parameters are slightly different than the regular pass data in the MGDR-B, but does contain significant wave height, sigma-0, wet troposphere, ionospheric correction, tides and the parameters required to calculate Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA). For more information on the parameters please visit PO.DAAC Drive at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/topex/L2/mgdrb/docs/uhmgdrb/html/uhsec08.htm.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for TOPEX_L2_OST_MGDR_CROSSOVER
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: TOPEX/Poseidon
dataset publisher: TOPEX/Poseidon
dataset release date: 1997-06-19
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: TOPEX/Poseidon L2 Ocean Surface Topography Merged Geophysical Data Record Crossover
dataset title: TOPEX_L2_OST_MGDR_CROSSOVER
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TPMGD-XOVRB
entry title: TOPEX/Poseidon L2 Ocean Surface Topography Merged Geophysical Data Record Crossover ver B
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: TOPEX/Poseidon
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanSurfaceTopography/TOPEX-POSEIDON
originating center: TOPEX/POSEIDON
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SSALT
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TMR
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 1996-04-24
stop date: 1998-06-26
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: OCEAN WAVES
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
version: B
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-CTD00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.589Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.536Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) casts were undertaken at stations on each of the two R/V Revelle cruises during SPURS-2. These shipboard lowered CTD probes provide continuous conductivity, salinity, and temperature vertical profile observations at fixed sampling locations. There were a total of 50 and 14 CTD casts made during the first and second R/V Revelle cruises respectively, and the data files available here are for continuous CTD profile data for each of the individual casts deployed. All CTD data were calibrated using shipboard salinometers using IAPSO standard seawater.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Janet Sprintall
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-03-28
dataset release place: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 research vessel CTD profile data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign CTD Products
easternmost longitude: -118.32
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-CTD00
entry title: SPURS-2 research vessel CTD profile data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-02-25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 1800.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 2.5
northernmost latitude: 21.26
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: CTD
short name: R/V Revelle
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 5.06
start date: 2016-08-16
stop date: 2017-11-17
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -157.88

PODAAC-QSXXX-L3002
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.403Z
absract: This dataset contains 0.25 degree gridded ocean surface wind vector fields from the NASA SeaWinds scatterometer aboard the QuikSCAT satellite platform. Gridded wind vector fields are provided twice daily daily according to the timing of the ascending and descending satellite swath coverage; where multiple swaths from a particular ascending or descending sample period intersect a given point, the the data from the most recent swath coverage over-writes the data from the earlier (adjacent) swath. Quality flags are provided for each wind vector cell to assist in identifying potential rain contamination and whether data from both inner and outer beams are available. Wind vectors are null when within 30 km of land/ice boundaries or where there are no wind vector retrievals available. Gridded wind vector fields are processed directly from the QuikSCAT Level 2B swath data which uses the QSCAT-1 geophysical model function. No additional processing to the wind vector data is applied. The SeaWinds instrument is a conical scanning pencil-beam radar, with dual-beam and dual-polarization capability, operating at Ku-band to provide all-weather ocean surface wind vector retrievals. This represents the 2nd version of the Level 3 processing. For more information on the QuikSCAT platform and mission, please visit http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/QuikSCAT . Disclaimer: this dataset is meant for quick-look purposes only and is not intended for science-quality research applications.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset policy entry migrated from the PO.DAAC Ingres database.
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2006-11-16
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 1B Time-Ordered Earth-Located Sigma0
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL Version 2)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSXXX-L3002
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL Version 2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Quick Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/jpl/docs/qscat_L3.pdf
originating center: SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHVRS-2PN01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.577Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.520Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on retrievals from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). This sensor resides on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite launched on 28 October 2011.The VIIRS instrument is a a 22-band, multi-spectral scanning radiometer with a 3040-km swath width that builds on the heritage of the MODIS , AVHRR and SeaWIFS sensors for sea surface temperature (SST) and ocean color. For the infrared bands for SST the effective pixel size is 740 meters at nadir and the pixel size variation across the swath is constrained to no more than 1600 meters at the edge of the swath. However, the processing of this dataset aggregates two pixels into one so the resolution is 1500 meters at nadir. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2016-05-11
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS produced by NAVO
dataset title: VIIRS on NPP L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHVRS-2PN01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS on Suomi NPP (GDS2) V2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.007
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
longitude resolution: 0.007
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: VIIRS
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2016-02-25
stop date: 2018-02-22
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DUDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.456Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology, Descending seasurface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onbard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DUDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GH17L-2PN01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.280Z
absract: A regional Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-17 platform (launched 24 June 2002) produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. AVHRR data are acquired in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC). HRPT data are full resolution image data transmitted to a ground stations as they are collected. LAC are also full resolution data, but the acquisition is prescheduled and recorded with an on-board tape recorder for subsequent tran…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2006-06-29 E. Armstrong: Original
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2005-12-22
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Regional Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-17 satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: N-17 AVHRR LAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH17L-2PN01
entry title: GHRSST Regional Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-17 satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-17
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2006-06-21
stop date: 2008-09-16
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-J2ODR-GPS00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.253Z
absract: This dataset is similar to the OSTM/Jason-2 Operation Geophysical Data Record (OGDR) that is distributed at NOAA (ftp://data.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/jason2/ogdr/), but also includes a GPS based orbit and Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) calculated from that orbit, as supposed to the DORIS based orbit that is already available in the OGDR. It has a 5 hour time lag due to the time needed to recalculate the orbit and SSHA. The GPS orbits have been shown to be more accurate than the DORIS orbits on a near real time scale and therefore produces a more accurate SSHA.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for OSTM_L2_OST_OGDR_GPS
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Shailen Desai
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2009-06-10
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: OSTM GPS based orbit and SSHA OGDR
dataset title: OSTM_L2_OST_OGDR_GPS
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J2ODR-GPS00
entry title: OSTM GPS based orbit and SSHA OGDR
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ostm/preview/L2/GPS-OGDR/docs/
originating center: NASA/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: OSTM
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: AMR
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 2009-05-30
stop date: 2019-10-01
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: OCEAN WAVES
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: A
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.452Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Monthly wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WMCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-1D4D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.284Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, daily, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-1D4D4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSX12-L2A00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.509Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.571Z
absract: The SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2A Surface-flagged Sigma-0 in 12.5km Wind Vector Cell Slice Composites are processed using the pulse Sigma-0 data provided by the Level 1B product. Unlike NSCAT, the expected number of Sigma-0 cells per WVC is not constant, due to the circular scan of the SeaWinds instrument. To minimize the L2A data volume, the Sigma-0 cell data are stored as "lists" for each WVC row, with each list indexed by a "cell_index" array to indicate the cross-track WVC membership of the data. Each cell is then checked for land or ice and flagged accordingly. Attenuation corrections for each Sigma-0 measurement are also provided. Quality Assurance files are also included to verify the quality of the L2A processing. Data are provided in single-orbit files. Special note: QuikSCAT went into a "non-spinning" mode on 22 November 2009. The final rev number in the nominal Operational "spinning" mode is 54296; the "non-spinning" mode of the instrument continued predominantly for the remainder of QuikSCAT operations. There were some brief periods of "spinning" in year 2013, which include the following days and rev numbers (identified in parenthesis): 1) 29 January to 5 February (7909-71011), 2) 14 March (71536-71549), 3) 18 March to 21 March (71590-71634), and 4) 28 March to 31 March (71735-71769).
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset policy entry migrated from the PO.DAAC Ingres database.
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL QuikSCAT Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2006-07-19
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2A Surface-flagged Sigma-0 in 12.5km Wind Vector Cell Slice Composites
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2A Surface-flagged Sigma-0 in 12.5km Wind Vector Cell Slice Composites
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSX12-L2A00
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2A Surface-flagged Sigma-0 in 12.5km Wind Vector Cell Slice Composites
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.937
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2A/v2/docs/QSUG_v3.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.937
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2013-03-31
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHOHN-4GM20
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.444Z
absract: CNR MED Sea Surface Temperature provides daily gap-free maps (L4) at 0.0625deg. x 0.0625deg. horizontal resolution over the Mediterranean Sea. The data are obtained from infra-red measurements collected by satellite radiometers and statistical interpolation. It is the CMEMS sea surface temperature nominal operational product for the Mediterranean sea.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset publisher: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset release date: 2016-05-31
dataset release place: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset series name: Mediterranean Sea High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 1/16deg Resolution
dataset title: Mediterranean Sea High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 1/16 deg daily
easternmost longitude: 36.25
entry ID: PODAAC-GHOHN-4GM20
entry title: Mediterranean Sea High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 1/16deg Resolution
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.062
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Regional
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
long name: Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.062
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 46.0
originating center: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
short name: SEVIRI
short name: ENVISAT
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-19
short name: METOP-A
short name: GHRSST
short name: AVHRR
short name: MSG2
short name: AATSR
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: 30.25
start date: 2007-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -18.125

PODAAC-AQR50-3R7AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.468Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, 7-Day, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the 7-Day, ascending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3R7AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: InSitu
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-11
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-9
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-17
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SASSX-L2WAF
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.269Z
absract: Contains Seasat-A Scatterometer (SASS) wind vector measurements for the entire Seasat mission, from July 1978 until October 1978. The data are global and presented chronologically in by swath. Each record contains data binned in 100 km cells. No wind vectors are computed for the cells along the left and right edges of the swath. Wind direction ambiguities are resolved using a global weather prediction model. This complete dataset is the result of the reprocessing efforts on behalf of Frank Wentz, Robert Atlas, and Michael Freilich.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: REMSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1997-03-05
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DEALIASED OCEAN WIND VECTORS (Wentz et al.)
dataset title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DEALIASED OCEAN WIND VECTORS (Wentz et al.)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SASSX-L2WAF
entry title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DEALIASED OCEAN WIND VECTORS (Wentz et al.)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SEASAT
long name: SEASAT-A
long name: Seasat-A Scatterometer System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/documents/dataset_docs/seasat_windvect_wentz.html
originating center: REMSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SASS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEASAT-A
short name: SEASAT
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1978-07-07
stop date: 1978-10-10
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-ASCDR-12C01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.572Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.511Z
absract: This dataset represents the first historically reprocessed Level 2 coastal ocean surface wind vector climate data record from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on MetOp-A sampled on a 12.5 km grid. This coastal dataset utilizes a spatial box filter to generate a spatial average of the Sigma-0 retrievals from the Level 1B dataset and obtains additional winds near the coast. Since the full resolution L1B Sigma-0 retrievals are used, all non-sea retrievals are discarded prior to the Sigma-0 averaging. Each box average Sigma-0 is then used to compute the vector cell wind using the same CMOD7 geophysical model function as in the operational OSI SAF ASCAT wind vector datasets. With this enhanced coastal retrieval, winds are computed as close to ~15 km from the coast. Each file corresponds to one complete orbit and is provided in netCDF version 3 format. The beginning of the orbit files is defined near the South Pole. ASCAT is a C-band fan beam radar scatterometer, providing two independent swaths of backscatter retrievals, aboard the MetOp-A platform in sun-synchronous polar orbit. It is a product of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) provided through the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). For more information on the MetOp mission, please visit: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/MetOp. For access to more contemporaneous and near-real-time MetOp-A ASCAT 12.5km data, please visit: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ASCATA-L2-Coastal. For more timely announcements, users are encouraged to register with the KNMI scatterometer email list: scat@knmi.nl. All intellectual property rights of the OSI SAF products belong to EUMETSAT. The use of these products is granted to every interested user, free of charge. If you wish to use these products, EUMETSAT's copyright credit must be shown by displaying the words "copyright (year) EUMETSAT" on each of the…
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: KNMI
dataset release date: 2018-04-23
dataset release place: KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
dataset series name: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 12.5-km Ocean Surface Wind Vector Climate Data Record Optimized for Coastal Ocean
dataset title: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 12.5-km Ocean Surface Wind Vector Climate Data Record Optimized for Coastal Ocean
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ASCDR-12C01
entry title: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 12.5-km Ocean Surface Wind Vector Climate Data Record Optimized for Coastal Ocean
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-05-11
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteorological Operational
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Advanced Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: http://projects.knmi.nl/scatterometer/ascat_cdr/
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSISAF
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MetOp
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ASCAT
short name: METOP-A
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2007-01-01
stop date: 2014-04-01
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-QSSEW-CMIP1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.443Z
absract: This dataset contains ocean surface Eastward wind from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT binned and averaged monthly on 1 degree grids. The coverage is from August 1999 through October 2009. The QuikSCAT Project produced this dataset in support of the CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) under the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and was first made available via the Earth System Grid. This dataset was derived directly from the Version 2 QuikSCAT Level 2B 25-km dataset, which can be accessed here: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_LEVEL_2B_V2. The SeaWinds instrument is a conical scanning pencil-beam radar, with dual-beam and dual-polarization capability, operating at Ku-band to provide all-weather ocean surface wind vector retrievals. Along with this dataset, two additional ancillary data files are included in the same directory which contain the number of observations and standard error co-located on the same 1 degree grids. This wind vector dataset is designed to be used in conjunction with the complete wind vector dataset, which include separate dataset files for both the Northward component and total wind speed of the wind vector. All corresponding dataset and ancillary data files are included in a common directory. For more information on the QuikSCAT platform and mission, please visit https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/QuikSCAT.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA
dataset publisher: PODAAC
dataset release date: 2012-04-11
dataset release place: PODAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Surface Eastward Wind for Climate Model Comparison
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Surface Eastward Wind for Climate Model Comparison
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSSEW-CMIP1
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Surface Eastward Wind for Climate Model Comparison
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Quick Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/OceanWinds/quikscat/L3/wind_1deg_1mo/docs/uas_QuikSCAT_L2B_v20110531_199908-200910.pdf
originating center: NASA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-08-01
stop date: 2009-10-30
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-MO4D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.568Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-MO4D9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHBDM-4FD01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.431Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) using an optimal interpolation (OI) approach on a regional 0.03 degree grid. The analysis is based upon nighttime GHRSST L2P skin and subskin SST observations from several satellites over the North and Baltic Seas. The sensors include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Aqua. An ice field from the Swedish and Finnish ice services is used to mask out areas with ice.
access constraints: In no event shall DMI or its representatives be liable for any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages or damages for loss of business
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2007-09-05 J. Hoeyer: Original; 2007-12-07 E. Armstrong: Modified
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: DMI
dataset publisher: Center for Ocean and Ice
dataset release date: 2007-09-08
dataset release place: Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 DMI_OI North Sea and Baltic Sea Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: North Sea and Baltic Sea L4 SST data set
easternmost longitude: 30.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHBDM-4FD01
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 DMI_OI North Sea and Baltic Sea Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.03
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Baltic Sea
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
longitude resolution: 0.03
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 65.98
originating center: Danish Meteorological Institute
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ENVISAT
short name: MODIS
short name: SEVIRI
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: MSG2
short name: GHRSST
short name: AMSR-E
short name: NOAA-19
short name: Aqua
short name: AATSR
southernmost latitude: 48.01
start date: 2007-06-04
stop date: 2016-03-05
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -9.99

PODAAC-QSOSU-L3WC0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.424Z
absract: This high-resolution, gridded QuikSCAT scatterometer dataset with enhanced coastal coverage of the United States West Coast contains ocean surface wind and stress vector retrievals (magnitude and direction and zonal/meridional components) and derived quantities (wind speed squared, wind speed cubed, surface relative vorticity, vector wind divergence, wind stress curl, and wind stress divergence). The spatial coverage domain extends from latitude 30 degrees North to 50 degrees North and longitude 135 degrees West to 115 degrees West. The coastal wind vector retrieval algorithm developed by Barry Vanhoff and Michael Freilich has been utilized to provide improved coastal wind vector retrievals from QuikSCAT, resulting in retrievals as close as 5 km from coastlines. This dataset was developed by Barry Vanhoff, Craig Risien and Ted Strub and is made possible by funding provided by the NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) program and NOAA funded, Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies (CIOSS) at the Oregon State University (OSU) College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (CEOAS). PO.DAAC has agreed to provide this dataset as a special service to its users with the mutual understanding that issues or problems may remain in the data set, as noted below. All new users considering this dataset are strongly encouraged to first read the user guide and then to take full advantage of all potential dataset announcements through registration with PO.DAAC by emailing podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov. It is further suggested that users examine a sequence of multiple parameter fields for the region and period of interest to ensure sufficient data quality and continuity. At present, it is worth noting the following known issues with regard to this dataset: a) data fields were produced using a modification of QuikSCAT Version 2 (i.e., previous version) winds, b) median-pass filter ambiguity removal is employed, hence not achieving the potenti…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Barry Vanhoff, Craig Risien, and Ted Strub
dataset publisher: Barry Vanhoff, Craig Risien, and Ted Strub
dataset release date: 2011-02-15
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Near-Coast Wind and Stress Fields with Enhanced Coverage for the US West Coast (OSU/COAS)
dataset title: SeaWinds QuikSCAT Level 3 Near-Coast Wind and Stress Fields with Enhanced Coverage for the US West Coast (OSU/COAS)
easternmost longitude: -115.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSOSU-L3WC0
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Near-Coast Wind and Stress Fields with Enhanced Coverage for the US West Coast (OSU/COAS)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.1
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Pacific Ocean
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies
longitude resolution: 0.1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 50.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/preview/L3/osu_coas/docs/qscat_vanhoff_uswc_userguide.pdf
originating center: OSU/COAS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: CIOSS
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: 30.0
start date: 1999-07-20
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE
variable level 1: VORTICITY
variable level 1: WIND STRESS
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -135.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3P7AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.470Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the 7-Day, Ascending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3P7AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DACS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.499Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Annual, sea surface density product for version 5.0of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DACS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-USPS0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.539Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Underway surface profiling systems (USPS) are automated measurement systems coupled to a research vessels water intake and GPS systems. They provide continuous, along-track surface temperature and salinity measurements at depths of 2, 3 and 5 m using through-hull ports in the bow of the ship. Both SPURS-2 cruises had USPS and associated thermosalinograph (TSG) instrumentation, with measurements calibrated against onboard salinometers. There is one USPS netCDF containing the complete series for each of the 2 cruises.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Asher, W., E. Thompson and K. Drushka
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-08-15
dataset release place: Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 research vessel Underway Salinity Profiling System (USPS) data for the E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign USPS Products
easternmost longitude: -119.5
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-USPS0
entry title: SPURS-2 research vessel Underway Salinity Profiling System (USPS) data for the E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-07-22
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Ship-based Thermosalinograph
long name: Underway Surface Profiling System
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 5.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 5.0
northernmost latitude: 25.84
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: USPS
short name: THERMOSALINOGRAPHS
short name: SPURS
short name: R/V Revelle
southernmost latitude: 5.06
start date: 2016-08-15
stop date: 2017-11-15
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -157.0

PODAAC-QSX12-L2B01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.411Z
absract: This dataset contains the latest reprocessed version 3 of the Level 2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the QuikSCAT scatterometer. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 12.5 km pixel resolution. Higher resolution is achieved through a slice composite technique in which high resolution slice measurements from L1B data are composited into a 12.5 km wind vector cell. Version 3 processing begins with the same L1B (time-ordered backscatter) data as used in the previous processing. Version 3 has several improvements over the previous JPL processing of the QuikSCAT L2B winds: 1) changes to measurement binning, which was done in order to decrease noise and reduce gaps in the 12.5 km L2B wind retrievals, 2) an improved geophysical model function (GMF) to model the effect of wind on backscatter, 3) a neural network approach to correct rain contaminated winds speeds, 4) cross-track dependent wind speed biases were estimated and removed from the wind retrievals. The 12.5 km binning resolution enables users to obtain wind vector retrievals 10 km closer to shore when compared to the 25 km L2B dataset (only available in versions 1 and 2). More details to the processing changes and improvements are noted by Fore et al. (2014): PO.DAAC Drive at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B12/docs/fore_et_al_ieee_2014.pdf . Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. This is the official dataset produced by the QuikSCAT Project through the SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC). The Version 3 User Guide document is accessible in PO.DAAC Drive at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B12/docs/qscat_l2b_v3_ug_v1_0.pdf . Read software is made available in MATLAB, Python, R, and IDL and is accessible in PO.DAAC Drive at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: SeaPAC
dataset release date: 2013-03-29
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSX12-L2B01
entry title: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Quick Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B12/docs/qscat_l2b_v3_ug_v1_0.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1999-10-27
stop date: 2009-11-22
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 3.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHGAM-4FA1A
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.561Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis, produced daily on an operational basis at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.25 degree grid. This Global Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (GAMSSA) v1.0 system blends satellite SST observations from passive infrared and passive microwave radiometers with in situ data from ships, drifting buoys and moorings from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS). SST observations that have experienced recent surface wind speeds less than 6 m/s during the day or less than 2 m/s during night are rejected from the analysis. The processing results in daily foundation SST estimates that are largely free of nocturnal cooling and diurnal warming effects. Sea ice concentrations are supplied by the NOAA/NCEP 12.7 km sea ice analysis. In the absence of observations, the analysis relaxes to the Reynolds and Smith (1994) Monthly 1 degree SST climatology for 1961 - 1990.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
dataset publisher: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
dataset release date: 2019-09-18
dataset release place: Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 GAMSSA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: BLUElink Global Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (GAMSSA), daily, 1/4 degree resolution
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHGAM-4FA1A
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 GAMSSA_28km Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis v1.0 dataset (GDS2)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-08-23
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: InSitu
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/bulletins/apob77.pdf
originating center: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-20
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: USA/NASA
short name: METOP-A
short name: VIIRS
short name: AMSR2
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: InSitu
short name: METOP-B
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2008-07-23
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-8D9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.286Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, 8-day, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-8D9N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01F10
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.273Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) ocean surface winds from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F10 platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L3.0 …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-08
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F10 Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F10 Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01F10
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F10 Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SSM/I
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F10
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1990-12-08
stop date: 1997-11-14
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YADS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.460Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the Annual, Descending rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YADS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-OMGEV-AXCT1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.537Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
absract: This dataset contains in situ measurements from Airborne eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (AXCTD) probes. It provides salinity, density, temperature and sound velocity of the water column. The AXCTDs were jettisoned from a plane, once the AXCTD hit the water a probe released to measure the physical properties of the water. This provided measurements of the ocean's physical characteristics around Greenland, where a ship would have had difficulties maneuvering. The AXCTDs are part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project. The goal of the project is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OMG
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/OMG
dataset release date: 2019-07-31
dataset release place: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset series name: OMG Airborne eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (AXCTD) Profiles
dataset title: OMG AXCTD Profiles
easternmost longitude: -6.9
entry ID: PODAAC-OMGEV-AXCT1
entry title: OMG Airborne eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (AXCTD) Profiles
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-07-01
location category: Geographic Region
location type: North America
long name: Oceans Melting Greenland
long name: Aircraft
long name: Airborne eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 83.6
originating center: NASA/JPL/OMG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: OMG
short name: AXCTD
short name: Aircraft
southernmost latitude: 59.1
start date: 2016-09-13
stop date: 2019-09-05
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: DENSITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 73.6

PODAAC-GHGMR-4FJ04
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.285Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced as a retrospective dataset (four day latency) and near-real-time dataset (one day latency) at the JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC using wavelets as basis functions in an optimal interpolation approach on a global 0.01 degree grid. The version 4 Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) L4 analysis is based upon nighttime GHRSST L2P skin and subskin SST observations from several instruments including the NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSR-E), the JAXA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 on GCOM-W1, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometers (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua and Terra platforms, the US Navy microwave WindSat radiometer, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on several NOAA satellites, and in situ SST observations from the NOAA iQuam project. The ice concentration data are from the archives at the EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) High Latitude Processing Center and are also used for an improved SST parameterization for the high-latitudes. The dataset also contains additional variables for some granules including a SST anomaly derived from a MUR climatology and the temporal distance to the nearest IR measurement for each pixel.This dataset is funded by the NASA MEaSUREs program ( http://earthdata.nasa.gov/our-community/community-data-system-programs/measures-projects ), and created by a team led by Dr. Toshio M. Chin from JPL. It adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications. Use the file global metadata "history:" attribute to determine if a granule is near-realtime or retrospective.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL MUR MEaSUREs Project
dataset publisher: JPL NASA
dataset release date: 2015-03-11
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHGMR-4FJ04
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (v4.1)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.01
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: WindSat
long name: Coriolis
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: InSitu
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
longitude resolution: 0.01
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://mur.jpl.nasa.gov
originating center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
role: Data Center Contact
short name: WINDSAT
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: AMSR2
short name: Terra
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: AMSR-E
short name: InSitu
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-06-01
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 4.1
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR00-RFI01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.557Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
absract: Aquarius ancillary Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) product used in ADPS mission processing contains monthly-averaged Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) data for ascending/descending passes as detected by the Aquarius radiometers and scatterometer. The data is available for ascending (northward) and descending (southward) passes of the satellite only and ascending/descending passes combined.The values stored in this product are the percentage of radiometer and scatterometer measurements identified as corrupted by interference by the RFI detection algorithms [1,2] within each data point, averaged over one month. An additional RFI flag [3] is used to identify locations where the measured brightness temperature over land exceeds the expected limits of surface emissivity. This flag is not used to remove samples from further processing, but, in generating the radiometer RFI data, 100% RFI is assigned to points where this flag is raised. This product can be used to reproduce the RFI maps available on the Aquarius website at University of Maine (https://aquarius.umaine.edu/cgi/gal_radiometer.htm for the radiometer, and https://aquarius.umaine.edu/cgi/gal_scatterometer.htm for the scatterometer), by plotting the variables Rad_RFI_percent_AscDes_AllBeams and Scat_RFI_percent_AscDes_AllBeams on the latitude/longitude grid. Additionally, the user can generate maps by using only a particular beam or only ascending passes, for example. All combinations of beams and ascending/descending passes are possible.This product contains information about RFI, but it is also relevant for the retrieved Sea Surface Salinity (SSS). Over the ocean, the RFI percentage in this product corresponds to the amount of raw measurements discarded due to RFI contamination before SSS retrieval. Therefore, maps of the RFI percentage can give the user an indication of where RFI is more likely to have affected the quality of SSS retrievals, for a particular month, or for a series of months.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Yan Soldo, Paolo De Matthaeis, David Levine
dataset publisher: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
dataset release date: 2018-01-30
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, Md., 20771
dataset series name: Aquarius RFI Products
dataset title: Aquarius RFI Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR00-RFI01
entry title: Aquarius Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) Ancillary Dataset V1.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-19
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/salinity/data.html
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-09-01
stop date: 2015-06-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RVCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.487Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RVCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: InSitu
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-14
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-9
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-19
short name: USA/NASA
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-11
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3S7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.500Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the 7-Day sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3S7CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-AN4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.562Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-AN4N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RCDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.482Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, descending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RCDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: InSitu
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-14
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-16
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-DRIFT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.554Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. A drifter is a passive Lagrangian sensor platform consisting of a surface buoy and tethered subsurface drogue. Drifter buoys contain GPS/ARGOS and satellite data transmitters, with sensors measuring temperature and other properties. For SPURS-2, a range of drifters were deployed during both Revelle SPURS-2 cruises. These included: standard Surface Velocity Program (SVP) drifters with salinity sensors added (SVP/S), Surface Contact Salinity drifters, CODE, SADOS, AOML and CARTHE-SUPRACT drifters. For each series, drifter data have been aggregrated within single netCDF data files with their corresponding drifter-IDs and associated near-surface salinity, temperature georeferenced (GPS and ARGOS) trajectory series data.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: L. Centurioni, V. Hormann, G. Reverdin, A. Hasson, A. Supply, D. Volkov
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-10-24
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Drifter data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Drifter Data Products
easternmost longitude: -124.78
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-DRIFT
entry title: SPURS-2 Drifter data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-30
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: SPURS-I SVP Drifters
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 32.283
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CTD
short name: SPURS
short name: Drifter
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -10.074
start date: 2016-06-20
stop date: 2019-03-14
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: WATER TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -179.999

PODAAC-MODTM-MO4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.376Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, mid-IR SST level 3, 4km, monthly, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-MO4N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WADS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.502Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theAnnual, Descending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WADS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3UMAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.474Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the Monthly, Ascending rain-flagged sea surface salinity smoothed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3UMAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Smoothed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHRAM-4FA01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.271Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology using optimal interpolation (OI) on a regional 1/12 degree grid over the Australian region (20N - 70S, 60E - 170W). This BLUELink Regional Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (RAMSSA) v1.0 system blends satellite SST observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), and, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), and in situ data from ships, and drifting and moored buoy from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS). The processing results in daily foundation SST estimates that are largely free of nocturnal cooling and diurnal warming effects.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2008-01-29 L. Majewski: Original; 2008-04-30 E. Armstrong: Modified;
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
dataset publisher: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
dataset release date: 2008-01-24
dataset release place: Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 RAMSSA Australian Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: BLUElink Regional Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (RAMSSA), daily, 9 km resolution
easternmost longitude: -170.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHRAM-4FA01
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 RAMSSA Australian Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Oceania
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: InSitu
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 20.0
online resource: http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/2011/beggs_hres.pdf
originating center: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-A
short name: NOAA-20
short name: InSitu
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: METOP-B
short name: VIIRS
short name: AMSR2
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2008-04-01
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 60.0

PODAAC-GHMTC-2PN20
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.550Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.596Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P data set containing multi-channel Sea Surface Temperature (SST) retrievals derived in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) level-1B data from the Meteorological Operational-C (MetOp-C) satellite. The SST data in this data set are used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The MetOp satellite program is a European multi-satellite program to provide weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. MetOp-A, MetOp-B and Metop-C were respectively launched on 19 Oct 2006, 17 September 2012 and 7 November 2018. The program was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contributing the AVHRR sensor. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micron) and near-infrared (0.9 micron) regions, the third one is located around 4 (3.6) micron, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micron, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micron. Typically, the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The swath of the AVHRR sensor is a relatively large 2400 km. All MetOp platforms are sun synchronous and generally view the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent). The ground native resolution of the AVHRR instruments is approximately 1.1 km at nadir and degrades off nadir. This particular data set is produced from legacy Global Area Coverage (GAC) data that are derived from a …
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2020-07-24
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: METOP-C AVHRR GAC MCSST
dataset title: METOP-C AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMTC-2PN20
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the AVHRR on the MetOp-C satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-05-26
latitude resolution: 0.04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - C
longitude resolution: 0.04
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ghrsst/docs/GDS20r5.pdf
originating center: DOD/USNAVY/NAVOCEANO
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: METOP-C
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2020-06-10
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSX25-L2A01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.283Z
absract: This dataset contains the ISS-RapidScat on Level 2A 25km science data record, which provides surface-flagged sigma-0 in 25km Wind Vector Cells processed using the pulse "egg" Sigma-0 data provided by the Level 1B dataset. Due to the circular scan of the SeaWinds instrument the expected number of Sigma-0 cells per WVC is not constant. To minimize the L2A data volume, the Sigma-0 cell data are stored as "lists" for each WVC row, with each list indexed by a "cell_index" array to indicate the cross-track WVC membership of the data. Each cell is then checked for land or ice and flagged accordingly. Attenuation corrections for each Sigma-0 measurement are also provided. Data are provided in single-orbit files in HDF-4 format. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2015-07-31
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid
dataset title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid Version 1.1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX25-L2A01
entry title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid Version 1.1
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ISS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: RapidScat
short name: ISS_RapidScat
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2014-10-03
stop date: 2016-03-10
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.1
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-UCTD0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.392Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. An Underway-CTD (UCTD) was deployed on 2 of the SPURS-1 cruises. An UCTD is a towed CTD instrument providing conductivity, salinity and temperature depth profile observations while underway at up to 20kts. 771 UCTD casts occurred during the Knorr and Endeavor-I cruises (6 Sept-9 Oct 2012 and 15 Mar-15 Apr 2013 respectively) utilizing an Oceanscience instrument. UCTD data files (1 per cruise) each contain the observational data for multiple deployments, binned in 1m depth intervals.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-1 research vessel Underway-CTD trajectory profile data for N. Atlantic Endeavor and Knorr cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign UCTD Products
easternmost longitude: -36.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-UCTD0
entry title: SPURS-1 research vessel Underway-CTD trajectory profile data for N. Atlantic Endeavor and Knorr cruises
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: R/V Endeavor (WHOI)
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: Underway Conductivity, Temperature, Depth profiler
long name: R/V Knorr (WHOI)
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 407.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 35.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: R/V Knorr
short name: SPURS
short name: UCTD
short name: R/V Endeavor
southernmost latitude: 23.0
start date: 2012-09-16
stop date: 2013-04-06
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -58.0

PODAAC-MODSA-AN4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.555Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-AN4N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PVCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.497Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averagedover daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PVCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Q7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.594Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.546Z
absract: Version 5.0 Aquarius CAP Level 3 products are the fourth release of the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mapped salinity and wind speed data based on the Combined Active Passive (CAP) algorithm. CAP Level 3 standard mapped image products contain gridded 1 degree spatial resolution salinity and wind speed data averaged over 7 day and monthly time scales. This particular dataset is the 7-Day running mean sea surface salinity (SSS) rain corrected V5.0 Aquarius CAP product. CAP is a P.I. produced dataset developed and provided by JPL. The CAP algorithm utilizes data from both the onboard radiometer and scatterometer to simultaneously retrieve salinity, wind speed and direction by minimizing the sum of squared differences between model and observations. The main improvements in CAP V5.0 relative to the previous version include: updates to the Geophysical Model Functions to 4th order harmonics with the inclusion of sea surface temperature (SST) and stability at air-sea interface effects; use of the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) SST product as the new source ancillary sea surface temperature data in place of NOAA OI SST. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Simon Yueh
dataset publisher: JPL - Simon Yueh
dataset release date: 2018-10-01
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
dataset title: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Q7CS
entry title: Aquarius CAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Rain Corrected Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-23
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE, JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-26
stop date: 2015-06-08
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGAD-20C06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.556Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of ocean bottom pressure derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements, produced by the Center for Space Research (CSR) at University of Texas at Austin. The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: CSR
dataset release date: 2018-05-10
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE OCEAN BOTTOM GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS CSR (GAD)
dataset title: GRACE_GAD_L2_GRAV_CSR_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAD-20C06
entry title: GRACE OCEAN BOTTOM GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS CSR RELEASE 6.0 GAD
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-04-26
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/CSR
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE KBR
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-05
stop date: 2017-06-30
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGAA-20J06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.594Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.545Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of geopotential field derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements and a non-tidal atmospheric model produced by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2018-07-05
dataset release place: JPL PO.DAAC
dataset series name: GRACE Geopotential Spherical Harmonic Coefficients for Land Corrections JPL (GAA)
dataset title: GRACE_GAA_L2_GRAV_JPL_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAA-20J06
entry title: GRACE NON-TIDAL ATMOSPHERE GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS JPL RELEASE 6.0 GAA
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-06-11
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-06-30
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
topic: SOLID EARTH
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PCDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.490Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, Descending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PCDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RUAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.472Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the monthly climatology ascending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RUAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-11
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-14
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-9
short name: AVHRR-3
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSX12-L2B11
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.515Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.573Z
absract: This dataset contains the RapidScat Level 2B 12.5km Version 1.1 science-quality ocean surface wind vectors. The Level 2B wind vectors are binned on a 12.5 km Wind Vector Cell (WVC) grid and processed using the Level 2A Sigma-0 dataset. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. This dataset is provided in a netCDF-3 file format that follows the netCDF-4 classic model (i.e., generated by the netCDF-4 API) and made available via FTP and OPeNDAP. For data access, please click on the "Data Access" tab above. This Version 1.1 dataset differs from the previous Version 1 dataset as follows: 1) A new neural network approach for high wind speeds provided rain corrections for the "retrieve_wind_speed" variable for wind speeds in excess of 15 m/s. 2) The data variables containing the number of measurements of each type for each wind vector cell have been corrected; these variables include "number_in_aft", "number_in_fore", "number_out_aft", and "number_out_fore". 3) The "wind_obj" data variable has been corrected to include the proper data for the conditional probability for the objective DIRTH function values. It is advised for users to avoid using the "wind_obj" variable in this dataset since it is minimally applicable and meant primarily for quality assurance; for users who wish to access the objective functio…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2015-05-04
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX12-L2B11
entry title: RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 1.1
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: RapidScat
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: ISS
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2014-10-03
stop date: 2016-03-10
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.1
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SRDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.494Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 28-Dayrunning mean, Descending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SRDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHUFR-4FJ02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.282Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature (SST) analysis produced daily on an operational basis by the Oceanographic Modeling and Observation Network (REMO) at Applied Meteorology Laboratory/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (LMA/UFRJ) using the Barnes sub optimal interpolation (OI) technique on a regional 0.05 degree grid. REMO uses Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites series (NOAA 15, NOAA 16, NOAA 17, NOAA 18 and NOAA 19) and Microwave Imager (TMI) data from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) which is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to generate 0.05 degree daily cloud free blended (infrared and microwave) SST products (approximately 5.5 km). The data lies between latitudes 45 S and 15 N and longitudes 70 W and 15 W region and are fully validated by in situ measurements from eleven buoys of Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA).AVHRR is a scanning radiometer capable of detecting energy from land, ocean and atmosphere. It operates with six spectral bands arranged in the regions of visible and infrared region. TRMM was launched in December, 1997, having an orbital inclination of 53 degree and altitude 350 km, an equatorial orbit that ranges from 40 N to 40 S and a spatial resolution of 0.25 degree (∼27.75 km). Although infrared AVHRR SST data have high spatial resolution, they are contaminated by cloud cover and aerosols, while lower resolution microvwave TMI data are barely influenced by these.
access constraints: In no event shall DMI or its representatives be liable for any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages or damages for loss of business
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: LMA
dataset publisher: GHRSST Project Office
dataset release date: 2015-03-11
dataset release place: Applied Meteorology Laboratory/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 REMO_OI_SST_5km Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
dataset title: Analysed blended sea surface temperature over the South Atlantic ocean
easternmost longitude: -15.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHUFR-4FJ02
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 REMO_OI_SST_5km Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
horizontal resolution range: 5.5 km
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: South Atlantic
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 15.0
originating center: Applied Meteorology Laboratory/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-20
short name: NOAA-19
short name: TRMM
short name: TMI
southernmost latitude: -45.0
start date: 2002-09-01
stop date: 2016-10-12
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -70.0

PODAAC-MODSA-MO4D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.574Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.515Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, monthly, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-MO4D4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHVRS-2PO61
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.536Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.589Z
absract: The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), starting with S-NPP launched on 28 October 2011, is the new generation of the US Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES). The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) is a collaboration between NASA and NOAA. NOAA is responsible for all JPSS products, including SST from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). VIIRS is a whiskbroom scanning radiometer, which takes measurements in the cross-track direction within a field of view of 112.56-deg using 16 detectors and a double-sided mirror assembly. At a nominal altitude of 829 km, the swath width is 3,060 km, providing global daily coverage for both day and night passes. VIIRS has 22 spectral bands covering the spectrum from 0.4-12 um, including 16 moderate resolution bands (M-bands). The L2P SST product is derived at the native sensor resolution (~0.75 km at nadir, ~1.5 km at swath edge) using NOAA's Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) system, and reported in 10-minute granules in netCDF4 format, compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification version 2 (GDS2). There are 144 granules per 24hr interval, with a total data volume of 27GB/day. In addition to pixel-level earth locations, Sun-sensor geometry, and ancillary data from the NCEP global weather forecast, ACSPO outputs include four brightness temperatures (BTs) in M12 (3.7um), M14 (8.6um), M15 (11um), and M16 (12um) bands, and two reflectances in M5 (0.67um) and M7 (0.87um) bands. The reflectances are used for cloud identification. Beginning with ACSPO v2.60, all BTs and reflectances are destriped (Bouali and Ignatov, 2014) and resampled (Gladkova et al., 2016), to minimize the effect of bow-tie distortions and deletions. SSTs are retrieved from destriped BTs.SSTs are derived from BTs using the Multi-Channel SST (MCSST; night) and Non-Linear SST (NLSST; day) algorithms (Petrenko et al., 2014). An ACSPO clear-sky mask (ACSM) is provided in each pixel as part of variable l2p_flags, wh…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
dataset publisher: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
dataset release date: 2019-05-15
dataset release place: Suitland, MD, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P OSPO dataset from VIIRS on S-NPP Satellite (GDS v2)
dataset title: Sea Surface temperature retrievals produced by NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO office from VIIRS sensor
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHVRS-2PO61
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P OSPO dataset v2.61 from VIIRS on S-NPP Satellite (GDS v2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-07
latitude resolution: 0.006
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
longitude resolution: 0.006
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov
originating center: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: GHRSST
short name: VIIRS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2012-02-01
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.61
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMWI-4FR05
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.532Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.586Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) global Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on a 0.09-degree grid at Remote Sensing Systems. This product uses optimal interpolation (OI) from both microwave (MW) sensors including the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI), the NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) onboard the GCOM-W1 satellite, and WindSat operates on the Coriolis satellite, and infrared (IR) sensors such as the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua and Terra platform and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Suomi-NPP satellite. The through-cloud capabilities of microwave radiometers provide a valuable picture of global sea surface temperature (SST) while infrared radiometers (i.e., MODIS) have a higher spatial resolution. This analysis does not use any in situ SST data such as drifting buoy SST. Comparing with previous version 4.0 dataset, the version 5.0 has made the updates in several areas, including the diurnal warming model, the sensor-specific error statistics (SSES) for each microwave sensor, the sensor correlation model, and the quality mask.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2017-12-29
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 MW_IR_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature analysis
dataset title: MWIR optimum interpolated SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMWI-4FR05
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 MW_IR_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature analysis version 5.0 from REMSS
horizontal resolution range: 9 km
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-09-30
latitude resolution: 0.09
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: GPM Microwave Imager
long name: WindSat
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Coriolis
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.09
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: VIIRS
short name: WINDSAT
short name: MODIS
short name: AMSR-E
short name: GMI
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: TRMM
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GPM
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: Aqua
short name: GHRSST
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: AMSR2
short name: TMI
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-06-01
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -179.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Y1DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.461Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averagedover daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Daily, Descending rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Y1DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SMAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.491Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly,Ascending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SMAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CYGNS-L1FDD
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.540Z
absract: This Level 1 (L1) dataset contains the Full Delay Doppler Map (DDM) sensor data from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. The primary CYGNSS instrument, also known as the Delay-Doppler Mapping Instrument (DDMI), measures the incoming radio frequency (RF) streams from three input antenna channels (2 nadir oriented science antennas and one zenith oriented navigation antenna) and processes them in real time into DDMs, which are two-dimensional maps of the signal scattered from the Earth surface as a function of propagation time delay and Doppler frequency shift. DDMs are normally sampled over a restricted range of delay and Doppler values centered on the values at the specular point of reflection. The bit resolution of scattered signal strength is also truncated by a lossy data compression algorithm. Full DDMs are sampled over a wider range of delay and Doppler values and retain their full (lossless) bit resolution. Full DDM data records are typically 10-15 min in duration and are initiated by ground commands to coincide with an overpass by one of the spacecraft of a target area of interest.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CYGNSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2020-08-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CYGNSS Level 1 Full Delay Doppler Map Data Record
dataset title: CYGNSS Level 1 Full Delay Doppler Map Data Record
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CYGNS-L1FDD
entry title: CYGNSS Level 1 Full Delay Doppler Map Data Record
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-07-24
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
long name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 40.0
online resource: http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/
originating center: NASA/ESSP/UMICH/CYGNSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: DDMI
short name: CYGNSS
southernmost latitude: 40.0
start date: 2017-08-19
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SENSOR COUNTS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PUAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.477Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly,and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology, Ascending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PUAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GFOCN-3AC63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.570Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.503Z
absract: The monthly ocean bottom pressure anomaly grids are given as equivalent water thickness changes derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represent sea floor pressure changes due to the integral effect of ocean and atmosphere processes, including global mean ocean bottom pressure changes (mean ocean mass and mean atmosphere mass over the global oceans). The Level-2 GAD product has been added back, a glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters (i.e., de-striping and spatial smoothing) have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the ocean bottom pressure data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: CSR TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF
dataset title: TELLUS_GRFO_L3_CSR_RL06_OCN_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFOCN-3AC63
entry title: CSR TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: Landerer F. W. and S. C. Swenson, 2012, Accuracy of scaled GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates. Water Resources Research, Vol 48, W04531, 11 PP, doi:10.1029/2011WR011453
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
topic: OCEANS
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3R3DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.476Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Seasonal, descending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3R3DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: InSitu
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-11
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-8D4D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.562Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-8D4D9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-18
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHAMB-2PO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.577Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.521Z
absract: A global 1 km Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-B (MetOp-B) satellite (launched 17 Sep 2012). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT),Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near realtime from Metop/AVHRR. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre deMeteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. SST is retrievedfrom the AVHRR infrared channels (3.7, 10.8 and 12.0 micrometer) using a multispectral algorithm.Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction model,together with a radiatiave transfer model, are used to correct the multispectral algorithm forregional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. This product is delivered atfull resolution in satellite projection as metagranule corresponding to 3 minutes of acquisition. Theproduct format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2016-09-09
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: METOP_B SST
dataset title: METOP_B AVHRR swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAMB-2PO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on Metop satellites (currently Metop-B) (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
horizontal resolution range: 1.1 to 6.2 km
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: OSISAF
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR
short name: GHRSST
short name: METOP-B
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2016-01-19
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMTG-2PN02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.420Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A; launched 19 Oct 2006) ) satellite produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The MetOp satellite program is a European undertaking providing weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. It was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with a contribution by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of an AVHRR sensor identical to those flying on the family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. This particular dataset is produced from Global Area Coverage (GAC) data that are derived from an on-board sample averaging of the fu…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2014-10-27
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: METOP-A AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMTG-2PN02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: METOP-A
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2013-09-24
stop date: 2020-07-07
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3W1DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.448Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theDaily, Descending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3W1DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YCAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.447Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the mission cummulative, Ascending rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YCAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SMP40-3SPCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.552Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
absract: The version 4.0 SMAP-SSS level 3, 8-Day running mean gridded product is based on the fourth release of the validated standard mapped sea surface salinity (SSS) data from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory, produced operationally by Remote Sensing Systems (RSS). Enhancements with this release include: use of an improved 0.125 degree land correction table with land emission based on SMAP TB; replacement of the previous NCEP sea-ice mask with one based on RSS AMSR-2 and implementing a sea-ice threshold of 0.3% (gain weighted sea-ice fraction); revised solar flagging that depends on glint angle and wind speed; inclusion of estimated SSS-uncertainty; consolidation of both 40KM and 70KM SMAP-SSS datasets as variable fields in a single data product. Daily data files for this product are based on SSS averages spanning an 8-day moving time window. SMAP data begins on April 1,2015 and is ongoing. L3 products are global in extent and gridded at 0.25degree x 0.25degree with a default spatial feature resolution of approximately 70KM. Note that while a SSS 40KM variable is also included in the product, for most open ocean applications, the default SSS variable (70KM) is best used as they are significantly less noisy than the 40KM data. The SMAP satellite is in a near-polar orbit at an inclination of 98 degrees and an altitude of 685 km. It has an ascending node time of 6 pm and is sun-synchronous. With its 1000km swath, SMAP achieves global coverage in approximately 3 days, but has an exact orbit repeat cycle of 8 days. On board instruments include a highly sensitive L-band radiometer operating at 1.41GHz and an L-band 1.26GHz radar sensor providing complementary active and passive sensing capabilities. Malfunction of the SMAP scatterometer on 7 July, 2015, has necessitated the use of collocated wind speed, primarily from WindSat, for the surface roughness correction required for the surface salinity retrieval.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)
dataset release date: 2019-08-28
dataset release place: Remote Sensing Systems, 444 Tenth Street, Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, USA
dataset series name: RSS SMAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 8-Day Running Mean Validated Dataset
dataset title: SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SMP40-3SPCS
entry title: RSS SMAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 8-Day Running Mean V4.0 Validated Dataset
horizontal resolution range: 70km
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-07
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SMAP L-Band Radiometer
long name: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Sea Surface Salinity (SSS)
long name: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
longitude resolution: 0.25
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/smap
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
short name: SMAP-SSS
short name: SMAP
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2015-03-27
temporal resolution: 8 Day
temporal resolution range: Daily running mean
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 4.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3D1AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.495Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Daily, Ascending sea surface density productfor version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3D1AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-4U7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.595Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.549Z
absract: The IPRC/SOEST Aquarius OI-SSS v5 product is a level 4, near-global, 0.5 degree spatial resolution, 7-day, optimally interpolated salinity dataset based on version 5.0 of the AQUARIUS/SAC-D level 2 mission data. This is a PI led dataset produced at the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) at the University of Hawaii (Manoa) School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. The optimal interpolation (OI) mapping procedure used to create this product corrects for systematic spatial biases in Aquarius SSS data with respect to near-surface in situ salinity observations and takes into account available statistical information about the signal and noise, specific to the Aquarius instrument. Bias fields are constructed by differencing in situ from Aquarius derived SSS fields obtained separately using ascending and descending satellite observations for each of the three Aquarius beams, and by removal of small-scale noise and low-pass filtering along-track using a two-dimensional Hanning window procedures prior to application of the OI algorithm. Additional enhancements for this new version of the product include: 1) The V5.0 (end-of mission) version of Aquarius Level-2 (swath) SSS data are used as input data for the OI SSS analysis. 2) The source of the first guess fields has changed from the APDRC Argo-derived SSS product to the average of four different in-situ based SSS products. 3) The bias correction algorithm has changed to adjust SSS retrievals for large-scale systematic biases on a repeat-track basis. 4) New, less restrictive thresholds are implemented to filter observations for land and ice contamination, thus improving coverage in the coastal areas and semi-enclosed seas. 5) Level-2 RFI masks for descending and ascending satellite passes are used to discard observations in specific geographic zones where excessive ascending-descending differences are observed due to contamination from undetected RFI. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D sa…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Oleg Melnichenko
dataset publisher: IPRC/SOEST - Oleg Melnichenko
dataset release date: 2018-08-31
dataset release place: IPRC/SOEST University of Hawaii, Manoa
dataset series name: Aquarius Optimally Interpoated Sea Surface Salinity Products
dataset title: Aquarius L4 Optimally Interpoated Sea Surface Salinity
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-4U7CS
entry title: IPRC/SOEST Aquarius V5.0 Optimally Interpolated Sea Surface Salinity 7-Day global Dataset
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-07-10
latitude resolution: 0.5
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 0.5
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://apdrc.soest.hawaii.edu/datadoc/oisss.php
originating center: IPRC/SOEST University of Hawaii, Manoa
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-27
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-AN4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.516Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.574Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, mid-IR SST level 3, 4km, annual, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-AN4N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SUCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.472Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SUCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3P3DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.487Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Seasonal, Descending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3P3DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-ASOP2-25C01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.592Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.542Z
absract: This dataset contains operational near-real-time Level 2 ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on MetOp-C at 25 km sampling resolution (note: the effective resolution is 50 km). It is a product of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) provided through the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). The wind vector retrievals are currently processed using the CMOD7.n geophysical model function using a Hamming filter to spatially average the Sigma-0 data in the ASCAT L1B data. Each file is provided in netCDF version 3 format, and contains one full orbit derived from 3-minute orbit granules. Latency is approximately 2 hours from the latest measurement. The beginning of the orbit is defined by the first wind vector cell measurement within the first 3-minute orbit granule that starts north of the Equator in the ascending node. ASCAT is a C-band dual swath fan beam radar scatterometer providing two independent swaths of backscatter retrievals in sun-synchronous polar orbit aboard the MetOp-C platform. For more information about the MetOp-C platform and mission, please refer to: https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/TechnicalBulletins/Metop/index.html . For more timely announcements, users are encouraged to register with the KNMI scatterometer email list: scat@knmi.nl. Users are also highly advised to check the dataset user guide periodically for updates and new information on known problems and issues. All intellectual property rights of the OSI SAF products belong to EUMETSAT. The use of these products is granted to every interested user, free of charge. If you wish to use these products, EUMETSAT's copyright credit must be shown by displaying the words "copyright (year) EUMETSAT" on each of the products used.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: KNMI
dataset release date: 2019-11-15
dataset release place: KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
dataset series name: MetOp-C ASCAT Level 2 25.0km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors in Full Orbit Swath
dataset title: MetOp-C ASCAT Level 2 25.0 km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ASOP2-25C01
entry title: MetOp-C ASCAT Level 2 25.0km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors in Full Orbit Swath
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-06
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteorological Operational
long name: Advanced Scatterometer
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - C
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: http://www.knmi.nl/scatterometer/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF/KNMI
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MetOp
short name: ASCAT
short name: METOP-C
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2019-10-22
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: All users publishing with PO.DAAC data from our providers and partners, please add a citation as outlined here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/WEB_INFO/citations.html. This product is intended for operational use only and has not been thoroughly evaluated for scientific applications. Please use with caution.
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: Operational/Near-Real-Time
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-SNAKE
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.593Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.543Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. The Salinity Snake (SS) measures sea surface salinity in the top 1 - 2 cm of the water column, which is the radiometric depth of L-Band satellite radiometers such as on Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites that measure salinity remotely. The SS consists of four key components: a 10m boom mast, a hose, which is deployed from this boom, a powerful self-priming peristaltic pump which transports a constant stream of a seawater/air emulsion, and a shipboard apparatus, which filters, de-bubbles, sterilizes and analyses the salinity of the water. The SS was deployed during both SPURS-2 Revelle cruises. SS data series are provided in netCDF file format, one per cruise.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Julian Schanze
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-08-15
dataset release place: Earth and Space Research (ESR), Seattle WA 98121
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Surface Salinity Snake data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Salinity Snake Products
easternmost longitude: -117.3
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-SNAKE
entry title: SPURS-2 Surface Salinity Snake data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-07-23
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Salinity snake
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 1.0
northernmost latitude: 32.3
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SS
short name: R/V Revelle
short name: SPURS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 5.06
start date: 2016-08-16
stop date: 2017-11-16
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -155.8

PODAAC-GRGAB-20G06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.541Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of geopotential field derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements and a non-tidal oceanic model produced by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: GFZ
dataset release date: 2018-08-31
dataset release place: JPL PO.DAAC
dataset series name: GRACE NON-TIDAL OCEAN GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS GFZ (GAB)
dataset title: GRACE_GAB_L2_GRAV_GFZ_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAB-20G06
entry title: GRACE NON-TIDAL OCEAN GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS GFZ RELEASE 6.0 GAB
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-06
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Star Camera Assembly
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/GFZ
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE SCA
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-05
stop date: 2017-07-01
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
topic: SOLID EARTH
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-AN4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.556Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-AN4N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GOES3-3HOUR
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.433Z
absract: Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are derived from the series of Geostationary Environmental Satellites using GOES Imagers with five-band multispectral capability,10 bit precision and high spatial resolution.The GOES 6km Near Real-Time data set consists of Level 3 SSTs derived from GOES East and GOES West with a spatial resolution of approximately 6km. Data sets are available in one hour, three hour, and 24 hour gridded sea surface temperatures. The grid covers much of the Western Hemisphere bounded by 180W, 30W, 60N and 45S.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for GOES_L3_SST_6km_NRT_SST_3HOUR
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2003-05-11
dataset release place: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset series name: GOES Level 3 6km Near Real Time SST 3 Hour
dataset title: GOES L3 6km Near Real-Time SST (NOAA/NESDIS)
easternmost longitude: -30.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GOES3-3HOUR
entry title: GOES Level 3 6km Near Real Time SST 3 Hour
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Pacific Ocean
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 12
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite N-P Imager
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite I-M Imager
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 60.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/goes/L3/goes_6km_nrt/docs/goes_sst_doc.html
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GOES-12
short name: GOES N-P IMAGER
short name: GOES-16
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GOES
short name: GOES I-M IMAGER
short name: GOES-11
southernmost latitude: -45.0
start date: 2003-05-12
stop date: 2020-03-02
temporal resolution: 3 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WCAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.492Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, Ascending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WCAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01AMS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.273Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer EOS (AMSR-E) ocean surface winds from the AQUA platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L3.0 product are then assigned to the ti…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-08
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look AMSR-E Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look AMSR-E Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01AMS
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look AMSR-E Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AMSR-E
short name: Aqua
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1987-07-02
stop date: 2011-12-31
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3TMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.585Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.530Z
absract: Version 5.0 Aquarius CAP Level 3 products are the fourth release of the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mapped salinity and wind speed data based on the Combined Active Passive (CAP) algorithm. CAP Level 3 standard mapped image products contain gridded 1 degree spatial resolution salinity and wind speed data averaged over 7 day and monthly time scales. This particular dataset is the monthly sea surface salinity (SSS) V5.0 Aquarius CAP product. CAP is a P.I. produced dataset developed and provided by JPL. The CAP algorithm utilizes data from both the onboard radiometer and scatterometer to simultaneously retrieve salinity, wind speed and direction by minimizing the sum of squared differences between model and observations. The main improvements in CAP V5.0 relative to the previous version include: updates to the Geophysical Model Functions to 4th order harmonics with the inclusion of sea surface temperature (SST) and stability at air-sea interface effects; use of the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) SST product as the new source ancillary sea surface temperature data in place of NOAA OI SST. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Simon Yueh
dataset publisher: JPL - Simon Yueh
dataset release date: 2018-10-01
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
dataset title: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3TMCS
entry title: Aquarius CAP Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-22
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE, JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-09-01
stop date: 2015-06-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGAD-20J06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.540Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of ocean bottom pressure derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements, produced by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2018-07-05
dataset release place: JPL PO.DAAC
dataset series name: GRACE Ocean Bottom Geopotential Coefficients JPL (GAD)
dataset title: GRACE_GAD_L2_GRAV_JPL_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAD-20J06
entry title: GRACE OCEAN BOTTOM GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS JPL RELEASE 6.0 GAD
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-06-11
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Star Camera Assembly
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE ACC
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-06-30
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GOES3-24HOR
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.432Z
absract: Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) are derived from the series of Geostationary Environmental Satellites using GOES Imagers with five-band multispectral capability,10 bit precision and high spatial resolution.The GOES 6km Near Real-Time data set consists of Level 3 SSTs derived from GOES East and GOES West with a spatial resolution of approximately 6km. Data sets are available in one hour, three hour, and 24 hour gridded sea surface temperatures. The grid covers much of the Western Hemisphere bounded by 180W, 30W, 60N and 45S.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for GOES_L3_SST_6km_NRT_SST_24HOUR
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2003-05-11
dataset release place: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset series name: GOES Level 3 6km Near Real Time SST 24 Hour
dataset title: GOES L3 6km Near Real-Time SST (NOAA/NESDIS)
easternmost longitude: -30.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GOES3-24HOR
entry title: GOES Level 3 6km Near Real Time SST 24 Hour
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Pacific Ocean
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite N-P Imager
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 12
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite I-M Imager
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 60.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/goes/L3/goes_6km_nrt/docs/goes_sst_doc.html
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GOES N-P IMAGER
short name: GOES-16
short name: GOES-11
short name: GOES I-M IMAGER
short name: GOES-12
short name: GOES
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -45.0
start date: 2003-05-12
stop date: 2020-03-01
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 180.0

PODAAC-GHWSA-3UR7A
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.446Z
absract: The WindSat Polarimetric Radiometer, launched on January 6, 2003 aboard the Department of Defense Coriolis satellite, was designed to measure the ocean surface wind vector from space. It developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Remote Sensing Division and the Naval Center for Space Technology for the U.S. Navy and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office (IPO). In addition to wind speed and direction, the instrument can also measure sea surface temperature, soil moisture, ice and snow characteristics, water vapor, cloud liquid water, and rain rate. Unlike previous radiometers, the WindSat sensor takes observations during both the forward and aft looking scans. This makes the WindSat geometry of the earth view swath quite different and significantly more complicated to work with than the other passive microwave sensors. The Remote Sensing Systems (RSS, or REMSS) WindSat products are the only dataset available that uses both the fore and aft look directions. By using both directions, a wider swath and more complicated swath geometry is obtained. RSS providers of these SST data for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project, performs a detailed processing of WindSat instrument data in two stages. The first stage produces a near-real-time (NRT) product (identified by "rt" within the file name) which is made as available as soon as possible. This is generally within 3 hours of when the data are recorded. Although suitable for many timely uses the NRT products are not intended to be archive quality. "Final" data (currently identified by "v7.0.1a" within the file name) are processed when RSS receives the atmospheric mode NCEP FNL analysis. The NCEP wind directions are particularly useful for retrieving more accurate SSTs and wind speeds. The final "v7.0.1a" products will continue to accumulate new swaths (half orbits) until the maps are full, generally within 7 days. The ve…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2017-12-15
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from Windsat from WindSat polarimetric radiometer on the Coriolis satellite
dataset title: WindSat geolocated L3U SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHWSA-3UR7A
entry title: GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature version7.0.1a from the WindSat Polarimetric Radiometer on the Coriolis satellite
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-06-13
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: WindSat
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Coriolis
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 39.01
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: CORIOLIS
short name: WINDSAT
southernmost latitude: -39.06
start date: 2002-06-01
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 7.0.1a
westernmost longitude: -179.99

PODAAC-MODTM-1D9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.562Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-1D9N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ARBML
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.433Z
absract: This dataset polar-stereographic-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals over the Arctic Polar region from the SeaWinds L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES. An expanded version of this dataset includes the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2003-11-02
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Arctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ARBML
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSWBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: SCP
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: none
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-AN4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.379Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, annual, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-AN4N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHG17-2PO71
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.603Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.569Z
absract: GOES-17 (G17) is the second satellite in the US NOAA's GOES-R series. It was launched on 1 Mar 2018 in an interim position at 89.5-deg W for initial Cal/Val, moved to its nominal position at 137.2-deg W in Nov 2018, and declared NOAA operational GOES-West satellite on 12 Feb 2019. Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) is a 16 channel sensor, of which five (3.9, 8.4, 10.3, 11.2, 12.3 um) are suitable for SST. From altitude 35,800km, G17/ABI maps SST in a Full Disk (FD) area from 163E-77W and 60S-60N, with spatial resolution 2km/nadir to 15km/VZA 67-deg, and 10-min temporal sampling. The ABI L2P SST is derived at the native sensor resolution using NOAA ACSPO system. ACSPO processes every 10-min FD, identifies good-quality ocean pixels (Petrenko et al., 2010) and derives SST using Non-Linear SST (NLSST) algorithm (Petrenko et al., 2014). Unfortunately, the G17 ABI loop heat pipe (LHP) that should maintain the ABI at its intended temperature, is not operating at its designed capacity, which required mitigations to the ACSPO algorithms and releasing an updated ACSPO version 2.71 (Pennybacker et al, 2019). In particular, band 11.2um, most subject to calibration problems, is not used leading to a 3-band (8.4, 10.3, and 12.3um) NLSST, and increased calibration problems prevent SST retrievals at night. As a result, the G17 SST is only reported for 13 out of 24hrs/day, from 20UTC to 08UTC. The 10-min FD data are subsequently collated in time, to produce 1-hr product, with improved coverage and reduced cloud leakages and image noise. The collation algorithm also reduces G17 excessive sensor noise and striping to levels similar to G16. The collated SSTs are only reported over clear-sky water pixels. All pixels with valid SSTs are recommended for use. The L2P is reported in NetCDF4 GDS2 format, 13 granules per day, with a total data volume 0.3GB/day. ACSPO files also report sun-sensor geometry, wind speed and l2p_flags (day/night, land, ice, twilight, glint flags). Per GDS2 specificati…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS USA, 5200 Auth Rd, Camp Springs, MD, 20746
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2020-05-21
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-17 ABI L2P America Region SST dataset in GDS2
dataset title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-17 ABI L2P America Region SST v2.71 dataset in GDS2
easternmost longitude: -15.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHG17-2PO71
entry title: GHRSST NOAA/STAR GOES-17 ABI L2P America Region SST v2.71 dataset in GDS2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-03-31
latitude resolution: 0.018
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Pacific
long name: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
long name: GOES-S
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.018
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 59.0
online resource: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/GHRSST
originating center: NOAA/NESDIS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ABI
short name: GOES-17
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -59.0
start date: 2019-02-01
temporal resolution: 60 Minute
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.71
westernmost longitude: -135.0

PODAAC-QSX12-L2B41
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.534Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.588Z
absract: This dataset contains the latest reprocessed version 4.1 of the Level 2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the QuikSCAT scatterometer. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 12.5 km pixel resolution. Higher resolution is achieved through a slice composite technique in which high resolution slice measurements from L1B data are composited into a 12.5 km wind vector cell. Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. This is an official dataset produced by the NASA QuikSCAT Project through the SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC). Version 4.1 processing begins with the same L1B (time-ordered backscatter) data as used in the previous Version 4.0 processing. This new version has a number of key improvements and changes over the previous version 4.0, including: 1) winds are now retrieved to within 5-km and 10-km of the coast within oceans/seas and lakes respectively; 2) coastal winds are now flagged as poor coastal quality and likely corrupted in orbits with estimated spacecraft pitch error greater than 0.04 degrees, which affects 150 orbits of data where coastal winds are severely contaminated by land due to poor attitude knowledge (note: attitude error tracking can identify pitch error but not yaw error, so when estimated pitch error is far from zero, it implies yaw error is large and uncorrected); 3) coastal winds are flagged based upon the long term mean wind speed and standard deviation of wind speed for each place on the ground; 4) four quantities, means and standard deviations computed with and without the land contamination correction algorithm applied (note: higher mean and smaller standard deviation are evidence of land contamination), are used to estimate the expected wind speed bias with respect to neighboring wind vector cells over open water; 5) wind vector cells with estimated speed bias greater than 0.…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: SeaPAC
dataset release date: 2020-09-04
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 4.1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSX12-L2B41
entry title: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 4.1
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-07-29
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Quick Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B12/docs/
originating center: NASA/JPL/SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1999-10-27
stop date: 2009-11-22
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 4.1
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.487Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the monthly ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RMCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-17
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-9
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-16
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Y3AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.502Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Seasonal, Ascending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Y3AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-1D9D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.568Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-1D9D9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-03
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TEMSC-3MJ62
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.597Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.552Z
absract: This dataset contains gridded monthly global water storage/height anomalies relative to a time-mean, derived from GRACE and GRACE-FO and processed at JPL using the Mascon approach (Version2/RL06). These data are provided in a single data file in netCDF format, and can be used for analysis for ocean, ice, and hydrology phenomena. The water storage/height anomalies are given in equivalent water thickness units (cm). The solution provided here is derived from solving for monthly gravity field variations in terms of geolocated spherical cap mass concentration functions, rather than global spherical harmonic coefficients. Additionally, realistic geophysical information is introduced during the solution inversion to intrinsically remove correlated error. Thus, these Mascon grids do not need to be destriped or smoothed, like traditional spherical harmonic gravity solutions. The complete Mascon solution consists of 4,551 relatively independent estimates of surface mass change that have been derived using an equal-area 3-degree grid of individual mascons. It should be noted that this dataset does not correct for leakage errors across coastlines; it is therefore recommended only for users who want to apply their own algorithm to separate between land and ocean mass very near coastlines. Please refer to the 'Data Access' tab at the top of this page to gain direct access to the Mascon data. For more information, please visit https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/jpl_global_mascons/. For a detailed description on the Mascon solution, including the mathematical derivation, implementation of geophysical constraints, and solution validation, please see Watkins et al., 2015, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011547. This product is intended for expert use only; other users are encouraged to use the CRI-filtered Mascon dataset, which is available here: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/TELLUS_GRACE_MASCON_CRI_GRID_RL06_V2.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: D. N. Wiese, D.-N. Yuan, C. Boening, F. W. Landerer, M. M. Watkins
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2019-11-26
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: JPL GRACE and GRACE-FO Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height JPL Release 06
dataset title: JPL GRACE and GRACE-FO Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height JPL RL06 Version 02
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TEMSC-3MJ62
entry title: JPL GRACE and GRACE-FO Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height JPL Release 06 Version 02
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-10-24
latitude resolution: 0.5
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Star Camera Assembly
longitude resolution: 0.5
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/jpl_global_mascons/
originating center: TELLUS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE SCA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-04-04
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY ANOMALIES
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GFOCN-3AJ63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.503Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.570Z
absract: The monthly ocean bottom pressure anomaly grids are given as equivalent water thickness changes derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represent sea floor pressure changes due to the integral effect of ocean and atmosphere processes, including global mean ocean bottom pressure changes (mean ocean mass and mean atmosphere mass over the global oceans). The Level-2 GAD product has been added back, a glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters (i.e., de-striping and spatial smoothing) have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the ocean bottom pressure data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: JPL TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF
dataset title: TELLUS_GRFO_L3_JPL_RL06_OCN_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFOCN-3AJ63
entry title: JPL TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: Landerer F. W. and S. C. Swenson, 2012, Accuracy of scaled GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates. Water Resources Research, Vol 48, W04531, 11 PP, doi:10.1029/2011WR011453
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: OCEANS
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3D7AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.493Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day, Ascending sea surface density productfor version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3D7AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-ERS2B-SNEN0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.418Z
absract: This European Remote Sensing (ERS) Sigma-0 dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at Brigham Young University (BYU) and is generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at BYU. The dataset provides SIR processed Sigma-0 data from the ERS-2 C-band scatterometer, which is also known as the Active Microwave Instrument (AMI). AMI is a multimode radar operating at a frequency of 5.3 GHz (C-band), using vertically polarized antennas for both transmission and reception. The SIR technique results in an enhanced resolution image reconstruction and gridded on an equal-area grid (for non-polar regions) at 8.9 km pixel resolution stored in SIR files; polar regions are gridded at the same resolution using a polar-stereographic technique. A non-enhanced version is provided at 44.5 km pixel resolution in a format known as GRD (i.e., gridded) files. All files are produced in IEEE formatted binary. All data files are separated and organized by region, parameter, and sampling technique (i.e., SIR vs. GRD). The regions of China and Japan are combined into a single region. In addition to Sigma-0, various statistical parameters are provided for added guidance, including but not limited to: standard deviation, measurement counts, pixel time, Sigma-0 error, and average incidence angle. This dataset was once distributed on tape, but has been made available on FTP thanks to the BYU SCP. For more information, please visit: http://www.scp.byu.edu/docs/ERS_user_notes.html
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2011-11-29
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: ERS-2 Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU
dataset title: ERS-2 Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ERS2B-SNEN0
entry title: ERS-2 Gridded Level 3 Enhanced Resolution Sigma-0 from BYU
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-11-21
latitude resolution: 0.04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Greenland
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
long name: Active Microwave Instrument
longitude resolution: 0.04
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.2
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ers2/L3/byu_scp/sigma0enhanced/docs/dLongERS2.html
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ERS-2
short name: AMI
southernmost latitude: -79.7
start date: 1996-06-03
stop date: 2001-01-30
temporal resolution: 6 Day
temporal resolution range: 6 to 18 Days
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHGMA-3CO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.281Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 3 Collated (L3C) dataset derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A) platform (launched 19 Oct 2006). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near real time from Metop/AVHRR. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared channels (3.7, 10.8 and 12.0 micrometer) using a multispectral algorithm. Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction model, together with a radiatiave transfer model, are used to correct the multispectral algorithm for regional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. This global L3C product isderived from full resolution AVHRR l1b data that are re-mapped onto a 0.05 degree grid twice daily. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2015-02-02
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: NAR AVHRR SST
dataset title: AVHRR NAR SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHGMA-3CO02
entry title: GHRSST L3C global sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on Metop satellites (currently Metop-A) (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-A
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-3
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2013-06-04
stop date: 2016-02-23
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TPSDR-BIN0A
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.251Z
absract: The Sensory Data Record (SDR) is similar to the GDR product except that it also contains waveforms, which are required for retracking. This is an expert level product. If you do not need the waveforms then the GDR should suit your needs.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: TOPEX/Poseidon
dataset publisher: TOPEX/Poseidon
dataset release date: 1993-08-07
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: TOPEX_ALTSDR
dataset title: TOPEX_ALTSDR
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TPSDR-BIN0A
entry title: TOPEX ALTIMETER SENSOR DATA RECORD
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: TOPEX/Poseidon
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
originating center: TOPEX/POSEIDON
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TMR
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 1992-09-25
stop date: 2005-10-04
term: OCEAN WAVES
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: WAVEFORM
version: A
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-8D4D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.285Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, 8-day, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-8D4D4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-18
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHAMS-3GR7A
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.447Z
absract: The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) was launched on 4 May 2002, aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft. The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) provided AMSR-E to NASA as an indispensable part of Aqua's global hydrology mission. Over the oceans, AMSR-E is measuring a number of important geophysical parameters, including sea surface temperature (SST), wind speed, atmospheric water vapor, cloud water, and rain rate. A key feature of AMSR-E is its capability to see through clouds, thereby providing an uninterrupted view of global SST and surface wind fields. Remote Sensing Systems (RSS, or REMSS) is the provider of these SST data for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project, performs a detailed processing of AMSR-E instrument data in two stages. The first stage produces a near-real-time (NRT) product (identified by "_rt_" within the file name) which is made as available as soon as possible. This is generally within 3 hours of when the data are recorded. Although suitable for many timely uses the NRT products are not intended to be archive quality. "Final" data (currently identified by "v7" within the file name) are processed when RSS receives the atmospheric model National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Final Analysis (FNL) Operational Global Analysis. The NCEP wind directions are particularly useful for retrieving more accurate SSTs and wind speeds. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2017-11-30
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: AQUA AMSRE
dataset title: AMSRE 25km gridded SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAMS-3GR7A
entry title: GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Scanning Microwave Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the NASA Aqua Satellite
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-06-13
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AMSR-E
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-06-01
stop date: 2011-10-04
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 7a
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-ECOMP
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.393Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. The Ecomapper or IVER is a portable autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable carrying a range of sensor payloads. For SPURS-1 these included CTD, chlorophyll, oxygen and turbidity sensors. Ecomapper was deployed on two days during the Knorr cruise, 29 and 30 September 2012. The resulting Knorr Ecomapper data files include deployment event information and contain trajectory-depth profile series of chlorophyll, turbidity, oxygen, conductivity, with salinity, and temperature observations from two sensors.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: Ecomapper data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Ecomapper Products
easternmost longitude: -38.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-ECOMP
entry title: Ecomapper data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: Fluorometer
long name: Ecomapper Dissolved Oxygen
long name: Ecomapper Turbidity
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: SPURS-I WHOI Ecomapper
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 11.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 27.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: OXYGEN METERS
short name: CTD
short name: Ecomapper
short name: FLUOROMETERS
short name: TURBIDITY METERS
short name: SPURS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 26.0
start date: 2012-09-29
stop date: 2012-09-30
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN CHEMISTRY
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN OPTICS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: TURBIDITY
variable level 1: OXYGEN
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: CHLOROPHYLL
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -39.0

PODAAC-MODST-1D4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.558Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-1D4N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TEMSC-OTS62
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.525Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.581Z
absract: This dataset is a time series of mass variability averaged over all of the global ocean. It provides the non-steric or mass only sea level changes over time. The mass variability are derived from JPL GRACE Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height RL06Mv02 CRI Filtered Version 2, which can be found at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/TELLUS_GRAC-GRFO_MASCON_CRI_GRID_RL06_V2. A more detailed description on the Mascon solution, including the mathematical derivation, implementation of geophysical constraints, and solution validation, please see Watkins et al., 2015, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011547. The mass variability are provided as an ASCII table.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: D. N. Wiese, D.-N. Yuan, C. Boening, F. W. Landerer, M. M. Watkins
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-02-28
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Tellus Level-4 Ocean Mass Anomaly Time Series from JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascon CRI Filtered Release 06
dataset title: Tellus Level-4 Ocean Mass Anomaly Time Series from JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascon CRI Filtered Release 06 version 02
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TEMSC-OTS62
entry title: Tellus Level-4 Ocean Mass Anomaly Time Series from JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascon CRI Filtered Release 06 version 02
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-02-14
latitude resolution: 180.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
longitude resolution: 360.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/jpl_global_mascons/
originating center: TELLUS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-04-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY ANOMALIES
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.496Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius dataset. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PMCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3W3AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.489Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theSeasonal, Ascending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3W3AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SEABY-ANBML
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.256Z
absract: This dataset polar-stereographic-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals over the Antarctic Polar region from the SeaWinds L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES. An expanded version of this dataset includes the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2003-11-02
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Antarctica
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Antarctica
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-ANBML
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Reduced) of Antarctica
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctica
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSWBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: SCP
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-NSL3X-IMWF0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.412Z
absract: The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 3 Mean Wind Fields dataset is produced and distributed by IFREMER/CERSAT. Weekly and monthly mean ocean surface wind vectors, wind stress, wind divergence, and stress curl fields are provided on a global 1x1 degree grid. Standard errors of each parameter are also computed and provided as complimentary gridded fields. An objective statistical interpolation is performed to reconstruct gap-filled and averaged synoptic fields from discrete observations over each time period. This dataset is part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) package.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: http://www.ifremer.fr/anglais/
data set language: English
dataset creator: IFREMER/CERSAT
dataset publisher: IFREMER/CERSAT
dataset release date: 2005-06-09
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT Level 3 Gridded Mean Wind Fields (IFREMER)
dataset title: NSCAT Level 3 Gridded Mean Wind Fields (IFREMER)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NSL3X-IMWF0
entry title: NSCAT Level 3 Gridded Mean Wind Fields (IFREMER)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-02-05
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Center d'Exploitation et de Recherche Satellitaire
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I
long name: NASA Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 79.5
online resource: ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/cersat/documentation/gridded/mwf-ers/mwf_vol1.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
short name: ADEOS-I
short name: NSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: IFREMER/CERSAT
southernmost latitude: -79.5
start date: 1996-09-16
stop date: 1997-06-30
temporal resolution: 1 Week
temporal resolution range: Weekly to Monthly
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: STRESS
variable level 1: CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: VORTICITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHOUN-4GB20
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.444Z
absract: CNR MED Sea Surface Temperature provides daily gap-free maps (L4) at 0.01 deg. x 0.01 deg. horizontal resolution over the Black Sea. The data are obtained from infra-red measurements collected by satellite radiometers and statistical interpolation. It is the CMEMS sea surface temperature nominal operational product for the Black sea.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset publisher: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset release date: 2016-06-03
dataset release place: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset series name: Black Sea Ultra High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.01 deg Resolution
dataset title: Black Sea Ultra High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.01 deg daily
easternmost longitude: 42.375
entry ID: PODAAC-GHOUN-4GB20
entry title: Black Sea Ultra High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.01 deg Resolution
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.01
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Regional
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
longitude resolution: 0.01
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 48.812
originating center: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-19
short name: Terra
short name: AATSR
short name: ENVISAT
short name: MSG2
short name: GHRSST
short name: AVHRR
short name: MODIS
short name: SEVIRI
short name: Aqua
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: METOP-A
southernmost latitude: 38.75
start date: 2007-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 26.375

PODAAC-SEA25-L2B02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.435Z
absract: This dataset contains Level 2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the SeaWinds on ADEOS-II scatterometer. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 25 km pixel resolution. Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. The granule metadata is consistent with the QuikSCAT L2B dataset, with exception of the amsr_rain_indicator provided by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) instrument aboard the ADEOS-II spacecraft. Also, the wvc_quality_flag utilizes bits 2-6 for AMSR-related data quality assessment; these bits are left empty in the QuikSCAT L2B wvc_quality_flag variable. An ASCII inline quality report (Q2B) has been generated for each L2B file; each Q2B file provides statistics of various quality elements pertaining to the processing of a specific L2B file. This is the official dataset produced by the QuikSCAT Project through the SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC).
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: SeaPAC
dataset release date: 2006-08-03
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 25 Km Swath Grid
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 25 Km Swath Grid
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEA25-L2B02
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 25 Km Swath Grid
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L2B/docs/SWS_SDPUG_V2.0.pdf
originating center: SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GH19G-2PN02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.398Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 platform (launched 6 Feb 2009) produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. AVHRR data are acquired in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC). HRPT data are full resolution image data transmitted to a ground stations as they are collected. LAC are also full resolution data, but the acquisition is prescheduled and recorded with an on-board tape recorder for subsequent transmis…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2014-10-27
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: N-19 AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH19G-2PN02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2013-09-24
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-J1GPN-NC00E
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.422Z
absract: The Jason-1 Geophysical Data Records (GDR) contain full accuracy altimeter data to measure sea surface height, with a high precision orbit (accuracy ~1.5 cm). The instruments on Jason-1 make direct observations of the following quantities: altimeter range, significant wave height, ocean radar backscatter cross-section (a measure of wind speed), ionospheric electron content (derived by a simple formula), tropospheric water content, mean sea surface, and position relative to the GPS satellite constellation. The GDR contain all relevant corrections needed to calculate the sea surface height. Sea surface height anomalies calculation and recommended data edit criteria are specified in the Jason-1 GDR User Handbook located in PO.DAAC Drive at https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/jason1/L2/gdr_netcdf_e/docs/Handbook_Jason-1_v5.0_Sept2015.pdf
access constraints: TBD
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JASON-1
dataset publisher: JASON-1
dataset release date: 2015-10-08
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Jason-1 GDR netCDF
dataset title: Jason-1 Geophysical Data Record (GDR) NetCDF
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J1GPN-NC00E
entry title: Jason-1 GDR version E NetCDF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: JASON-1
long name: Jason-1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
originating center: Jason-1
role: Data Center Contact
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: JASON-1
short name: DORIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: POSEIDON-2
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 2002-01-14
stop date: 2012-03-03
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: OCEAN WAVES
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: TBD
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
version: E
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-AN4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.574Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.516Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, annual, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-AN4N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YRCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.497Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS)rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YRCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01F17
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.412Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) ocean surface winds from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F17 platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, and WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions fr…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2011-08-04
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSMIS-F17 Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSMIS-F17 Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01F17
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSMIS-F17 Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-08-05
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: DMSP 5D-3/F17
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: SSMIS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 2010-01-01
stop date: 2011-12-31
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODTM-1D9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.287Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, mid-IR SST level 3, 9km, daily, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-1D9N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DVCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.460Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution derived density averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DVCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GFL20-MG060
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.543Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.592Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of the total month-by-month geopotential of the Earth, derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission measurements, produced by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The data are provided in spherical harmonic coefficients, averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE-FO mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field and corresponding Earth mass change variations, such as from polar ice sheets and mountain glaciers; total water storage on land (from groundwater changes in deep aquifers to changes in soil moisture and surface water); changes in deep ocean currents; and changes within the solid Earth itself, such as postglacial rebound and the impact of major earthquakes. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 490 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 220+/-50 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these inter-satellite range changes, the non-gravitational forces acting on each satellite are measured using a high accuracy electrostatic accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using star cameras (with three heads per satellite) and a GPS receiver. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field perturb the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences lead to minute changes (on the order of tens of micrometers per second) in the distance between the spacecraft as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance (or range rate) is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. T…
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE-FO
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2019-06-10
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE-FO Level-2 Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonics GFZ
dataset title: GRACEFO_L2_GFZ_MONTHLY_0060
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFL20-MG060
entry title: GRACE-FO Level-2 Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonics GFZ Release 6.0 (RL06)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-10-04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO Laser Ranging Interferometer
long name: GRACE Follow-On
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/gracefo/docs/
originating center: GRACE-FO/GFZ
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO LRI
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO
southernmost latitude: -89.0
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: Monthly
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DCDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.453Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, Descending seasurface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DCDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-TSG00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.391Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. All SPURS-1 vessels were equipped with a thermosalinograph (TSG). A TSG is an automated measurement system that is coupled to a research vessel's water intake and GPS systems to provide continuous, along-track surface temperature and salinity measurements. Each SPURS cruise employed TSGs whose measurements were calibrated against onboard salinometers. TSG data files are one per cruise. Note that Knorr TSG data are contained coupled in the same file as its shipborne meteorological observations.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-1 research vessel Thermosalinograph series data for N. Atlantic cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign TSG Products
easternmost longitude: -14.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-TSG00
entry title: SPURS-1 research vessel Thermosalinograph series data for N. Atlantic cruises
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: Ship-based Thermosalinograph
long name: R/V Knorr (WHOI)
long name: R/V Thalassa (IFREMER, France)
long name: SPURS Ship-based Meteorological package (eg. Vaisala WXT520 on RV.Knorr)
long name: R/V Sarmiento De Gamboa (SPAIN)
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: R/V Endeavor (WHOI)
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 5.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 5.0
northernmost latitude: 42.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: R/V Knorr
short name: SPURS
short name: R/V Thalassa
short name: R/V Endeavor
short name: R/V Sarmiento
short name: SPURS_METEO
short name: USA/NASA
short name: THERMOSALINOGRAPHS
southernmost latitude: 20.0
start date: 2012-09-01
stop date: 2013-10-13
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: PRECIPITATION
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: PRECIPITATION RATE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -73.0

PODAAC-J1GPN-NCG0E
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.396Z
absract: The Jason-1 Geophysical Data Records (GDR) Geodetic Mission contain full accuracy altimeter data, with a high precision orbit, provided approximately 35 days after data collection. The data are sorted into cycles that are approximately 11 days long and contain 280 pass files. The instruments on Jason-1 make direct observations of the following quantities: altimeter range, significant wave height, ocean radar backscatter cross-section (a measure of wind speed), ionospheric electron content (derived by a simple formula), tropospheric water content, mean sea surface, and position relative to the GPS satellite constellation. The GDR contain all relevant corrections needed to calculate the sea surface height.
access constraints: TBD
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JASON-1
dataset publisher: JASON-1
dataset release date: 2015-10-08
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Jason-1 GDR netCDF Geodetic
dataset title: JASON-1_L2_OST_GPN_E_GEODETIC
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J1GPN-NCG0E
entry title: Jason-1 GDR version E NetCDF Geodetic
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Jason-1 Geodetic
long name: Jason-1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
originating center: Jason-1
role: Data Center Contact
short name: DORIS
short name: Jason-1 Geodetic
short name: USA/NASA
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: JASON-1
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 2012-05-07
stop date: 2013-06-21
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: OCEAN WAVES
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: TBD
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: E
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-SEASR
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.282Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. The Seasoar is a towed vehicle equipped with impeller-forced wings that can be rotated on command to allow the vehicle to undulate in the upper ocean. Generally, Seasoar operates between the surface and about 400 meters depth while being towed on faired cable at about eight knots. A typical dive cycle takes about 12 minutes to complete, providing an up and down profile every 3 km. For SPURS-1, a Seasoar was deployed exclusively during the Sarmiento cruise over the period 22 Mar-8 Apr, 2013 and to a maximum depth of 312m. The Seasoar towed sensor system was equipped with dual pumped temperature/conductivity sensors. The Seasoar data in netCDF form here contains a highly processed 1-meter gridded version of the original source dataset, which is comprised of temperature, conductivity, salinity, pressure observations from 1144 casts during 2013 Spring SPURS Cruise.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: Seasoar CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Seasoar Products
easternmost longitude: -36.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-SEASR
entry title: Seasoar CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: ICM-CSIC Barcelona Sarmento SeaSoar
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 312.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 26.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: CTD
short name: Seasoar
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 22.0
start date: 2013-03-22
stop date: 2013-04-08
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -39.0

PODAAC-MODTM-MO9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.569Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-MO9N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SMP43-2NOCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.548Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.594Z
absract: This is the PI-produced JPL SMAP-SSS V4.3, level 2B NRT CAP, validated sea surface salinity (SSS) and extreme winds orbital/swath product from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory available in near real-time with a latency of about 6 hours. It is based on the Combined Active-Passive (CAP) retrieval algorithm developed at JPL originally in the context of Aquarius/SAC-D and now extended to SMAP. Improvements with V4.3 include: 1) New residual TB calibration which removes the ascending/descending bias issue observed for version 4.2; 2) Slightly modified criteria for aggregation from L2B to L3 based on TB for V-pol minus TB for H-pol. The JPL SMAP-SSS L2B CAP NRT product includes data for a range of parameters: derived SMAP sea surface salinity, SSS uncertainty and wind speed/direction data for extreme winds, brightness temperatures for each radiometer polarization, ancillary reference surface salinity, ice concentration, wind and wave height data, quality flags, and navigation data. Each data file covers one 98-minute orbit (15 files per day). Data begins on April 1,2015 and is ongoing, with a 6 hour latency in processing and availability. Observations are global in extent and provided at 25km swath grid with an approximate spatial resolution of 60 km.The SMAP satellite is in a near-polar orbit at an inclination of 98 degrees and an altitude of 685 km. It has an ascending node time of 6 pm and is sun-synchronous. With its 1000km swath, SMAP achieves global coverage in approximately 3 days, but has an exact orbit repeat cycle of 8 days. On board Instruments include a highly sensitive L-band radiometer operating at 1.41GHz and an L-band 1.26GHz radar sensor providing complementary active and passive sensing capabilities. Malfunction of the SMAP scatterometer on 7 July, 2015, has necessitated the use of collocated wind speed for the surface roughness correction required for the surface salinity retrieval.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2020-02-13
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: JPL SMAP Level 2B Near Real-time CAP Sea Surface Salinity Validated Dataset
dataset title: JPL CAP SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SMP43-2NOCS
entry title: JPL SMAP Level 2B Near Real-time CAP Sea Surface Salinity V4.3 Validated Dataset
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-11-09
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
long name: SMAP L-Band Radiometer
long name: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Sea Surface Salinity (SSS)
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/smap
originating center: NASA/JPL/SMAP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SMAP-SSS
short name: SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
short name: SMAP
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2015-04-01
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 4.3
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YVDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.466Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, andseasonal time scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, Descending rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YVDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RADS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.477Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, Annual, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Annual, descending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RADS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: InSitu
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-17
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: InSitu
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRMEA-20C05
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.424Z
absract: This dataset contains estimates of static field geopotential of the Earth derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements, produced by the Center of Space Research (CSR) at University of Texas at Austin. The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over 2003-2006. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the Earths gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the Earths gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: CSR
dataset release date: 2012-03-30
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE STATIC FIELD GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS CSR
dataset title: GRACE_MEAN_L2_GRAV_CSR_RL05
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRMEA-20C05
entry title: GRACE STATIC FIELD GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS AVERAGED OVER A LONG TIME SERIES CSR RELEASE 5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2013-01-16
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/L2/CSR/RL05/docs/
originating center: GRACE/CSR
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
southernmost latitude: -89.0
start date: 2002-08-01
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WRCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.481Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WRCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-1D9D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.394Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, daily, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-1D9D4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSX12-L2C20
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.511Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.572Z
absract: This dataset contains the RapidScat Level 2B 12.5km Version 2.0 Climate quality ocean surface wind vectors. The Level 2B wind vectors are binned on a 12.5 km Wind Vector Cell (WVC) grid and processed using the using the "full aperture" normalized radar cross-section (NRCS, a.k.a. Sigma-0) from the L1B dataset. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. The new version has two important improvements over the previous version 1.0. First, an SST-dependent GMF developed by Lucrezia Ricciardulli of Remote Sensing Systems is used in wind retrieval in order to fix persistent speed biases in Ku-band data over cold ocean. Second, flagging is simplified and extra flags are provided. All the previously existing flags are still there and still reflect the same meaning and purpose. A new single bit wind_retrieval_likely_corrupted_flag specifies the approximately 3% of the data which is known to have suboptimal performance due to rain, ice, or a few other rare anomalous cases. Another bit wind_retrieval_possibly_corrupted_flag specifies the approximately 15% of the data near rain, near ice, or near the coast, that is thought to be high quality but may not match up well with numerical wind models due to either remaining rain/ice/land contamination or variability in the winds near ice, rain, and coasts that are not re…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2018-04-09
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2B Climate Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Footprints
dataset title: Rapidscat Level 2B Climate Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Footprints Version 2.0
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX12-L2C20
entry title: RapidScat Level 2B Climate Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Footprints Version 2.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: RapidScat
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: ISS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2014-10-08
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-USWCO-ALT01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.279Z
absract: The Gridded Altimeter Fields with Enhanced Coastal Coverage data product contains Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA or SLA) and zonal and meridional geostrophic velocities for the US west coast encompassing 35.25 deg-48.5 deg N latitude and 227.75 deg-248.5 deg E longitude. This annually updated data product extends from October 14, 1992 through November 4, 2009. SSHA and current velocities are derived from the AVISO quarter degree DT UPD MSLA version 3.0 grids, 0.75 deg and greater away from the coast. Values within 0.75 deg of the coast are derived from tide gauge observations and interpolated out to the altimeter filled region. Details on how these data are derived can be found in: Saraceno, M., P. T. Strub, and P. M. Kosro (2008), Estimates of sea surface height and near-surface alongshore coastal currents from combinations of altimeters and tide gauges, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C11013, doi:10.1029/2008JC004756.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OSU/COAS
dataset publisher: OSU/COAS
dataset release date: 2010-09-26
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Gridded Altimeter Fields with Enhanced Coastal Coverage
dataset title: ALT_TIDE_GAUGE_L4_OST_SLA_US_WEST_COAST
easternmost longitude: 227.75
entry ID: PODAAC-USWCO-ALT01
entry title: Gridded Altimeter Fields with Enhanced Coastal Coverage
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Pacific Ocean
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: JASON-1
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 48.5
originating center: Craig Risin and P. Ted Strub
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SSALT
short name: CIOSS
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: JASON-1
southernmost latitude: 35.25
start date: 1992-10-14
stop date: 2012-04-18
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: preview
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
variable level 1: OCEAN CURRENTS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 248.5

PODAAC-AQR50-3DUAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.499Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the monthly climatology,Ascending sea surface density product for version 5.0. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DUAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-MO9D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.602Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.568Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-MO9D9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHGDM-4FD02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.419Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) using an optimal interpolation (OI) approach on a global 0.05 degree grid. The analysis is based upon nighttime GHRSST L2P skin and subskin SST observations from several satellites. The sensors include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2), the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Aqua. An ice field from the EUMETSAT OSI-SAF is used to mask out areas with ice. This dataset adheres to the version 2 GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS).
access constraints: In no event shall DMI or its representatives be liable for any damages whatsoever including, without limitation, special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages or damages for loss of business
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: DMI
dataset publisher: Center for Ocean and Ice
dataset release date: 2007-09-08
dataset release place: Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 DMI_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
dataset title: DMI Global L4 Sea Surface Temperature analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHGDM-4FD02
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 DMI_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
longitude resolution: 0.05
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: Danish Meteorological Institute
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEVIRI
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: VIIRS
short name: NOAA-20
short name: MSG2
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: AMSR2
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
short name: GHRSST
short name: Terra
short name: METOP-A
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2013-04-30
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WVDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.451Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set isthe seasonal climatology, Descending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WVDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PADS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.490Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Annual, Descending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PADS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-1D4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.575Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.517Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, daily, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-1D4N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ARBLT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.428Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrievals over the Arctic Polar region from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT retrievals subsetted and averaged twice daily at the local time-of-day (LTOD); local times are approximately morning (00:00 to 08:00 local) and evening (16:00 to 24:00 local). The eight hour interval at each LTOD reference of morning vs. evening corresponds to the natural boundaries of time separation within the data at polar latitudes. Hence, morning and evening are used as approximations for the LTOD reference, where the actual LTOD may vary within the respective 8 hour interval. This dataset is generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images meant for browse purposes only and is available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES_LTOD. The QuikSCAT scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day and LTOD will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2012-03-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: QuikSCAT Sigma-0 Daily Local-Time-of-Day Browse (BYU)
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ARBLT
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2012-03-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: SCP
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SMMRN-2WAF0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.437Z
absract: Contains three parameters: ocean near-surface wind speed, columnar water vapor, and columnar liquid water. Product is produced by Frank Wentz at Remote Sensing Systems using data obtained from the Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR). Observations within 100 km of land are excluded; ice flags are also utilized. Data is obtained from all 10 individual SMMR channels, which closely correspond to the SMM/I channels and utilizing the same processing algorithms that were used to produce similar products derived from SSM/I observations (see PO.DAAC products 33 and 34).
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: REMSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1995-02-28
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NIMBUS-7 SMMR GLOBAL AIR-SEA PARAMETERS IN SWATH (Wentz)
dataset title: NIMBUS-7 SMMR GLOBAL AIR-SEA PARAMETERS IN SWATH (Wentz)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SMMRN-2WAF0
entry title: NIMBUS-7 SMMR GLOBAL AIR-SEA PARAMETERS IN SWATH (Wentz)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
long name: NIMBUS-7
long name: Nimbus-7
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/documents/dataset_docs/smmr_wentz.html
originating center: REMSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Nimbus-7
short name: NIMBUS-7
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SMMR
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1979-11-01
stop date: 1984-09-30
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GFL20-MC060
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.596Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.551Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of the total month-by-month geopotential of the Earth, derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission measurements, produced by the Center for Space Research (CSR) at University of Texas at Austin. The data are provided in spherical harmonic coefficients, averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE-FO mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field and corresponding Earth mass change variations, such as from polar ice sheets and mountain glaciers; total water storage on land (from groundwater changes in deep aquifers to changes in soil moisture and surface water); changes in deep ocean currents; and changes within the solid Earth itself, such as postglacial rebound and the impact of major earthquakes. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 490 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 220+/-50 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these inter-satellite range changes, the non-gravitational forces acting on each satellite are measured using a high accuracy electrostatic accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using star cameras (with three heads per satellite) and a GPS receiver. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field perturb the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences lead to minute changes (on the order of tens of micrometers per second) in the distance between the spacecraft as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance (or range rate) is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwav…
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE-FO
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2019-06-10
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE-FO Level-2 Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonics CSR
dataset title: GRACEFO_L2_CSR_MONTHLY_0060
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFL20-MC060
entry title: GRACE-FO Level-2 Monthly Geopotential Spherical Harmonics CSR Release 6.0 (RL06)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-10-04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE-FO Laser Ranging Interferometer
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE Follow-On
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/gracefo/docs/
originating center: GRACE-FO/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO LRI
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.0
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: Monthly
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TELND-3AG63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.526Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.582Z
absract: The monthly land mass grids contain water mass anomalies given as equivalent water thickness derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represents the total terrestrial water storage anomalies from soil moisture, snow, surface water (incl. rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc.), as well as groundwater and aquifers. A glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the terrestrial water storage data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GFZ TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
dataset title: TELLUS_GRAC_L3_GFZ_RL06_LND_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TELND-3AG63
entry title: GFZ TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/monthly-mass-grids-land/
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: MEaSUREs
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2002-04-05
stop date: 2017-10-18
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-MO4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.559Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/MODST…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-MO4N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3D3DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.449Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Seasonal, Descending sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3D3DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-NBFLT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.576Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.519Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. Neutrally buoyant floats drift and move through the water column providing continuous temperature and salinity profiles via 2 integrated CTDs and GPS surface position location data. Two floats were deployed during SPURS-1, one during the Knorr cruise in September 2012 another deployed during the April 2013 Endeavor cruise. Recoveries were in April and September 2013 respectively. Neutrally buoyant float trajectory profile data include georeferenced time series of salinity, temperature, and pressure/depth observations.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: Neutrally buoyant float data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS-1 Field Campaign Neutrally Buoyant Float Data Products
easternmost longitude: -34.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-NBFLT
entry title: Neutrally buoyant float data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: SPURS-I University of Washington Neutrally Buoyant Float/Mixed layer float
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 242.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 26.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CTD
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NeutrallyBuoyantFloat
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 21.0
start date: 2012-09-18
stop date: 2013-02-22
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -39.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-MOOR1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.543Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.593Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and countercurrent. The SPURS central mooring consisted of a surface meteorological package, surface oceanographic instruments, and subsurface, non-real time oceanographic instruments including CTD, ADCP sensors and point current meters providing continuous series of temperature, salinity and current profile data. Meteorological observations included wind speed, air temperature, precipitation, and radiative flux. The mooring was deployed in 4769 m depth of water on 24 August 2016, at N10:03.0481, W125:01.939, and was recovered on November 11, 2017. WHOI mooring netCDF data files include surface and subsurface time series of sea temperature, skin temperature, salinity, conductivity, wind velocity, air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation rate, barometric pressure, shortwave and longwave radiation, …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Farrar, J.T.
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2020-05-14
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Central mooring CTD, surface flux and meterorological data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign SPURS Central Mooring Products
easternmost longitude: -125.03
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-MOOR1
entry title: SPURS-2 Central mooring CTD, surface flux and meterorological data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-05-30
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Meteorological Measurement System
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: SPURS1 WHOI Central Mooring
maximum altitude: 4.0
maximum depth: 703.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: -703.0
minimum depth: -4.0
northernmost latitude: 10.05
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CTD
short name: MMS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Mooring
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 10.05
start date: 2016-08-16
stop date: 2017-11-16
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN HEAT BUDGET
term: HUMIDITY INDICES
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: FRESH WATER FLUX
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: HUMIDITY
variable level 1: HEAT FLUX
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: WATER TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
variable level 1: SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -125.03

PODAAC-AQR50-3R1DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.482Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, Daily, and Daily time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Daily, descending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3R1DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: InSitu
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-7
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-14
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-9
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ARBMF
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.270Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrieval statistics over the Arctic Polar region from the QuikSCAT L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The QuikSCAT scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are all contained within a single tar file for a given day. When the tar file is unpacked, the individual SIR files are separated according to polarization and the corresponding retrieval statistic (i.e., daily average, standard deviation, and daily measurement counts). Consequently, there are 6 SIR files contained within each unpacked tar file. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES. An additional complimentary dataset includes a reduced version of these Sigma-0 retrieval statistics by providing only the daily Sigma-0 average: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2001-03-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Arctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ARBMF
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SDRON-SURF0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.538Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
absract: Saildrone is a wind and solar powered unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of long distance deployments lasting up to 12 months and providing high quality, near real-time, multivariate surface ocean and atmospheric observations while transiting at typical speeds of 3-5 knots. The drone is autonomous in that it may be guided remotely from land while being completely wind driven. The saildrone Baja campaign was a 60-day cruise from San Francisco Bay, down along the US/Mexico coast to Guadalupe Island and back again over the period 11 April 2018 to 11 June 2018. Repeat surveys were taken around NDBC moored buoys, and during the final week of the cruise a targeted front was sampled. Scientific objectives included studies of upwelling and frontal region dynamics, air-sea interactions, and diurnal warming effects, while its validation objectives included establishing the utility of data from the saildrone platform for assessment of satellite data accuracy and model assimilation. During the Baja campaign, the single deployed saildrone was equipped with a suite of instruments that included a CTD, IR pyrometer, fluorometer, dissolved oxygen sensor, anemometer, barometer, and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP). Additionally, four temperature data loggers were positioned vertically along hull to provide further information on thermal variability near the ocean surface.This Saildrone Baja dataset is comprised of one data file with the saildrone platform telemetry and near-surface observational data (air temperature, sea surface skin and bulk temperatures, salinity, oxygen and chlorophyll-a concentrations, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction) for the entire cruise at 1 minute temporal resolution. A second file contains the ADCP current vector data that is depth-resolved to 100m at 2m intervals and binned temporally at 5 minute resolution. All data files are in netCDF format and CF/ACDD compliant consistent with the NOAA/NCEI specification.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Saildrone
dataset publisher: Saildrone Inc
dataset release date: 2018-12-19
dataset release place: Saildrone Inc. 1050 W Tower Ave, Alameda, CA 94501
dataset series name: Saildrone Baja field campaign surface and ADCP measurements
dataset title: Saildrone Baja Field Campaign Products
easternmost longitude: -115.52
entry ID: PODAAC-SDRON-SURF0
entry title: Saildrone Baja field campaign surface and ADCP measurements
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-11-27
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Pacific
long name: Fluorometer
long name: Vaisala Barometer PTB210
long name: Heitronics Wing IR Pyrometer
long name: Saildrone Unmanned Surface Vehicle
long name: Aanderaa Dissolved Oxygen (710) Sensor 4831
long name: Saildrone Baja Field Campaign
long name: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 4.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 37.82
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/saildrone
originating center: Saildrone
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Saildrone
short name: PYROMETERS
short name: ADCP
short name: FLUOROMETERS
short name: ANEMOMETERS
short name: CTD
short name: BAROMETERS
short name: Saildrone Baja
southernmost latitude: 28.01
start date: 2018-04-11
stop date: 2018-06-11
temporal resolution: 1 and 5 minutes
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
term: OCEAN OPTICS
term: OCEAN CHEMISTRY
term: ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: ATMOSPHERE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: OXYGEN
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: AIR TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: CHLOROPHYLL
variable level 1: ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -125.55

PODAAC-SEABY-GLBMF
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.432Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of global, rectangular-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals from the SeaWinds L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU). The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The GIF image files are separated according to polarization, and the averaged Sigma-0 measurements are displayed in grayscale with no color bar. Very bright areas indicate high Sigma-0 averages. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_IMAGES. An additional complimentary dataset includes a reduced version of these Sigma-0 retrieval statistics by providing only the daily Sigma-0 average: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2003-11-02
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Complete)
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Complete)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-GLBMF
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Complete)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSWBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: SCP
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHVRS-2PN16
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.447Z
absract: The Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a multi-disciplinary instrument that is being flown on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of spacecraft, including the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) that launched in October 2011. JPSS is a multi-platform, multi-agency program that consolidates the polar orbiting spacecraft of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). S-NPP is the initial spacecraft in this series, and VIIRS is the successor to MODIS for Earth science data product generation. VIIRS has 22 spectral bands ranging from 412 nm to 12 µm. There are 16 moderate-resolution bands (750m at nadir), 5 image-resolution bands (375m), and one day-night band (DNB).
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL/OBPG/RSMAS
dataset publisher: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
dataset release date: 2016-11-30
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS produced by JPL
dataset title: VIIRS L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHVRS-2PN16
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Temperature from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: Information on the the VIIRS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/jpss/documents/ATBD/D0001-M01-S01-010_JPSS_ATBD_VIIRS-SST_A.pdf
originating center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: VIIRS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-11-21
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2016.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSX12-L2A12
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.444Z
absract: This dataset contains the Version 1.2 ISS-RapidScat on Level 2A 12.5 km science data record, which provides surface-flagged sigma-0 in 12.5 km Wind Vector Cells processed using the pulse "slice" Sigma-0 data provided by the Level 1B dataset. Version 1.2 is intended as a replacement and continuation of the Version 1.1 data forward from orbital revolution number 5127, corresponding to 19 August 2015; the overlapping time period starting on 19 August 2015 corresponds to the first time period of the recorded low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). This Version 1.2 dataset differs from the previous Version 1.1 dataset as follows: 1) L1B sigma-0 has been re-calibrated during the periods of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and 2) during low SNR periods the L1B sigma-0 calibration is determined using re-pointed L1B QuikSCAT data. Due to the circular scan of the RapidScat instrument the expected number of Sigma-0 cells per WVC is not constant. To minimize the L2A data volume, the Sigma-0 cell data are stored as "lists" for each WVC row, with each list indexed by a "cell_index" array to indicate the cross-track WVC membership of the data. Each cell is then checked for land or ice and flagged accordingly. Attenuation corrections for each Sigma-0 measurement are also provided. Data are provided in single-orbit files in HDF-4 format. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermor…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-04-18
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 12.5Km Swath Grid
dataset title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 12.5Km Swath Grid Version 1.2
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX12-L2A12
entry title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 12.5Km Swath Grid Version 1.2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ISS
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: RapidScat
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2015-08-19
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.2
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YAAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.447Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Annual, Ascending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YAAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHOHN-4GB20
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.571Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.506Z
absract: CNR MED Sea Surface Temperature provides daily gap-free maps (L4) at 0.0625 deg. x 0.0625 deg. horizontal resolution over the Black Sea. The data are obtained from infra-red measurements collected by satellite radiometers and statistical interpolation. It is the CMEMS sea surface temperature nominal operational product for the Black sea.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset publisher: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset release date: 2016-05-31
dataset release place: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
dataset series name: Black Sea High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.0625 deg Resolution
dataset title: Black Sea High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.0625 deg daily
easternmost longitude: 42.375
entry ID: PODAAC-GHOHN-4GB20
entry title: Black Sea High Resolution SST L4 Analysis 0.0625 deg Resolution
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.062
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Regional
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
longitude resolution: 0.062
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 48.812
originating center: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR - Rome)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AATSR
short name: MSG2
short name: AVHRR
short name: GHRSST
short name: SEVIRI
short name: NOAA-19
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: ENVISAT
short name: METOP-A
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: 38.75
start date: 2007-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 26.375

PODAAC-MODAM-AN9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.563Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-AN9N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ENR00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.442Z
absract: This dataset contains enhanced resolution gridded fields of the normalized radar cross-section (sigma-0) made from the SeaWinds on QuikSCAT L1B dataset using two different forms of the single-variate Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) algorithm: 1) for 'egg' sigma-0 measurements and 2) for 'slice' sigma-0 measurements, where the SIR with filtering (SIRF) algorithm is used. For 'egg' measurements, the full antenna/processing spatial response is used while a simplified spatial response function in which the spatial response is assumed to be 1 over the footprint and 0 elsewhere is used for 'slice' measurements. The SIR algorithm with 'eggs' makes images of sigma-0 at the measurement incidence angle at 4.5 km pixel resolution. The effective resolution varies depending on region and sampling conditions but is estimated to be 8-10 km in most areas. The SIRF algorithm with 'slices' makes images at 2.225 km pixel resolution with an estimated effective resolution of 6-8 km. It is worth noting that 'slice' measurements are inherently noisier than 'egg' measurements. This dataset has been pre-subsetted for the following regions: Alaska, Amazonia, Antarctica, Arctic, Australia, Bering Strait, Greenland, Central America, East China Sea, Sea of Japan, Europe, Indonesia, Northern Africa, North America, Southern Africa, South America, Southern Asia, and Siberia. Non-enhanced fields are also provided at lower resolution in a 'GRD' gridded format that does not utilize SIR processing; 'GRD' fields are provided at 11.125 km and 22.25 km pixel resolution for slices and eggs, respectively. In addition to Sigma-0, various statistical parameters are provided for added guidance, including but not limited to: standard deviation of incidence angle, mean incidence angle, measurement counts, pixel time, mean reconstruction error, and standard deviation of the reconstructed sigma-0. Sigma-0 fields are available for specific ascending/descending nodes, local time of day, or as a daily avera…
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2011-11-03
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Enhanced Resolution Regionally Gridded Sigma-0 (BYU, D. Long)
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Enhanced Resolution Regionally Gridded Sigma-0 (BYU, D. Long)
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ENR00
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Enhanced Resolution Regionally Gridded Sigma-0 (BYU, D. Long)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-11-04
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: South Africa
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.02
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0enhanced/docs/qscat_seawinds_enhanced.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: SCP
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
temporal resolution range: 12-Hourly to Daily
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODTM-MO9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.382Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, mid-IR SST level 3, 9km, monthly, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-MO9N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Monthly 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TE1DE-COE01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.400Z
absract: This dataset contains the spherical harmonic coefficients C(1,0), C(1,1), S(1,1) vs time. The degree 1 gravity coefficients were derived based on ocean and atmospheric models and GRACE coefficients for degrees 2 and higher (Swenson et al. 2008, Sun et al., 2016). The coefficients in this dataset represent the non-atmospheric land component of the degree 1 gravity coefficients, normalized using the GRACE and GRACE-FO standards. For land applications use, apply these coefficients with the GRACE / GRACE-FO GSM coefficients for degrees 2 and higher.. For ocean applications, add the degree 1 values found in the ocean bottom pressure dataset (GAD) to the degree 1 coefficients provided here. If you are interested in adding the full ocean, land and atmosphere coefficients, add the degree 1 values of the atmosphere/ocean dataset (GAC) to these values. Data format is similar to that for GSM, GAD and GAC files distributed by PO.DAAC. For more information, please visit: https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/geocenter/.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2019-06-25
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: TELLUS DEGREE 1 SPHERICAL HARMONIC COEFFICIENTS
dataset title: TELLUS_1_DEG_COEF
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TE1DE-COE01
entry title: TELLUS DEGREE 1 SPHERICAL HARMONIC COEFFICIENTS
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-04-01
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.0
online resource: http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/geocenter/
originating center: TELLUS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE
southernmost latitude: -89.0
start date: 2002-08-01
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHVRS-2PN30
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.570Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.603Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on retrievals from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). This sensor resides on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi_NPP) satellite launched on 28 October 2011. VIIRS is a whiskbroom scanning radiometer which takes measurements in the cross-track direction within a field of regard of 112.56 degrees using 16 detectors and a double-sided mirror assembly. At a nominal altitude of 829 km, the swath width is 3060 km, providing full daily coverage both on the day and night side of the Earth.The VIIRS instrument is a 22-band, multi-spectral scanning radiometer that builds on the heritage of the MODIS , AVHRR and SeaWIFS sensors for sea surface temperature (SST) and ocean color. For the infrared bands for SST the effective pixel size is 750 meters at nadir and the pixel size variation across the swath is constrained to no more than 1600 meters at the edge of the swath. This L2P SST v3.0 is upgraded from the v2.0 with several significant improvements in processing algorithms, including contamination detection, cloud detection, and data format upgrades. It contains the global near daily-coverage Sea Surface Temperature at 1-meter depth with 750 m (along) x 750 m (cross) spatial resolution in swath coordinates. Each netCDF file has 768 x 3200 pixels in size, in compliance with the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2018-04-15
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS produced by NAVO
dataset title: VIIRS on NPP L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHVRS-2PN30
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature version 3.0 from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite (GDS2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-02-01
latitude resolution: 0.007
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
longitude resolution: 0.007
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: VIIRS
short name: SUOMI-NPP
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2018-01-30
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 3.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHIAS-2PO01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.576Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.518Z
absract: A global 1 km Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A）satellite （launched 19 Oct 2006). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT),Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near realtime from METOP/IASI. The Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) measures inthe infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum at a horizontal resolution of 12 km at nadir up to40km over a swath width of about 2,200 km. With 14 orbits in a sun-synchronous mid-morningorbit (9:30 Local Solar Time equator crossing, descending node) global observations can beprovided twice a day. The SST retrieval is performed and provided by the IASI L2 processor atEUMETSAT headquarters. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification(GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2015-05-29
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: METOP_A SST
dataset title: METOP_A IASI swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHIAS-2PO01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) on the Metop-A satellite (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSISAF
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: METOP-A
short name: USA/NASA
short name: IASI
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2014-11-20
stop date: 2016-02-23
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3P1DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.491Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Daily, Descending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3P1DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RCAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.468Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, ascending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RCAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-14
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: USA/NASA
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-9
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-16
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ANBLT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.429Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrievals over the Anarctic Polar region from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT retrievals subsetted and averaged twice daily at the local time-of-day (LTOD); local times are approximately morning (04:00 to 12:00 local) and afternoon (12:00 to 20:00 local). The eight hour interval at each LTOD reference of morning vs. afternoon corresponds to the natural boundaries of time separation within the data at polar latitudes. Hence, morning and afternoon are used as approximations for the LTOD reference, where the actual LTOD may vary within the respective 8 hour interval. This dataset is generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images meant for browse purposes only and is available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES_LTOD. The QuikSCAT scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day and LTOD will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2012-03-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Antarctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Antarctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ANBLT
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Maps of Antarctic Region
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2012-03-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctica
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SCP
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-AN9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.555Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-AN9N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WAAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.491Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theAnnual, Ascending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WAAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-ASOP2-25X01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.404Z
absract: This dataset contains operational near-real-time Level 2 ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on MetOp-A at 25 km sampling resolution (note: the effective resolution is 50 km). It is a product of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) provided through the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). The wind vector retrievals are currently processed using the CMOD7.n geophysical model function using a Hamming filter to spatially average the Sigma-0 data in the ASCAT L1B data. Each file is provided in netCDF version 3 format, and contains one full orbit derived from 3-minute orbit granules. Latency is approximately 2 hours from the latest measurement. The beginning of the orbit is defined by the first wind vector cell measurement within the first 3-minute orbit granule that starts north of the Equator in the ascending node. ASCAT is a C-band dual fan beam radar scatterometer providing two independent swaths of backscatter retrievals in sun-synchronous polar orbit aboard the MetOp-A platform. For more information on the MetOp mission, please visit: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/MetOp . For more timely announcements, users are encouraged to register with the KNMI scatterometer email list: scat@knmi.nl. Users are also highly advised to check the dataset user guide periodically for updates and new information on known problems and issues. All intellectual property rights of the OSI SAF products belong to EUMETSAT. The use of these products is granted to every interested user, free of charge. If you wish to use these products, EUMETSAT's copyright credit must be shown by displaying the words "copyright (year) EUMETSAT" on each of the products used.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for ASCAT Ingestion
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: KNMI
dataset release date: 2010-01-21
dataset release place: KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
dataset series name: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 25.0 km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors
dataset title: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 25.0 km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ASOP2-25X01
entry title: MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 25.0 km Ocean Surface Wind Vectors
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Advanced Scatterometer
long name: Meteorological Operational
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://projects.knmi.nl/scatterometer/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF/KNMI
role: Data Center Contact
short name: METOP-A
short name: MetOp
short name: ASCAT
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2007-03-27
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: All users publishing with PO.DAAC data from our providers and partners, please add a citation as outlined here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/WEB_INFO/citations.html. This product is intended for operational use only and has not been thoroughly evaluated for scientific applications. Please use with caution.
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: Operational/Near-Real-Time
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SEAXX-L3X02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.268Z
absract: The SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 ocean vector winds on a 0.25 degree grid contains daily data from ascending and descending passes; where adjacent satellite passes overlap, the most recent value overwrites the previous value for that particular wind vector cell. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Rain flags are provided for each wind vector cell to assist in identifying potential rain contamination. Wind vectors are set to a value of 0 when within 30 km of land/ice boundaries or where there is ambiguous or non-existent measurements available. This data utilizes the recalibrated model function called the QSCAT-1/F13 processing algorithm, adopted in July of 2006.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2006-01-15
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Gridded Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Gridded Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEAXX-L3X02
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Gridded Ocean Wind Vectors (JPL)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/jpl/v2/docs/SWS_L3.pdf
originating center: SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 2003-01-28
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ARILT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.430Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrievals over the Antarctic Polar region from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT retrievals subsetted and averaged twice daily at the local time-of-day (LTOD); local times are approximately morning (00:00 to 08:00 local) and evening (16:00 to 24:00 local). The eight hour interval at each LTOD reference of morning vs. evening corresponds to the natural boundaries of time separation within the data at polar latitudes. Hence, morning and evening are used as approximations for the LTOD reference, where the actual LTOD may vary within the respective 8 hour interval. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The GIF images are generated from a scientific dataset employing a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LTOD. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. As with the SIR files, the GIF images are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day and LTOD will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values derived from the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2012-03-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Arctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ARILT
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2012-03-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/CRS/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SCP
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHNMA-3CO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.282Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A) platform (launched 19 Oct 2006). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near real time from Metop/AVHRR and SNPP/VIIRS. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. NAR SNPP/VIIRS level 0 data are acquired through direct readout and converted into l1b at CMS. SST is retrieved from the AVHRR and VIIRS infrared channels using a multispectral algorithm.This product is delivered as four six hourly collated files per day on a regular 2km grid. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2015-02-02
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS and Metop-A/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
dataset title: AVHRR NAR SST data set
easternmost longitude: 72.97
entry ID: PODAAC-GHNMA-3CO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS and Metop-A/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Atlantic Ocean
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
longitude resolution: 0.02
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 78.24
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: METOP-A
southernmost latitude: 23.59
start date: 2013-06-04
stop date: 2016-11-22
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -76.02

PODAAC-MODSA-MO9D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.574Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.516Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, monthly, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-MO9D4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSX12-L2B13
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.443Z
absract: This dataset contains the RapidScat Level 2B 12.5km Version 1.3 science-quality ocean surface wind vectors, which are intended as a replacement and continuation of the Version 1.1 and 1.2 data forward from orbital revolution number 7873, corresponding to 11 February 2016; on 11 Feb 2016, RapidScat entered it's 3rd low signal to noise ratio (SNR) state and the initial calibration of low SNR 3 was preliminary during the Version 1.2 release. The fundamental difference between Version 1.3 and the previous Version 1.2 datasets is that the L1B sigma-0 has been re-calibrated during the periods of low SNR states 3 and 4 using re-pointed QuikSCAT data. The Version 1.1 should still be considered valid up to the first rev of version 1.2 (5127), and similarly version 1.2 shall be considered valid up to the first rev of version 1.3 (7873). The Level 2B wind vectors are binned on a 12.5 km Wind Vector Cell (WVC) grid and processed using the Level 2A Sigma-0 dataset. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. This dataset is provided in a netCDF-3 file format that follows the netCDF-4 classic model (i.e., generated by the netCDF-4 API) and made available via FTP and OPeNDAP. For data access, please click on the "Data Access" tab above. It is advised for users to avoid using the "wind_obj" variable in this dataset sin…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-10-28
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 1.3
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX12-L2B13
entry title: RapidScat Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 1.3
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: RapidScat
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: ISS
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2016-02-11
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.3
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PCAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.474Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, Ascending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PCAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.460Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution derived density averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly, sea surface density product forversion 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DMCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SRAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.481Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 28-Dayrunning mean, Ascending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SRAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ANBMF
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.436Z
absract: This dataset contains polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrieval statistics over the Antarctic Polar region from the QuikSCAT L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The QuikSCAT scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are all contained within a single tar file for a given day. When the tar file is unpacked, the individual SIR files are separated according to polarization and the corresponding retrieval statistic (i.e., daily average, standard deviation, and daily measurement counts). Consequently, there are 6 SIR files contained within each unpacked tar file. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES. An additional complimentary dataset includes a reduced version of these Sigma-0 retrieval statistics by providing only the daily Sigma-0 average: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. This dataset is provided by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2001-03-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Antarctica
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Antarctica
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ANBMF
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Maps (Complete) of Antarctica
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctica
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-TPMGD-BIN0B
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.228Z
absract: The TOPEX/POSEIDON MGDR (Merged Geophysical Data Record) contains global coverage altimeter data. This data set (MGDR-B) contains generation B data which replaces the generation A data set. The objective of the TOPEX/POSEIDON mission, launched in August 1992 and currently operating, is to determine ocean topography with a sea surface height measurement precision of 3 cm and a sea level measurement accuracy of 13 cm. The data product combines measurements from two altimeters, a NASA dual frequency (Ku and C band) instrument similar to the Geosat altimeter, and a French (CNES) instrument which is a proof-of-concept solid-state altimeter (Ku band). This data set contains mean sea surface, ionospheric corrections, sigma0 and all parameters needed to calculate sea surface height anomalies and total electron content. The data are in binary format.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset release date: 1998-04-21
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: TOPEX/Poseidon MGDR
dataset title: PODAAC_MGDR
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TPMGD-BIN0B
entry title: TOPEX/POSEIDON ALTIMETER MERGED GEOPHYSICAL DATA RECORD GENERATION B
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: TOPEX/Poseidon
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/topex/L2/mgdrb/docs/uhmgdrb/html/usr_toc.htm
originating center: TOPEX/POSEIDON
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SSALT
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: TMR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 1992-09-25
stop date: 2005-10-08
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: B
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ARBIM
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.270Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of polar-stereographic-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals over the Arctic Polar from the QuikSCAT L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU). The QuikSCAT scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The GIF image files are separated according to polarization, and the averaged Sigma-0 measurements are displayed in grayscale with no color bar. Very bright areas indicate high Sigma-0 averages. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. An additional complimentary dataset of SIR files contains the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ARCTIC_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2001-03-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Arctic Region
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Arctic Region
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ARBIM
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Arctic Region
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Arctic
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: SCP
southernmost latitude: 70.0
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SEABY-GLBIM
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.435Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of global, rectangular-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals from the SeaWinds L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU). The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The GIF image files are separated according to polarization, and the averaged Sigma-0 measurements are displayed in grayscale with no color bar. Very bright areas indicate high Sigma-0 averages. The science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. An additional complimentary dataset of SIR files contains the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/SEAWINDS_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2003-11-02
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Images
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Images
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEABY-GLBIM
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Images
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSWBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: SCP
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: none
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Y1AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.448Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Daily, Ascending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Y1AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-MO4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.575Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.517Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, monthly, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-MO4N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GH17G-2PN01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.440Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-17 platform (launched 24 June 2002) produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. AVHRR data are acquired in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC). HRPT data are full resolution image data transmitted to a ground stations as they are collected. LAC are also full resolution data, but the acquisition is prescheduled and recorded with an on-board tape recorder for subsequent transm…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2006-06-29 E. Armstrong: Original
data center URL: https://www.navo.navy.mil
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2005-12-25
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-17 satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: N-17 AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH17G-2PN01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-17 satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Naval Oceanographic Office, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
short name: USA/NASA
short name: DOD/USNAVY/NAVOCEANO
short name: GHRSST
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-3
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2006-06-21
stop date: 2009-07-06
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YMDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.466Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, andseasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Monthly, Descending rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YMDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-8D9D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.556Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-8D9D9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-18
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-ARGO0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.390Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. Part of the Argo global network of autonomous, self-reporting samplers, Argo floats drift horizontally and move vertically through the water column generally on 10 day cycles, collecting high-quality temperature, conductivity and salinity depth profiles from the upper 2000m. Approximately 24 floats were deployed during SPURS-1 within the campaign domain, mainly during the Knorr cruise (6 Sept-9 Oct,2012). These were standard Argo floats with the addition of surface temperature and salinity (STS) sensors and acoustic rain gauges (PAL). Data accessible here only include the standard ARGO profiles, not the STS or PAL data. SPURS-1 ARGO data files are oganized per float and each contain profile trajectory series of conductivity, salinity, temperature, pressure, depth observations.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: Argo float CTD profile data within the scope of the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign ARGO float Products
easternmost longitude: -28.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-ARGO0
entry title: Argo float CTD profile data within the scope of the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: ARGO profiler floats
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 2002.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 2.0
northernmost latitude: 41.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SPURS
short name: ARGO
short name: CTD
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 23.0
start date: 2012-09-09
stop date: 2014-08-21
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -76.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SCCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.494Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day,monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SCCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3R3AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.468Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Seasonal, ascending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3R3AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: InSitu
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-14
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-9
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-11
short name: InSitu
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHAMS-2GR07
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.285Z
absract: The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) was launched on 4 May 2002, aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft. The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) provided AMSR-E to NASA as an indispensable part of Aqua's global hydrology mission. Over the oceans, AMSR-E is measuring a number of important geophysical parameters, including sea surface temperature (SST), wind speed, atmospheric water vapor, cloud water, and rain rate. A key feature of AMSR-E is its capability to see through clouds, thereby providing an uninterrupted view of global SST and surface wind fields. Remote Sensing Systems (RSS, or REMSS) is the provider of these SST data for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project, performs a detailed processing of AMSR-E instrument data in two stages. The first stage produces a near-real-time (NRT) product (identified by "_rt_" within the file name) which is made as available as soon as possible. This is generally within 3 hours of when the data are recorded. Although suitable for many timely uses the NRT products are not intended to be archive quality. "Final" data (currently identified by "v7" within the file name) are processed when RSS receives the atmospheric model National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Final Analysis (FNL) Operational Global Analysis. The NCEP wind directions are particularly useful for retrieving more accurate SSTs and wind speeds. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2014-12-01
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: AQUA AMSRE
dataset title: AMSRE 25km gridded SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAMS-2GR07
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Scanning Microwave Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the NASA Aqua Satellite
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: Aqua
short name: AMSR-E
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-06-01
stop date: 2011-10-04
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 7.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-XBT00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.536Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.589Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. Expendable bathythermograph (XBT) casts were undertaken at stations during both of the SPURS-2 R/V Revelle cruises. Launched off the side of the ship, XBT probes provide vertical profile measurements of the water column at fixed locations. There were a total of 25 and 11 XBT deployments made during the first and second R/V Revelle cruises respectively. There is one XBT data file per cruise, each containing the temperature profile data from all instrument deployments undertaken during that cruise.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Janet Sprintall
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-03-28
dataset release place: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 research vessel Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) profile data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign XBT Products
easternmost longitude: -118.32
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-XBT00
entry title: SPURS-2 research vessel Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT) profile data for E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-02-25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Expendable Bathythermographs
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 1100.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 21.26
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: R/V Revelle
short name: XBT
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 5.06
start date: 2016-08-14
stop date: 2017-11-15
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -157.88

PODAAC-ALTTS-TJ142
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.467Z
absract: This dataset contains along track geo-referenced Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2 and Jason-3 (depending on time period) merged onto a single mean reference orbit. All biases and cross-calibrations have been applied to the data so SSHA are consistent between satellites to form a single climate data record. Altimeter data from the multi-mission Geophysical Data Records (GDRs) are interpolated to a common reference orbit facilitating direct time series analysis of the geo-referenced SSH. However this product does not use the TOPEX internal calibration-mode range correction. This is the main difference between version 4 and version 4.2. More information on this calibration can be found at Beckley et al. 2017 DOI 10.1002/2017JC013090. The data are in netCDF format . The data start at September 1992. The newest data are appended to the file quarterly.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Beckley, B.; Zelensky, N.P.; Holmes, S.A.; Lemoine, F.G.; Ray, R.D.; Mitchum, G.T.; Desai, S.; Brown, S.T.
dataset publisher: GSFC
dataset release date: 2017-12-01
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research complete time series
dataset title: MERGED_TP_J1_OSTM_OST_ALL_V42
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ALTTS-TJ142
entry title: Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research complete time series Version 4.2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-19
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: POSEIDON-3B
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: Jason-3
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: JASON-1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
originating center: GSFC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: SSALT
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: AMR
short name: TMR
short name: JASON-3
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: POSEIDON-3B
short name: JASON-1
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 1992-09-25
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: 4.2
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SEA12-L2B00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.277Z
absract: This dataset contains Level 2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the SeaWinds on ADEOS-II scatterometer. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 12.5 km pixel resolution. Higher resolution is achieved through a slice composite technique in which high resolution slice measurements from L1B data are composited into a 12.5 km wind vector cell. The increased sampling resolution enables users to obtain wind vectors 10 km closer to shore when compared to the 25 km L2B dataset. Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. The granule metadata is consistent with the QuikSCAT L2B dataset, with exception of the amsr_rain_indicator provided by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) instrument aboard the ADEOS-II spacecraft. Also, the wvc_quality_flag utilizes bits 2-6 for AMSR-related data quality assessment; these bits are left empty in the QuikSCAT L2B wvc_quality_flag variable. An ASCII inline quality report (Q2B) has been generated for each L2B file; each Q2B file provides statistics of various quality elements pertaining to the processing of a specific L2B file. This is the official dataset produced by the QuikSCAT Project through the SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC).
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: SeaPAC
dataset release date: 2006-08-03
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEA12-L2B00
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L2B12/docs/SWS_SDPUG_V2.0.pdf
originating center: SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: ADEOS-II
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3W1AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.492Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theDaily, Ascending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3W1AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-AN9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.388Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, mid-IR SST level 3, 9km, annual, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-AN9N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WMDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.449Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theMonthly, Descending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WMDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ANILT
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.424Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of polar-stereographic-gridded Sigma-0 retrievals over the Antarctic Polar region from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT retrievals subsetted and averaged twice daily at the local time-of-day (LTOD); local times are approximately morning (04:00 to 12:00 local) and afternoon (12:00 to 20:00 local). The eight hour interval at each LTOD reference of morning vs. afternoon corresponds to the natural boundaries of time separation within the data at polar latitudes. Hence, morning and afternoon are used as approximations for the LTOD reference, where the actual LTOD may vary within the respective 8 hour interval. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The GIF images are generated from a scientific dataset employing a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LTOD. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. As with the SIR files, the GIF images are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day and LTOD will contain the gridded average Sigma-0 values derived from the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2012-03-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Antarctica
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Antarctica
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ANILT
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Local-Time-of-Day Browse Images of Antarctica
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2012-03-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctica
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-RSCAT-L1B12
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.446Z
absract: This dataset contains the ISS-RapidScat Version 1.2 Level 1B geo-located Sigma-0 measurements and antenna pulse "egg" and "slice" geometries as derived from ephemeris and the Level 1A dataset. Version 1.2 is intended as a replacement and continuation of the Version 1.1 data forward from orbital revolution number 5127, corresponding to 19 August 2015; the overlapping time period starting on 19 August 2015 corresponds to the first time period of the recorded low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). This Version 1.2 dataset differs from the previous Version 1.1 dataset as follows: 1) L1B sigma-0 has been re-calibrated during the periods of low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and 2) during low SNR periods the L1B sigma-0 calibration is determined using re-pointed L1B QuikSCAT data. The pulse "egg" represents the complete footprint of the pulse, which has a spatial geometry of approximately 25 km by 35 km. There are 8 slices that constitute the range-binned components of a pulse each of which has a spatial geometry of approximately 25 km by 7 km. The orientation of the long dimension of the slices varies with the rotation of the antenna and thus does not align with the along/across track orientation of the wind vector grid in the L2B/L2A products. Data are provided in single-orbit files in HDF-4 format. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the ISS Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. Ca…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-04-18
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 1B Time-Ordered Geo-Located Sigma-0
dataset title: RapidScat Level 1B Time-Ordered Geo-Located Sigma-0 Version 1.2
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSCAT-L1B12
entry title: RapidScat Level 1B Time-Ordered Geo-Located Sigma-0 Version 1.2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: RapidScat
short name: ISS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ISS_RapidScat
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2015-08-19
stop date: 2016-08-19
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.2
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-MET00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.392Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. All US SPURS-1 cruises (Knorr: 6 Sept-9 Oct 2012; Endeavor: 15 Mar-15 Apr 2013 and 19 Sep-13 Oct 2013) were equipped with a ship mast meteorological sensor package. An additional set of sophisticated meteorological sensors, including a direct covariance flux package, was installed on the Knorr. These sensors provided along-track atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, IR/visible radiation, rain, wind speed and direct covariance flux measurements. Resulting data files (1 per cruise) contain these georeferenced, SPURS-1 research vessel-based meteorological measurements.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-1 research vessel Meteorological series data for N. Atlantic Endeavor cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Meteorology Products
easternmost longitude: -37.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-MET00
entry title: SPURS-1 research vessel Meteorological series data for N. Atlantic Endeavor cruises
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: Meteorological Measurement System
long name: R/V Endeavor (WHOI)
long name: R/V Knorr (WHOI)
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 5.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 5.0
northernmost latitude: 42.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: R/V Endeavor
short name: R/V Knorr
short name: MMS
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 32.0
start date: 2013-03-14
stop date: 2013-10-13
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: PRECIPITATION
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: OCEAN OPTICS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: FLUORESCENCE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: PRECIPITATION RATE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -72.0

PODAAC-MODST-AN9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.557Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
absract: TDay and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-AN9N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3P3AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.470Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Seasonal, Ascending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3P3AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-ANBIM
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.266Z
absract: This dataset contains GIF images of polar-stereographic-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals over the Antarctic Polar from the QuikSCAT L1B retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU). The QuikSCAT scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The GIF image files are separated according to polarization, and the averaged Sigma-0 measurements are displayed in grayscale with no color bar. Very bright areas indicate high Sigma-0 averages. It should be noted that these GIF images are meant for browse purposes only and should not be considered science quality. The science quality source dataset containing the SIR files used to generate the GIF images is accessible here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_LITE. An additional complimentary dataset of SIR files contains the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_ANTARCTICA_POLAR-STEREOGRAPHIC_BROWSE_IMAGES
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2001-03-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-ANBIM
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Polar-Stereographic Browse Images of Antarctica
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Antarctica
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: -70.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: SCP
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-AN9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.383Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, annual, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-AN9N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMTB-2PN20
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.588Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.534Z
absract: A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P data set containing multi-channel Sea Surface Temperature (SST) retrievals derived in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) level-1B data from the Meteorological Operational-B (MetOp-B) satellite. The SST data in this data set are used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The MetOp satellite program is a European multi-satellite program to provide weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. MetOp-A, MetOp-B and Metop-C were respectively launched on 19 Oct 2006, 17 September 2012 and 7 November 2018. The program was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contributing the AVHRR sensor. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micron) and near-infrared (0.9 micron) regions, the third one is located around 4 (3.6) micron, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micron, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micron. Typically, the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The swath of the AVHRR sensor is a relatively large 2400 km. All MetOp platforms are sun synchronous and generally view the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent). The ground native resolution of the AVHRR instruments is approximately 1.1 km at nadir and degrades off nadir. This particular data set is produced from legacy Global Area Coverage (GAC) data that are derived from a …
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2020-07-24
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-B satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: METOP-A AVHRR GAC L2P swath SST dataset
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMTB-2PN20
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the AVHRR on the MetOp-B satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-06-11
latitude resolution: 0.04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.04
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
online resource: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/GHRSST
originating center: DOD/USNAVY/NAVOCEANO
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: METOP-B
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2020-06-22
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DADS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.452Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Annual, Descending sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DADS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RRCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.462Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, 7-Day, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RRCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: InSitu
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-7
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3S3CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.480Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the Seasonal sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3S3CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSX25-L2A02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.403Z
absract: The SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2A Surface-flagged Sigma-0 in 25km Wind Vector Cells are processed using the pulse Sigma-0 data provided by the Level 1B product. Unlike NSCAT, the expected number of Sigma-0 cells per WVC is not constant, due to the circular scan of the SeaWinds instrument. To minimize the L2A data volume, the Sigma-0 cell data are stored as "lists" for each WVC row, with each list indexed by a "cell_index" array to indicate the cross-track WVC membership of the data. Each cell is then checked for land or ice and flagged accordingly. Attenuation corrections for each Sigma-0 measurement are also provided. Quality Assurance files are also included to verify the quality of the L2A processing. Data are provided in single-orbit files. Special note: QuikSCAT went into a "non-spinning" mode on 22 November 2009. The final rev number in the nominal Operational "spinning" mode is 54296; the "non-spinning" mode of the instrument continued predominantly for the remainder of QuikSCAT operations. There were some brief periods of "spinning" in year 2013, which include the following days and rev numbers (identified in parenthesis): 1) 29 January to 5 February (7909-71011), 2) 14 March (71536-71549), 3) 18 March to 21 March (71590-71634), and 4) 28 March to 31 March (71735-71769).
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset policy entry migrated from the PO.DAAC Ingres database.
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL QuikSCAT Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2006-07-19
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid Version 2
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSX25-L2A02
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma0 and Attenuations in 25Km Swath Grid Version 2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Earth Observing System Data Information System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2A/v2/docs/QSUG_v3.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: EOSDIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2013-03-31
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CYGNS-L2C10
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.527Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.583Z
absract: This dataset contains the Version 1.0 CYGNSS Level 2 Climate Data Record which provides the time-tagged and geolocated average wind speed (m/s) and mean square slope (MSS) with 25x25 kilometer resolution from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. The reported sample locations are determined by the specular points corresponding to the Delay Doppler Maps (DDMs). A subset of DDM data used in the direct processing of the average wind speed and MSS is co-located inside of the Level 2 data files. Only one netCDF data file is produced each day (each file containing data from up to 8 unique CYGNSS spacecraft) with a latency of approximately 6 days (or better) from the last recorded measurement time. The Version 1.0 CDR represents the first climate-quality release and is a collection of reanalysis products derived from the SDR v2.1 Level 1 data. Calibration accuracy and long term stability are improved relative to the SDR v2.1 using a new trackwise correction algorithm which constrains the average value of the L1 data using MERRA-2 reanalysis wind speeds. Details of the algorithm are provided in the Trackwise Corrected CDR Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document. CDR Level 2 and 3 products (ocean surface wind speed, mean square slope, and latent and sensible heat flux) are generated from the CDR L1 data using the v2.1 SDR data processing algorithms. These products also exhibit improved calibration accuracy and stability over SDR v2.1. Trackwise correction is applied to the two primary CYGNSS L1 science data products the normalized bistatic radar cross section (NBRCS) and the leading edge slope of the Doppler-integrated delay waveform (LES). The correction compensates for variations in the transmit power level of the GPS signals measured by the CYGNSS bistatic radar receivers. The SDR v2.1 L1 algorithm assumes a constant GPS transmit power and variations in it can be misinterpreted as variations in the L1 data and in subsequent L2 scienc…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CYGNSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2020-05-22
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CYGNSS Level 2 Climate Data Record
dataset title: CYGNSS Level 2 Climate Data Record Version 1.0
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CYGNS-L2C10
entry title: CYGNSS Level 2 Climate Data Record Version 1.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-03-23
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument
long name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 40.0
online resource: http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/
originating center: NASA/ESSP/UMICH/CYGNSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: DDMI
short name: CYGNSS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 40.0
start date: 2017-03-18
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-CYGNS-L2X21
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.586Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.531Z
absract: This dataset contains the Version 2.1 CYGNSS Level 2 Science Data Record which provides the time-tagged and geolocated average wind speed (m/s) and mean square slope (MSS) with 25x25 kilometer resolution from the Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument aboard the CYGNSS satellite constellation. This version supersedes Version 2.0. The reported sample locations are determined by the specular points corresponding to the Delay Doppler Maps (DDMs). A subset of DDM data used in the direct processing of the average wind speed and MSS is co-located inside of the Level 2 data files. Only one netCDF data file is produced each day (each file containing data from up to 8 unique CYGNSS spacecraft) with a latency of approximately 6 days (or better) from the last recorded measurement time. The Version 2.1 release represents the second science-quality release. Here is a summary of improvements that reflect the quality of the Version 2.1 data release: 1) revised Geophysical Model Functions (GMFs) for both Fully Developed Seas (FDS) and Young Seas with Limited Fetch conditions, to be consistent with the calibration changes made to the v2.1 Level 1 science data products.; 2) Revised covariance matrix between DDMA and LES versions of the FDS wind speed retrieval, used by the minimum variance estimator, resulting from changes made to the v2.1 Level 1 science data products; 3) Revised debiasing algorithm coefficients used by the FDS L2 retrieval algorithm, resulting from changes made to the v2.1 Level 2 science data products; 4) revised quality control (Q/C) flags related to the required level of consistency between DDMA and LES versions of the FDS wind speed retrieval (the errors in the two retrievals are now less correlated so larger discrepancies are allowed; if either retrieval is not available, the sample receives a fatal Q/C flag); 5) new Q/C flag related to the block type of the GPS satellite which provided the transmitted signal. Samples using block II-F signals receive a fatal Q/C fla…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CYGNSS
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2018-09-21
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: CYGNSS Level 2 Science Data Record
dataset title: CYGNSS Level 2 Science Data Record Version 2.1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CYGNS-L2X21
entry title: CYGNSS Level 2 Science Data Record Version 2.1
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-05-14
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Delay Doppler Mapping Instrument
long name: Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 40.0
online resource: http://clasp-research.engin.umich.edu/missions/cygnss/
originating center: NASA/ESSP/UMICH/CYGNSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: DDMI
short name: USA/NASA
short name: CYGNSS
southernmost latitude: 40.0
start date: 2017-03-18
term: RADAR
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: RADAR CROSS-SECTION
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.1
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHN19-3PE01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.439Z
absract: A Group for HIgh Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 platform (launched 6 Feb 2009). This particular dataset is produced by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) in France. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST) sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The NAR products are SST fields derived from 1km AVHRR data that are re-mapped onto a 0.02 degree equal angle grid. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) chann…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI-SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2008-08-08
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-19
dataset title: NOAA-19 AVHRR NAR SST data set
easternmost longitude: 72.97
entry ID: PODAAC-GHN19-3PE01
entry title: GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-19
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Atlantic Ocean
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.02
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 78.24
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-20
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: 23.59
start date: 2009-09-01
stop date: 2013-07-04
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -76.02

PODAAC-NSSDR-17X02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.261Z
absract: The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 1.7 ocean sigma-0 referenced to 50 km wind vector cells (WVC) contains daily backscatter (sigma-0) data from ascending and descending passes. Rain flagging information is not included. Data is flagged where measurements are either missing, ambiguous, or contaminated by land/sea ice. This is the most up-to-date version, which designates the final phase of calibration, validation and science data processing, which was completed in November of 1998, on behalf of the JPL NSCAT Project; re-processing had only minor impacts on the Level 1.7 data.
access constraints: N/A
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1998-07-23
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT Level 1.7 SDR, Sigma-0 Cells
dataset title: NSCAT Level 1.7 SDR, Sigma-0 Cells
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NSSDR-17X02
entry title: NSCAT Level 1.7 SDR, Sigma-0 Cells
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I
long name: NASA Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/nscat/docs/nscat_manual.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ADEOS-I
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NSCAT
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1996-09-15
stop date: 1997-06-29
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: CRYOSPHERE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: N/A
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-8D9D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.572Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.513Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, 8-day, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-8D9D4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 9km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-18
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RVDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.483Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, descending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RVDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-14
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-11
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-16
short name: NOAA-7
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3S7DS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.497Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day,Descending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3S7DS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-1D9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.558Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-1D9N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PRCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.464Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spicinessstandard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PRCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODTM-AN4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.598Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.555Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-AN4N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GH19L-2PN02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.417Z
absract: A regional Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 platform (launched 6 Feb 2009) produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. AVHRR data are acquired in three formats: High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), Local Area Coverage (LAC), and Global Area Coverage (GAC). HRPT data are full resolution image data transmitted to a ground stations as they are collected. LAC are also full resolution data, but the acquisition is prescheduled and recorded with an on-board tape recorder for subsequent transm…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset publisher: Naval Oceanographic Office
dataset release date: 2014-10-27
dataset release place: Stennis Space Center, MS, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Regional 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO
dataset title: N-19 AVHRR LAC L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GH19L-2PN02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Regional 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 80.0
originating center: Naval Oceanographic Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AVHRR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-19
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -70.0
start date: 2013-05-05
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODAM-8D4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.562Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-8D4N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SMP43-3TMCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.579Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.525Z
absract: This is the PI-produced JPL SMAP-SSS V4.3 CAP, level 3, monthly mapped sea surface salinity (SSS) product from the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory. It is based on the Combined Active-Passive (CAP) retrieval algorithm developed at JPL originally in the context of Aquarius/SAC-D and now extended to SMAP. Improvements with V4.3 include: 1) New residual TB calibration which removes the ascending/descending bias issue observed for version 4.2; 2) Slightly modified criteria for aggregation from L2B to L3 based on TB for V-pol minus TB for H-pol. L3 monthly product file variables include: derived SSS with associated uncertainties and wind speed from SMAP and ancillary surface salinity from HYCOM. SMAP data begins on April 1, 2015 and is ongoing, with a 1 month latency in processing and availability. L3 products are global in extent and gridded at 0.25degree x 0.25degree with an approximate spatial resolution of 60km. The SMAP satellite is in a near-polar orbit at an inclination of 98 degrees and an altitude of 685 km. It has an ascending node time of 6 pm and is sun-synchronous. With its 1000km swath, SMAP achieves global coverage in approximately 3 days, but has an exact orbit repeat cycle of 8 days. On board instruments include a highly sensitive L-band radiometer operating at 1.41GHz and an L-band 1.26GHz radar sensor providing complementary active and passive sensing capabilities. Malfunction of the SMAP scatterometer on 7 July for the surface roughness correction required for the surface salinity retrieval.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2020-02-13
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: JPL SMAP Level 3 CAP Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly Validated Dataset
dataset title: JPL CAP SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SMP43-3TMCS
entry title: JPL SMAP Level 3 CAP Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Monthly V4.3 Validated Dataset
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-11-09
latitude resolution: 0.6
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SMAP L-Band Radiometer
long name: Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Sea Surface Salinity (SSS)
long name: NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP)
longitude resolution: 0.6
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/smap
originating center: NASA/JPL/SMAP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SMAP
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SMAP-SSS
short name: SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2015-04-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 4.3
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-J1GPS-NC00E
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.395Z
absract: The Sensory Geophysical Data Record (SGDR) files contain full accuracy altimeter data, with a high precision orbit (accuracy ~1.5 cm). The instruments on Jason-1 make direct observations of the following quantities: altimeter range, significant wave height, ocean radar backscatter cross-section (a measure of wind speed), ionospheric electron content (derived by a simple formula), tropospheric water content, mean sea surface, and position relative to the GPS satellite constellation. The SGDR contain all relevant corrections needed to calculate the sea surface height. It also contains the 20Hz waveforms that are required for retracking. The SGDR is an expert level product, if you do not require the waveforms then the GDR/GPN or GPR will be more suited for your needs.
access constraints: TBD
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JASON-1
dataset publisher: JASON-1
dataset release date: 2015-10-08
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Jason-1 SGDR netCDF
dataset title: JASON-1_SGDR_NETCDF
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J1GPS-NC00E
entry title: Jason-1 SGDR version E NetCDF
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Turbo Rouge Space Receiver
long name: Jason-1
long name: Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite
long name: JASON-1
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
originating center: Jason-1
role: Data Center Contact
short name: JASON-1
short name: DORIS
short name: TRSR
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 2002-01-14
stop date: 2012-03-03
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: OCEAN WAVES
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: TBD
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: E
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-RECSL-000V1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.430Z
absract: The Reconstructed Sea Level dataset contains sea level anomalies derived from satellite altimetry and tide gauges. The satellite altimetric record provides accurate measurements of sea level with near-global coverage, but it has a relatively short time span, since 1993. Tide gauges have measured sea level over the last 200 years, with some records extending back to 1807, but they only provide regional coverage, not global. Combining satellite altimetry with tide gauges, using a technique known as sea level reconstruction, results in a dataset with the record length of the tide gauges and the near-global coverage of satellite altimetry. Cyclostationary empirical orthogonal functions (CSEOFs), derived from satellite altimetry, are combined with historical sea level measurements from tide gauges to create the Reconstructed Sea Level dataset spanning from 1950 through 2009. Combining the altimetric and tide gauge records alleviates the difficulties caused by the short record length and poor spatial distribution of the satellite altimetry and tide gauges, respectively. Previous sea level reconstructions have utilized empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) as basis functions, but by using CSEOFs and by addressing other aspects of the reconstruction procedure, an alternative sea level reconstruction can be computed. The resulting reconstructed sea level dataset has weekly temporal resolution and half-degree spatial resolution. For specific information on the algorithm and how the CSEOFs are applied to the tide gauge data please see Hamlington et al. 2011.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: CCAR, University of Colorado, Boulder
dataset publisher: CCAR
dataset release date: 2013-06-11
dataset release place: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset series name: Smith and Reynolds NCDC Level 4 Historical Reconstructed SST Monthly
dataset title: RECON_SEA_LEVEL_OST_L4_V1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RECSL-000V1
entry title: Reconstructed Sea Level Version 1
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.5
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: JASON-1
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science
long name: Jason-1 Geodetic
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
longitude resolution: 0.5
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: University of Colorado, Boulder
role: Data Center Contact
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
short name: SSALT
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: JASON-1
short name: ROSES
short name: TMR
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: Jason-1 Geodetic
short name: AMR
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1950-01-03
stop date: 2009-06-27
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-2TOCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.541Z
absract: The version 5.0 Aquarius CAP Level 2 product contains the fourth release of the AQUARIUS/SAC-D orbital/swath data based on the Combined Active Passive (CAP) algorithm. CAP is a P.I. produced dataset developed and provided by JPL. This Level 2 dataset contains sea surface salinity (SSS), wind speed and wind direction data derived from 3 different radiometers and the onboard scatterometer. The CAP algorithm simultaneously retrieves the salinity, wind speed and direction by minimizing the sum of squared differences between model and observations. The main improvements in CAP V5.0 relative to the previous version include: updates to the Geophysical Model Functions to 4th order harmonics with the inclusion of sea surface temperature (SST) and stability at air-sea interface effects; use of the Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) SST product as the new source ancillary sea surface temperature data in place of NOAA OI SST. Each L2 data file covers one 98 minute orbit. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Simon Yueh
dataset publisher: JPL - Simon Yueh
dataset release date: 2018-10-01
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA91109, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
dataset title: Aquarius CAP Sea Surface Salinity and Wind Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-2TOCS
entry title: Aquarius CAP Level 2 Sea Surface Salinity, Wind Speed & Direction Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-22
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE, JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-26
stop date: 2015-06-05
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHSEV-3CO01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.512Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.572Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the Eastern Atlantic Region from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) on the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-3) satellites (launched 5 July 2012). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT),Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near realtime from MSG/SEVIRI. SEVIRI level 1.5 data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre deMeteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. SST is retrievedfrom the SEVIRI infrared channels (10.8 and 12.0 micrometer) using a multispectral algorithm.Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction model,together with a radiatiave transfer model, are used to correct the multispectral algorithm forregional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. Every 15 minutes slot isprocessed at full satellite resolution. The operational products are then produced by remappingover a 0.05 degree regular grid (60S-60N and 60W-60E) SST fields obtained by aggregating all 15minute SST data available in one hour time, and the priority being given to the value the closest intime to the product nominal hour. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST DataSpecification (GDS) version 2.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2015-05-29
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: SEVIRI Atlantic SST
dataset title: SEVIRI Atlantic SST data set
easternmost longitude: 60.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHSEV-3CO01
entry title: GHRSST Level 3C Atlantic sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on MSG at 0 degree longitude (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Mid-Atlantic to East Indian Ocean - Baltic Sea to below Africa
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 60.0
online resource: www.osi-saf.org
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEVIRI
short name: MSG2
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -60.0
start date: 2004-06-01
temporal resolution: 1 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -60.0

PODAAC-NSAER-L2AR0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.276Z
absract: This dataset contains the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) Level 2 ocean wind vector ambiguity overlay files for the NSCAT MGDR version 2 dataset, referenced for 25 km wind vector cells (WVC). The dataset is derived from the results of a study which used a 2-D variational analysis method (VAM) to select a wind solution from the NSCAT ambiguous winds (Hoffman et al. 2003). Hoffman et al. chose the ambiguity closest in direction to the VAM surface wind analysis. No ambiguity was chosen for poor quality wind vector cells (WVCs). ECMWF analyses were used as the background field for the VAM. Their choice of ambiguity selection is compared with that of JPL, which used a median filter initialized with NCEP analysis fields. Ambiguity selection is changed in ~5% of the dataset, often improving the depiction of meteorological features where the surface wind is strongly curved or sheared. See Hoffman et al. (2003) for more on the method and results. Additional work by Henderson et al. (2003) compares the results of median filtering (JPL) vs. the 2d-VAR method (Hoffman et al., 2003) using 51 days of NSCAT data, supplemented by the NCEP 1000 hPa wind analyses as background fields.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1998-07-25
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Ambiguity Removal Overlay (Hoffman, AER)
dataset title: NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Ambiguity Removal Overlay (Hoffman, AER)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-NSAER-L2AR0
entry title: NSCAT Level 2 Ocean Wind Vector Ambiguity Removal Overlay (Hoffman, AER)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-26
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: NASA Scatterometer
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NSCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ADEOS-I
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1996-09-15
stop date: 1997-06-29
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PVDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.493Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, Descending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PVDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHGAM-4FA01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.271Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.25 degree grid. This BLUELink Global Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (GAMSSA) v1.0 system blends satellite SST observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), and, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), and in situ data from ships, and drifting and moored buoy from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS). In order to produce a foundation SST estimate, the AATSR skin SST data stream is converted to foundation SST using the Donlon et al. (2002) skin to foundation temperature conversion algorithms. These empirically-derived algorithms apply a small correction for the cool-skin effect depending on surface wind speed, and filter out SST values suspected to be affected by diurnal warming by excluding cases which have experienced recent surface wind speeds of below 6 ms-1 during the day and less than 2 ms-1 during the night.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 20080801T000000Z L. Majewski: First created. 20080917 E. Armstrong: Revised
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
dataset publisher: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
dataset release date: 2008-07-28
dataset release place: Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 GAMSSA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: BLUElink Global Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (GAMSSA), daily, 1/4 degree resolution
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHGAM-4FA01
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 GAMSSA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: InSitu
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/bulletins/apob77.pdf
originating center: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
role: Data Center Contact
short name: VIIRS
short name: GCOM-W1
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-20
short name: METOP-B
short name: GHRSST
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: METOP-A
short name: AMSR2
short name: InSitu
short name: SUOMI-NPP
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2008-08-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-J1GPS-NCG0E
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.422Z
absract: The Sensory Geophysical Data Record (SGDR) files from the Geodetic Mission contain full accuracy altimeter data, with a high precision orbit. The instruments on Jason-1 make direct observations of the following quantities: altimeter range, significant wave height, ocean radar backscatter cross-section (a measure of wind speed), ionospheric electron content (derived by a simple formula), tropospheric water content, mean sea surface, and position relative to the GPS satellite constellation. The SGDR contain all relevant corrections needed to calculate the sea surface height. It also contains the 20Hz waveforms that are required for retracking. The SGDR is an expert level product, if you do not require the waveforms then the GDR will be more suited for your needs.
access constraints: TBD
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JASON-1
dataset publisher: JASON-1
dataset release date: 2015-10-08
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Jason-1 SGDR netCDF Geodetic
dataset title: JASON-1_L2_OST_GPS_E_GEODETIC
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J1GPS-NCG0E
entry title: Jason-1 SGDR version E NetCDF Geodetic
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Jason-1 Geodetic
long name: Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Jason-1
long name: Turbo Rouge Space Receiver
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
originating center: Jason-1
role: Data Center Contact
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: TRSR
short name: DORIS
short name: Jason-1 Geodetic
short name: USA/NASA
short name: JASON-1
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 2012-05-07
stop date: 2013-06-21
term: OCEAN WAVES
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: TBD
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
variable level 1: SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
version: E
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-AN9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.575Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.517Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, annual, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-AN9N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SST00-1D1M1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.426Z
absract: This data set contains sea surface temperature (SST) data on a monthly 1 degree grid from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft. The data were produced by Remote Sensing Systems in support of the CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) under the World Climate Research Program (WCRP). Along with this dataset, two additional ancillary data files are included in the same directory which contain the number of observations and standard error co-located on the same 1 degree grids. AMSR-E, a passive-microwave radiometer launched on the Aqua platform on 4 May 2002, was provided by the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan to NASA as an indispensable part of Aqua's global hydrology mission. Over the oceans, AMSR-E is measuring a number of important geophysical parameters, including SST, wind speed, atmospheric water vapor, cloud water, and rain rate. A key feature of AMSR-E is its capability to see through clouds, thereby providing an uninterrupted view of global SST and surface wind fields.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2011-03-01
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: AMSR-E Level 3 Sea Surface Temperature for Climate Model Comparison
dataset title: AMSRE_L3_SST_1DEG_1MO
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SST00-1D1M1
entry title: AMSR-E Level 3 Sea Surface Temperature for Climate Model Comparison
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Jet Propulsion Laboratory and PCMDI
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/OceanTemperature/amsre/L3/sst_1deg_1mo/docs/tosTechNote_AMSRE_L3_v7_200206-201012.pdf
originating center: REMSS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: JPL/PCMDI
short name: Aqua
short name: AMSR-E
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-06-01
stop date: 2010-12-31
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODSA-8D4N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.562Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.601Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-8D4N9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-AN4D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.560Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-AN4D9
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMDA-2PJ19
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.583Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.527Z
absract: NASA produces skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Infrared (IR) channels of the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 1:30 pm, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. MODIS L2P SST data have a 1 km spatial resolution at nadir and are stored in 288 five minute granules per day. Full global coverage is obtained every two days, with coverage poleward of 32.3 degree being complete each day. The production of MODIS L2P SST files is part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) project and is a joint collaboration between the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). Researchers at RSMAS are responsible for SST algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging, while the OBPG, as the NASA ground data system, is responsible for the production of daily MODIS ocean products. JPL acquires MODIS ocean granules from the OBPG and reformats them to the GHRSST L2P netCDF specification w…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL/OBPG/RSMAS
dataset publisher: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua
dataset title: MODIS Aqua L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMDA-2PJ19
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua satellite (GDS2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: Information on the the MODIS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod25.pdf and http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/DOCS/modis_sst/
originating center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-USWCD-ALT01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.418Z
absract: The Gridded Altimeter Fields with Enhanced Coastal Coverage data product contains Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA or SLA) and zonal and meridional geostrophic velocities for the US west coast encompassing 35.25 deg-48.5 deg N latitude and 227.75 deg-248.5 deg E longitude. This annually updated data product extends from October 14, 1992 through November 4, 2009. SSHA and current velocities are derived from the AVISO quarter degree DT UPD MSLA version 3.0 grids, 0.75 deg and greater away from the coast. Values within 0.75 deg of the coast are derived from tide gauge observations and interpolated out to the altimeter filled region. Details on how these data are derived can be found in: Saraceno, M., P. T. Strub, and P. M. Kosro (2008), Estimates of sea surface height and near-surface alongshore coastal currents from combinations of altimeters and tide gauges, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C11013, doi:10.1029/2008JC004756.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OSU/COAS
dataset publisher: OSU/COAS
dataset release date: 2012-12-17
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Gridded Altimeter Fields with Enhanced Coastal Coverage Daily
dataset title: ALT_TIDE_GAUGE_L4_OST_SLA_US_WEST_COAST
easternmost longitude: 227.0
entry ID: PODAAC-USWCD-ALT01
entry title: Gridded Altimeter Fields with Enhanced Coastal Coverage Daily
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Pacific Ocean
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: JASON-1
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: Cooperative Institute for Oceanographic Satellite Studies
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 49.0
originating center: Craig Risin and P. Ted Strub
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SSALT
short name: CIOSS
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: USA/NASA
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: JASON-1
southernmost latitude: 35.0
start date: 1992-10-14
stop date: 2011-01-19
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN CIRCULATION
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: preview
variable level 1: OCEAN CURRENTS
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 249.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-SONDE
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.552Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.596Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. A Rawinsonde is a helium balloon carrying meteorological instruments and a radar target, enabling the velocity of atmospheric parameters to be measured. During the first Revelle cruise, rawinsondes were launched every 6-hours, providing a total of 85 profiles of temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction through the marine atmospheric boundary layer within the SPURS-2 domain. Similarly, during the second Revelle cruise, rawinsondes were deployed four-times daily within the study area over the 3-week period. SPURS2 rawinsonde data are available as netCDF, CF-compliant data files.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: J. Edson, C.A Clayson, S. Ruttledge
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-07-31
dataset release place: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 Rawinsonde meteorological data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Rawinsonde Products
easternmost longitude: -123.32
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-SONDE
entry title: SPURS-2 Rawinsonde meteorological data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-04-24
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: Vaisalla sonde humidity sensor
long name: RAWINSONDES
long name: Vaisalla sonde WIND PROFILERS
long name: Vaisalla sonde Temperature sensor
maximum altitude: 29544.0
maximum depth: -29544.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 2.9
minimum depth: -2.9
northernmost latitude: 12.35
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: HUMIDITY SENSORS
short name: RAWINSONDES
short name: WIND PROFILERS
short name: TEMPERATURE SENSORS
short name: SPURS
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: 5.139
start date: 2016-08-20
stop date: 2017-11-10
term: OCEAN WINDS
term: ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
term: ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
term: HUMIDITY INDICES
topic: OCEANS
topic: ATMOSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: HUMIDITY
variable level 1: WIND PROFILES
variable level 1: AIR TEMPERATURE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -133.216

PODAAC-OMGEV-GLNA1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.539Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
absract: This dataset contains 50m horizontal resolution gridded digital elevation models (DEMs) of Greenland Ice Sheet outlet glaciers collected during the NASA Oceans Melting Greenland mission. Between 2016 and 2019 the GLacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer airborne (GLISTIN-A) radar measured surface elevations around the periphery of the Greenland Ice Sheet using Ka-Band (8.4 mm wavelength) single-pass interferometry. Level 2 (L2) GLISTIN-A elevation data, available on the JPL UAVSAR website (uavsar.jpl.nasa.gov), were collected each year in 81 swaths of varying lengths and 10-12km widths and then mapped to 3m horizontal grids. This Level 3 (L3) dataset was created to facilitate analysis of the year-to-year glacier surface elevation changes. Improvements over the L2 dataset include: a consistent swath numbering scheme (1 to 81) corresponding to repeated flight lines; common regular equal-area grids for each swath; filtering and flagging of outliers; an ancillary geoid layer; and UTM map projections corresponding to swath location. The interested user may generate their own L3 DEMs at different horizontal resolutions and projections using the Python 3 resample_GLISTIN_DEMs package available which will be available from https://github.com/NASA/resample_GLISTIN_DEMs
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OMG
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/OMG
dataset release date: 2020-03-30
dataset release place: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset series name: OMG Glacial Elevations from GLISTIN-A
dataset title: OMG Glacial Elevations from GLISTIN-A Ver. 1
easternmost longitude: -6.9
entry ID: PODAAC-OMGEV-GLNA1
entry title: OMG Glacial Elevations from GLISTIN-A Ver. 1
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-02-18
latitude resolution: 0.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: North America
long name: Oceans Melting Greenland
long name: Airborne
long name: Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer
longitude resolution: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 83.6
originating center: NASA/JPL/OMG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: OMG
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Airborne
short name: GLISTIN-A
southernmost latitude: 59.1
start date: 2015-07-25
stop date: 2019-11-30
term: GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -73.6

PODAAC-QSNON-L1CA1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.443Z
absract: This dataset contains geo-located and averaged Level 1B Sigma-0 measurements and wind retrievals from the SeaWinds on QuikSCAT platform, initiated in the months following the failure of the rotating antenna motor on 22 November 2009, using the various incidence angles at which QuikSCAT was pointed during the time period from November 2009 until present. Incidence angles were varied in order to cross-calibrate the Oceansat-2 and RapidScat scatterometers and to extend the known Ku-band geophysical model function. The averaging of the L1B input data combined with the wind vector processing results are both contained in this product referred to hereafter as Level 1C (L1C). The fixed and repointed beam processing is relative to either the one corresponding to the vertically polarized "outer" beam or the other corresponding to the horizontally polarized "inner" beam. The Sigma-0 values from the fixed operating beam for each frame are averaged to a single value representing approximately 50 samples. The data points are land flagged, collocated with ECMWF surface winds, and have climatological nadir attenuations provided for the location and time of the data (not applied to the sigma0). For orbits prior to 87727 the RapidSCAT geophysical model function (GMF) has been used to compute wind speed and direction, which is provided at each discrete sampling point corresponding to the averaged Sigma-0 locations. From orbit 87727 to present, a newer GMF designed specifically to determine wind speed from QuikSCAT backscatter and ECMWF wind direction was employed. The wind speed were computed from QuikSCAT Sigma0 values by assuming the ECMWF wind direction as a first step and then refining those directions slightly to minimize differences between ECMWF and QuikSCAT wind vectors. Retrieved wind directions, thus obtained, were reported but are only slightly different from ECMWF values and should not be considered an independent measurement of wind direction. Retrieved wind speeds do no…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2016-07-01
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: QuikSCAT Level 1C Averaged Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna
dataset title: QuikSCAT Level 1C Averaged Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna Version 1.0
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSNON-L1CA1
entry title: QuikSCAT Level 1C Averaged Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna Version 1.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2016-02-03
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Quick Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
originating center: SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 2010-07-16
stop date: 2016-10-29
term: RADAR
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DCAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.495Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the mission series mean or cumulative, Ascending seasurface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DCAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Mission Cumulative Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1383 Day
temporal resolution range: Mission
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SSAT2-DAX01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.438Z
absract: Contains wind speeds and directions derived from the Seasat-A Scatterometer (SASS), presented chronologically by swath for the period between 7 July 1978 and 10 October 1978. Robert Atlas et al. (1987) produced this product using an objective ambiguity removal scheme to dealias the wind vector data binned at 100 km cells, which were calculated by Frank Wentz.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GSFC
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 1996-07-19
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DEALIASED OCEAN WIND VECTORS (Atlas)
dataset title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DEALIASED OCEAN WIND VECTORS (Atlas)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SSAT2-DAX01
entry title: SEASAT SCATTEROMETER DEALIASED OCEAN WIND VECTORS (Atlas)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Seasat-A Scatterometer System
long name: SEASAT-A
long name: SEASAT
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/pub/ocean_wind/seasat/wind/swath_Atlas/doc/Readme_002.html
originating center: GSFC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SASS
short name: SEASAT
short name: SEASAT-A
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1978-07-07
stop date: 1978-10-10
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GHMT2-2PO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.416Z
absract: Multi-functional Transport Satellites (MTSAT) are a series of geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). MTSAT carries an aeronautical mission to assist air navigation, plus a meteorological mission to provide imagery over the Asia-Pacific region for the hemisphere centered on 140 East. The meteorological mission includes an imager giving nominal hourly full Earth disk images in five spectral bands (one visible, four infrared). MTSAT are spin stabilized satellites. With this system images are built up by scanning with a mirror that is tilted in small successive steps from the north pole to south pole at a rate such that on each rotation of the satellite an adjacent strip of the Earth is scanned. It takes about 25 minutes to scan the full Earth's disk. This builds a picture 10,000 pixels for the visible images (1.25 km resolution) and 2,500 pixels (4 km resolution) for the infrared images. The MTSAT-2 (also known as Himawari 7) and its radiometer (MTSAT-2 Imager) was successfully launched on 18 February 2006. For this Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset, skin sea surface temperature (SST) measurements are calculated from the IR channels of the MTSAT-2 Imager full resolution data in satellite projection on a hourly basis by using Bayesian Cloud Mask algorithm at the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO). L2P datasets including Single Sensor Error Statistics (SSES) are then derived following the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2.0.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO
dataset publisher: NOAA/NESDIS
dataset release date: 2014-11-17
dataset release place: Camp Springs, MD (USA)
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2)
dataset title: Sea Surface Temperature, 80E-180E and 55S-55N, at 0.036 degree resolution from MTSAT-1R Imager Sectors every 1.0 hour
easternmost longitude: -134.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMT2-2PO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.036
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Western Pacific Ocean
long name: The Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2
long name: Multifunction Transport 2 Imager
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
longitude resolution: 0.036
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 79.0
online resource: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/sod/mecb/goes_validation/test/top_background.php
originating center: NOAA/NESDIS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: MTSAT-2
short name: MTSAT 2 Imager
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -80.0
start date: 2013-08-01
stop date: 2015-12-04
temporal resolution: 1 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 64.0

PODAAC-RSX12-L2A01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.283Z
absract: This dataset contains the ISS-RapidScat on Level 2A 12.5 km science data record, which provides surface-flagged sigma-0 in 12.5 km Wind Vector Cells processed using the pulse "slice" Sigma-0 data provided by the Level 1B dataset. Due to the circular scan of the RapidScat instrument the expected number of Sigma-0 cells per WVC is not constant. To minimize the L2A data volume, the Sigma-0 cell data are stored as "lists" for each WVC row, with each list indexed by a "cell_index" array to indicate the cross-track WVC membership of the data. Each cell is then checked for land or ice and flagged accordingly. Attenuation corrections for each Sigma-0 measurement are also provided. Data are provided in single-orbit files in HDF-4 format. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2015-08-19
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 12.5Km Swath Grid
dataset title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 12.5Km Swath Grid Version 1.1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSX12-L2A01
entry title: RapidScat Level 2A Surface Flagged Sigma-0 and Attenuations in 12.5Km Swath Grid Version 1.1
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: International Space Station
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ISS_RapidScat
short name: ISS
short name: RapidScat
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2014-10-03
stop date: 2016-03-10
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.1
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SQCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.480Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the 7-Day running mean sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SQCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YVAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.454Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, Ascending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YVAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RAAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.468Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, Annual, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Annual, ascending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RAAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-17
short name: NOAA-14
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-11
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-19
short name: NOAA-16
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-7
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-PSGRA-DA2V2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.535Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.589Z
absract: The Global River Radar Altimeter Time Series (GRRATS) 1km/daily interpolations are river heights from ERS-1, ERS-2, TOPEX/Poseidon OSTM/Jason-2 and Envisat that are interpolated and processed to create a continuous heights for the study over the temporal range of the altimeters used. The purpose of these heights are to provide satellite altimetric river height data in a form that is more recognizable to the observational community and as a way to get users use to using satellite data for river hydrology. These pre SWOT data are derived from satellites to provide hydrological measurements. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will have hydrology as one of its objectives. This dataset does not have the same variables as SWOT, but does provide hydrological measurements with typical quality flagging typical of satellite data. Not only does it provide science information, it can also assist hydrological users new to satellite data with the satellite data formats and variables before SWOT launches.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Coss, Stephen; Durand, Michael; Lettenmaier, Dennis; Yi, Yuchan; Jia, Yuanyuan; Guo, Qi, Tuozzolo, Stephen; Shun, C.K.; Allen, George H.; Calmant, Stephane; Pavelsky, Tamlin
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/SWOT
dataset release date: 2019-08-30
dataset release place: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset series name: Pre SWOT Hydrology GRRATS Daily River Heights and Storage
dataset title: PRESWOT_HYDRO_GRRATS_L2_DAILY_VIRTUAL_STATION_HEIGHTS_V2
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-PSGRA-DA2V2
entry title: Pre SWOT Hydrology GRRATS Daily River Heights and Storage Version 2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-10-02
latitude resolution: 0.004
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Jason-3
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: Radar Altimeter 2
long name: JASON-1
long name: POSEIDON-3B
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: European Remote Sensing 2 altimeter
long name: European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
longitude resolution: 0.002
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/preswot_hydrology/L2/rivers/docs/GRRATS_user_handbookV2.pdf
originating center: MEaSUREs
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: ERS-2 Altimeter
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: ENVISAT
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: JASON-1
short name: JASON-3
short name: RA-2
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ERS-2
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: POSEIDON-3B
short name: POSEIDON-2
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1992-04-08
stop date: 2018-04-20
term: SURFACE WATER
topic: TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WATER FEATURES
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-J1JMR-ENH0C
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.432Z
absract: The enhanced Jason-1 Microwave Radiometer (JMR) corrections contains better wet tropospheric path delay corrections along with better land, rain and ice flagging for coastal regions than that found in the Jason-1 Geophysical Data Records (GDR, http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JASON-1_L2_OST_GDR_Ver-C_Binary ). The enhanced corrections can be used in place of the GDR wet troposphere correction to provide more accurate Sea Surface Height Anomalies for coastal regions.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Shannon Brown
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2010-10-06
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: JASON-1 ENHANCED JASON MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
dataset title: JASON-1_JMR_ENH
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-J1JMR-ENH0C
entry title: JASON-1 ENHANCED JASON MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: JASON-1
long name: Jason-1
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.15
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/jason1/preview/L2/jmr_enh/docs/AMR_EXP_README_TXT.txt
originating center: JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: USA/NASA
short name: JASON-1
southernmost latitude: -66.15
start date: 2002-01-15
stop date: 2012-02-11
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
term: ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
topic: ATMOSPHERE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
variable level 1: WATER VAPOR
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-1D9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.575Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.517Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, daily, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-1D9N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SUDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.467Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is themonthly climatology, Descending sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SUDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODTM-AN4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.389Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, mid-IR SST level 3, 4km, annual, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODTM-AN4N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST MID-IR Annual 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: EOS
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SPUR1-GLID1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.576Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.519Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. The Seaglider is an autonomous profiler measuring salinity and temperature. Three Seagliders were deployed on the Knorr cruise in September 2012. These were retrieved during the first Endeavor cruise, and then redeployed. The Seagliders typically made loops or butterfly patterns around the central SPURS mooring, diving to 1000 m. Seaglider data files contain vertically resolved trajectory series of conductivity, salinity, temperature, pressure, depth observations.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: Seaglider CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign Seaglider Products
easternmost longitude: -34.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-GLID1
entry title: Seaglider CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: SPURS-I University of Washington Seaglider
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 1010.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 26.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: CTD
short name: Seaglider
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SPURS
southernmost latitude: 23.0
start date: 2012-09-13
stop date: 2013-08-24
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -39.0

PODAAC-MODAM-8D4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.518Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.575Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped mid-Infrared SST products consist of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 3 and 4 mid-IR bands (MODIS channels 20,21,22 and 23). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, mid-IR SST level 3, 4km, 8-day, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODAM-8D4N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
short name: Aqua
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WVAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.498Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set isthe seasonal climatology, Ascending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WVAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PAAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.474Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Annual, Ascending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PAAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-OMGEV-CTDS1
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.595Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.548Z
absract: This dataset contains in situ measurements from Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) casts and tows. It provides salinity, density, temperature and sound velocity of the water column. The CTDs were deployed from a ship either as single profile casts or towed yo-yo behind the ship to measure the physical properties of the water. This provided measurements of the ocean's physical characteristics around Greenland. The CTDs are part of the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project. The goal of the project is to find out what contributions the ocean has on Greenland's melting glaciers.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OMG
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset release date: 2020-08-24
dataset release place: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset series name: OMG CTD Conductivity Temperature Depth
dataset title: OMG CTD Conductivity Temperature Depth
easternmost longitude: 53.406
entry ID: PODAAC-OMGEV-CTDS1
entry title: OMG Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) Profiles
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-30
location category: Geographic Region
location type: North America
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: InSitu
long name: Oceans Melting Greenland
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 79.841
originating center: NASA/JPL/OMG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: InSitu
short name: OMG
short name: USA/NASA
short name: CTD
southernmost latitude: 60.351
start date: 2015-07-25
stop date: 2020-04-15
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: DENSITY
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -74.576

PODAAC-GRJPL-L1B03
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.549Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.595Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. The GRACE Level 1B data provide all necessary inputs to derive monthly time variations in the Earth's gravity field. Level 1B data are also used for GRACE orbit and mean gravity field determination. It contains K-Band Ranging Data Product (KBR1B), Star Camera Data Product (SCA1B), Accelerometer Data Product (ACC1B), GPS Data Product (GPS1B), Vector Products (VGN1B, VGO1B, VGB1B, VCM1B, VKB1B, VSL1B), Quaternion Products (QSA1B, QSB1B), and Housekeeping Products (AHK1B, IHK1B, THR1B, TNK1B, MAG1B, MAS1B, TIM1B)The GRACE Level-1B RL03 data consists only of updated spacecraft attitude (SCA1B) and K-band inter-satellite ranging (KBR1B) data. All other Level-1B were not changed and it is recommended to use the RL02 products with the updated RL03 KBR1B and SCA1B products. The RL03 SCA1B data were corrected for a stellar aberration error in the onboard star tracker software and incorrect data weighting in the star tracker combination software. For the RL03 SCA1B data a new software module was developed that uses Kalman filtering, field of view error modeling, relative alignment adjustment and the inclusion of angular spacecraft body acceleration measurements from the ACC instrument. This new processing resulted in a significant reduction in high frequency noise and the elimination of jumps during transitions between dual and single star tracker operation. The KBR1B product is updated as well because the KBR antenna phase center range correction, range rate correction and range acceleration are computed using the spacecraft attitude information (SCA1B). Only these three correction values were updated in the KBR1B product. All other entries in the KBR1B remained the same.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2018-07-05
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE Level-1B Data
dataset title: GRACE_L1B_GRAV_JPL_RL03
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRJPL-L1B03
entry title: GRACE LEVEL 1B JPL RELEASE 3.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-03
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE ACC
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-01
stop date: 2017-07-01
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 3.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SASSX-BYSN0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.410Z
absract: This SEASAT-A Scatterometer (SASS) Sigma-0 dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at Brigham Young University (BYU) and is generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long. This dataset is derived from the SASS Geophysical Data Record (GDR). The SIR technique results in an enhanced resolution image reconstruction and gridded on an equal-area grid (for non-polar regions) at 4.45 km pixel resolution stored in SIR files; polar regions are gridded using a polar-stereographic technique. A non-enhanced version is provided at 22.25 km pixel resolution in a format known as GRD files. All files are produced in IEEE formatted binary. All data files are separated and organized by region, polarization, parameter, and sampling technique (i.e., SIR vs. GRD). The regions of China and Japan are combined into a single region. In addition to Sigma-0, various statistical parameters are provided for added guidance, including but not limited to: standard deviation, measurement counts, pixel time, Sigma-0 error, and average incidence angle. For more information, please visit: http://www.scp.byu.edu/docs/SASS_user_notes.html
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2002-04-23
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SEASAT-A Scatterometer Level 3 Sigma-0 at Enhanced Resolution (BYU)
dataset title: SEASAT-A Scatterometer Level 3 Sigma-0 at Enhanced Resolution (BYU)
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SASSX-BYSN0
entry title: SEASAT-A Scatterometer Level 3 Sigma-0 at Enhanced Resolution (BYU)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-02-04
latitude resolution: 0.04
location category: Geographic Region
location type: North America
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
long name: SEASAT-A
long name: Seasat-A Scatterometer System
longitude resolution: 0.04
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 78.3
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seasat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0enhanced/docs/dLongSass.html
originating center: BYU/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SCP
short name: SASS
short name: SEASAT-A
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -78.3
start date: 1978-07-07
stop date: 1978-10-10
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
temporal resolution range: Regionally Dependent
term: SEA ICE
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-MO9N9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.560Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.600Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be at https://doi.org/10.5067/MODST-MO9N4
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-MO9N9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-AN4D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.558Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-AN4D9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: Terra
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3D3AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.492Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the Seasonal, Ascending sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3D3AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Ascending Seasonal Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHMDT-2PJ19
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.557Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
absract: NASA produces skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Infrared (IR) channels of the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. MODIS L2P SST data have a 1 km spatial resolution at nadir and are stored in 288 five minute granules per day. Full global coverage is obtained every two days, with coverage poleward of 32.3 degree being complete each day. The production of MODIS L2P SST files is part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) project, and is a joint collaboration between the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). Researchers at RSMAS are responsible for SST algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging, while the OBPG, as the NASA ground data system, is responsible for the production of daily MODIS ocean products. JPL acquires MODIS ocean granules from the OBPG and reformats them to the GHRSST L2P netCDF specification with complete metadata and ancillary variables, and distributes the data as th…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: JPL/OBPG/RSMAS
dataset publisher: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Terra
dataset title: MODIS Terra L2P swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHMDT-2PJ19
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite (GDS2)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-31
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: Information on the the MODIS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod25.pdf and http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/DOCS/modis_sst/
originating center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: MODIS
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-8D4N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.284Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, 8-day, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-8D4N4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
short name: Aqua
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-07-04
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODSA-AN4D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.378Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Aqua, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, annual, daytime product
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODSA-AN4D4
entry title: MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aqua
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2002-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHV20-2PO61
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.596Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.550Z
absract: NOAA-20 (N20/JPSS-1/J1) is the second satellite in the US NOAA latest generation Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS). N20 was launched on November 18, 2017. In conjunction with the first US satellite in JPSS series, Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite launched on October 28, 2011, N20 form the new NOAA polar constellation. NOAA is responsible for all JPSS products, including SST from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). VIIRS is a whiskbroom scanning radiometer, which takes measurements in the cross-track direction within a field of view of 112.56-deg using 16 detectors and a double-sided mirror assembly. At a nominal altitude of 829 km, the swath width is 3,060 km, providing global daily coverage for both day and night passes. VIIRS has 22 spectral bands, covering the spectrum from 0.4-12 um, including 16 moderate resolution bands (M-bands). The L2P SST product is derived at the native sensor resolution (~0.75 km at nadir, ~1.5 km at swath edge) using NOAA's Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) system, and reported in 10 minute granules in netCDF4 format, compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification version 2 (GDS2). There are 144 granules per 24hr interval, with a total data volume of 27GB/day. In addition to pixel-level earth locations, Sun-sensor geometry, and ancillary data from the NCEP global weather forecast, ACSPO outputs include four brightness temperatures (BTs) in M12 (3.7um), M14 (8.6um), M15 (11um), and M16 (12um) bands, and two reflectances in M5 (0.67um) and M7 (0.87um) bands. The reflectances are used for cloud identification. Beginning with ACSPO v2.60, all BTs and reflectances are destriped (Bouali and Ignatov, 2014) and resampled (Gladkova et al., 2016), to minimize the effect of bow-tie distortions and deletions. SSTs are retrieved from destriped BTs. SSTs are derived from BTs using the Multi-Channel SST (MCSST; night) and Non-Linear SST (NLSST; day) algorithms (Petrenko et al., 2014). ACSPO cl…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
dataset publisher: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
dataset release date: 2019-05-15
dataset release place: Suitland, MD, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P OSPO dataset from VIIRS on the NOAA-20 satellite (GDS v2)
dataset title: Sea Surface temperature retrievals produced by NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO office from VIIRS sensor
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHV20-2PO61
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P OSPO dataset v2.61 from VIIRS on the NOAA-20 satellite (GDS v2)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-03-07
latitude resolution: 0.006
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
longitude resolution: 0.006
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov
originating center: NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-20
short name: VIIRS
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2018-01-05
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2.61
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-CCF25-01F14
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.408Z
absract: This dataset is derived under the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project and contains value-added Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) ocean surface winds from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F14 platform. The CCMP datasets combine cross-calibrated satellite winds obtained from Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) using a Variational Analysis Method (VAM) to produce a high-resolution (0.25 degree) gridded analysis. Wind directions from the resulting analysis are assigned to the location and time of the satellite-derived wind speed observations to create this value added dataset. The CCMP data set includes cross-calibrated satellite winds derived from SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TRMM TMI, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds, WindSat and other satellite instruments as they become available from REMSS. REMSS uses a cross-calibrated sea-surface emissivity model function which improves the consistency between wind speed retrievals from microwave radiometers (i.e., SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR, TMI, WindSat) and those from scatterometers (i.e., QuikSCAT and SeaWinds). The VAM combines these data with in situ measurements and a starting estimate (first guess) of the wind field. The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-40 Reanalysis is used as the first-guess from 1987 to 1998. The ECMWF Operational analysis is used from January 1999 onward. All wind observations and analysis fields are referenced to a height of 10 meters. The ERA-40 can be obtained from the Computation and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR): http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds117.0/. The ECMWF Operational analysis can also be obtained from CISL at NCAR: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/. Three products are distributed to complete the CCMP dataset series. L3.0 product contains high-resolution analyses every 6-hours. These data are then time averaged over monthly and 5-day periods to derive the L3.5 product. Directions from the L3.0 …
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2009-05-08
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F14 Microwave Analyses
dataset title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F14 Microwave Analyses
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-CCF25-01F14
entry title: Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Vector L2.5 First-Look SSM/I-F14 Microwave Analyses
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F14
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Special Sensor Microwave Imager
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/ccmp/L2.5/docs/ccmp_users_guide.pdf
originating center: NASA/GSFC/NOAA
role: Data Center Contact
short name: DMSP 5D-2/F14
short name: SSM/I
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MEaSUREs
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1997-05-07
stop date: 2008-08-08
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3SACS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.491Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the Annual sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Annual Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3SACS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Annual Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSBYU-GLBML
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.414Z
absract: This dataset contains global, rectangular-gridded, daily averaged Sigma-0 retrievals from SeaWinds on QuikSCAT retrievals, which are generated using a Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) technique developed by Dr. David Long at Brigham Young University (BYU); the processed files are therefore known as SIR files. The SeaWinds scatterometer scans at two nominal incidence angles, 46 degrees and 54.1 degrees, corresponding to the inner and outer beams respectively. The inner beam is horizontally polarized while the outer beam is vertically polarized. The SIR files are separated according to polarization. For example, one SIR file for a particular day will contain the globally gridded average Sigma-0 values for the horizontally polarized L1B retrievals, while the other will contain those from the vertically polarized L1B retrievals. These SIR files were also used to generate a complimentary dataset of GIF images representing the daily averaged Sigma-0, which is meant for browse purposes only and available here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_IMAGES. An expanded version of this dataset includes the full daily Sigma-0 statistcs: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_BYU_L3_OW_SIGMA0_GLOBAL_RECTANGULAR_BROWSE_MAPS_FULL. This dataset is generated by the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) project at BYU.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: BYU/SCP
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2001-03-20
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Reduced)
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Reduced)
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSBYU-GLBML
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Sigma-0 Global Rectangular Browse Maps (Reduced)
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.201
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: Scatterometry Climate Record Pathfinder
longitude resolution: 0.201
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/byu_scp/sigma0browse/docs/dLongSigBrw.pdf
originating center: BYU/CRS/SCP
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
short name: SCP
short name: SEAWINDS
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: RADAR
term: SEA ICE
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: None
variable level 1: ICE EXTENT
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3R1AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.469Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, Daily, and Daily time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Daily, ascending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3R1AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: InSitu
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-19
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-14
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-17
short name: InSitu
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-16
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-ALTCY-TJ142
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.595Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.548Z
absract: This dataset contains along track geo-referenced Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) from TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2 and Jason-3 (depending on time period) merged into a single mean reference orbit. All biases and cross-calibrations have been applied to the data so SSHA are consistent between satellites to form a single climate data record. Altimeter data from the multi-mission Geophysical Data Records (GDRs) are interpolated to a common reference orbit facilitating direct time series analysis of the geo-referenced SSH. However this product does not use the TOPEX internal calibration-mode range correction. This is the main difference between version 4 and version 4.2. More information on this calibration can be found at Beckley et al. 2017 DOI 10.1002/2017JC013090. The data are in netCDF format. Each file consists of one cycle of data, which is approximately 10 days long. Cycle 001 coincides with cycle 001 of TOPEX/Poseidon (September 25-October 3, 1992).
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Beckley, B.; Zelensky, N.P.; Holmes, S.A.;Lemoine, F.G.; Ray, R.D.; Mitchum, G.T.; Desai, S.; Brown, S.T.
dataset publisher: GSFC
dataset release date: 2017-12-01
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research
dataset title: MERGED_TP_J1_OSTM_OST_CYCLES_V42
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ALTCY-TJ142
entry title: Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeter Data for Climate Research Version 4.2
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-20
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Microwave Radiometer
long name: TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Jason-3
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: JASON-1
long name: POSEIDON Solid State Radar Altimeter
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: JASON-1 RADAR ALTIMETER
long name: Topography Experiment/Poseidon
long name: POSEIDON-3B
long name: TOPEX ALTIMETER
long name: JASON-1 MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
originating center: GSFC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: JASON-1
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: JASON-1 Microwave Radiometer
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: POSEIDON-2
short name: TOPEX/POSEIDON
short name: JASON-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ALT (TOPEX)
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: TMR
short name: SSALT
short name: AMR
short name: POSEIDON-3B
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 1992-09-25
term: SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
version: 4.2
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3RMDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.483Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ancillary sea surface temperature (SST) standard mapped image data are the ancillary SST data used in the Aquarius calibration for salinity retrieval. They are simply the daily SSTs from the Reynolds National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) 0.25 degree dataset, gridded and averaged using the Aquarius processing L2-L3 processing scheme to the same 1 degree spatial resolution and daily, 7 day, monthly, seasonal, and annual time intervals as Aquarius L3 standard salinity and wind speed products. This particular data set is the Monthly, descending ancillary sea surface temperature product associated with version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3RMDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Ancillary Reynolds Sea Surface Temperature Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
long name: InSitu
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-2
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/OBPG, Reynolds & Smith NOAA/NCDC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-17
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-14
short name: NOAA-9
short name: NOAA-7
short name: NOAA-11
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AVHRR-2
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: NOAA-19
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHOST-4FK01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.279Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the UK Met Office using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.054 degree grid. The Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) analysis uses satellite data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager (TMI), and in situ data from drifting and moored buoys. This analysis has a highly smoothed SST field and was specifically produced to support SST data assimilation into Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models.
access constraints: A Met Office data license application form: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/legal/data_lic_form.html must be completed and submitted before using the data. This only needs to be completed once f
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2006-03-03. J D Stark: Original; 2007-06-12. J D Stark: Updated restrictions and URL; 2007-06-16. E. Armstrong: Formatting changes
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: UK Met Office
dataset publisher: UK Met Office
dataset release date: 2005-12-23
dataset release place: Met Office, Exeter, UK
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 OSTIA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
dataset title: OSTIA L4 SST Analysis
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHOST-4FK01
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 OSTIA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.054
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteosat Second Generation 2
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: InSitu
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: Earth Observing System, AQUA
long name: Ships and Moored and Drifting Buoys
long name: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
long name: TRMM Microwave Imager
long name: Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
longitude resolution: 0.054
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
originating center: UK Met Office
role: Data Center Contact
short name: NOAA-19
short name: ENVISAT
short name: MSG2
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEVIRI
short name: TRMM
short name: InSitu
short name: NOAA-17
short name: AMSR-E
short name: TMI
short name: GHRSST
short name: Aqua
short name: NOAA-16
short name: AATSR
short name: AVHRR-3
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2006-04-01
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: These data may be used for pure academic research only, with no commercial or other application and all usage must meet the Met Office Standard Terms and Conditions http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corpora
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-TEMSC-GTS62
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.584Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.529Z
absract: This dataset is a time series of mass variability averaged over all of Greenland. It provides the ice mass changes of Greenland over time. The mass variability are derived from JPL GRACE Mascon Ocean, Ice, and Hydrology Equivalent Water Height RL06Mv2 CRI Filtered Version 2, which can be found at https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/TELLUS_GRAC-GRFO_MASCON_CRI_GRID_RL06_V2. A more detailed description on the Mascon solution, including the mathematical derivation, implementation of geophysical constraints, and solution validation, please see Watkins et al., 2015, doi: 10.1002/2014JB011547. The mass variability are provided as an ASCII table.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: D. N. Wiese, D.-N. Yuan, C. Boening, F. W. Landerer, M. M. Watkins
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-03-18
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: Tellus Level-4 Greenland Mass Anomaly
dataset title: GREENLAND_MASS_TELLUS_MASCON_CRI_TIME_SERIES_RL06_V2
easternmost longitude: 345.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TEMSC-GTS62
entry title: Tellus Level-4 Greenland Mass Anomaly Time Series from JPL GRACE/GRACE-FO Mascon CRI Filtered Release 06 version 02
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-02-14
latitude resolution: 25.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Greenland
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
longitude resolution: 55.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 85.0
online resource: http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/jpl_global_mascons/
originating center: TELLUS
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE SCA
southernmost latitude: 60.0
start date: 2002-04-01
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS
topic: CRYOSPHERE
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 290.0

PODAAC-ASOP2-COB01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.423Z
absract: This dataset contains operational near-real-time Level 2 coastal ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on MetOp-B at 12.5 km sampling resolution (note: the effective resolution is 25 km). It is a product of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) provided through the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). This coastal dataset differs from the standard 12.5 and 25 km datasets in that it utilizes a spatial box filter (rather than the Hamming filter) to generate a spatial average of the Sigma-0 retrievals from the Level 1B dataset; all full resolution Sigma-0 retrievals within a 15 km radius of the wind vector cell centroid are used in the averaging. Since the full resolution L1B Sigma-0 retrievals are used, all non-sea retrievals are discarded prior to the Sigma-0 averaging. Each box average Sigma-0 is then used to compute the wind vector cell using the same CMOD5.n geophysical model function as in the standard OSI SAF ASCAT wind vector datasets. With this enhanced coastal retrieval, winds can be computed as close to ~15 km from the coast, as compared to the static ~35 km land mask in the standard 12.5 km dataset. Each file is provided in netCDF version 3 format, and contains one full orbit derived from 3-minute orbit granules. Latency is approximately 2 hours from the latest measurement. The beginning of the orbit is defined by the first wind vector cell measurement within the first 3-minute orbit granule that starts north of the Equator in the ascending node. ASCAT is a C-band dual swath fan beam radar scatterometer providing two independent swaths of backscatter retrievals in sun-synchronous polar orbit aboard the MetOp-B platform. For more information on the MetOp-B mission, please visit: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/MetOp . For more timely announcements, users are encouraged to register with the KNMI …
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
dataset publisher: KNMI
dataset release date: 2013-06-07
dataset release place: KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
dataset series name: MetOp-B ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
dataset title: MetOp-B ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-ASOP2-COB01
entry title: MetOp-B ASCAT Level 2 Ocean Surface Wind Vectors Optimized for Coastal Ocean
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Meteorological Operational
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Advanced Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.6
online resource: https://projects.knmi.nl/scatterometer/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf
originating center: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF/KNMI
role: Data Center Contact
short name: ASCAT
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MetOp
short name: METOP-B
southernmost latitude: -89.6
start date: 2012-10-29
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: All users publishing with PO.DAAC data from our providers and partners, please add a citation as outlined here: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/WEB_INFO/citations.html. This product is intended for operational use only and has not been thoroughly evaluated for scientific applications. Please use with caution.
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: Operational/Near-Real-Time
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-SPUR2-UCTD0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.592Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.542Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is a NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project is comprised of two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. An underway-CTD (uCTD) is a towed profiling CTD instrument providing salinity and temperature observations from the surface to 500m while underway at up to 12 kts. A total of 262 and 501 uCTD casts were performed during the first and second Revelle cruises respectively. uCTD data files (1 per cruise) are in netCDF format and each contain the observational data for multiple deployments, binned in 6 or 8m depth intervals.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Janet Sprintall
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2019-08-15
dataset release place: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
dataset series name: SPURS-2 research vessel Underway CTD (uCTD) data for the E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
dataset title: SPURS Field Campaign UCTD Products
easternmost longitude: -123.51
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR2-UCTD0
entry title: SPURS-2 research vessel Underway CTD (uCTD) data for the E. Tropical Pacific R/V Revelle cruises
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2019-07-22
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Eastern Tropical Pacific
long name: Underway Conductivity, Temperature, Depth profiler
long name: R/V Roger Revelle (SIO)
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 550.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 13.97
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SPURS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: UCTD
short name: R/V Revelle
southernmost latitude: 5.09
start date: 2016-08-21
stop date: 2017-11-11
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
variable level 1: CONDUCTIVITY
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -126.51

PODAAC-GHAM2-2PR8A
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.540Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
absract: The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) was launched on 18 May 2012, onboard the Global Change Observation Mission - Water (GCOM-W) satellite developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The GCOM-W mission aims to establish the global and long-term observation system to collect data, which is needed to understand mechanisms of climate and water cycle variations, and demonstrate its utilization. AMSR2 onboard the first generation of the GCOM-W satellite will continue Aqua/AMSR-E observations of water vapor, cloud liquid water, precipitation, SST, sea surface wind speed, sea ice concentration, snow depth, and soil moisture. AMSR2 is a remote sensing instrument for measuring weak microwave emission from the surface and the atmosphere of the Earth. From about 700 km above the Earth, AMSR2 will provide us highly accurate measurements of the intensity of microwave emission and scattering. The antenna of AMSR2 rotates once per 1.5 seconds and obtains data over a 1450 km swath. This conical scan mechanism enables AMSR2 to acquire a set of daytime and nighttime data with more than 99% coverage of the Earth every 2 days. Remote Sensing Systems (RSS, or REMSS), providers of these SST data for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project, performs a detailed processing of AMSR2 instrument data in two stages. The first stage produces a near-real-time (NRT) product (identified by "_rt_" within the file name) which is made as available as soon as possible. This is generally within 3 hours of when the data are recorded. Although suitable for many timely uses the NRT products are not intended to be archive quality. "Final" data (currently identified by "v7.2" within the file name) are processed when RSS receives the atmospheric model National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Final Analysis (FNL) Operational Global Analysis. The NCEP wind directions are particularly useful for retrieving more accurate SSTs and wind speed…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset publisher: Remote Sensing Systems
dataset release date: 2017-10-31
dataset release place: Santa Rosa, CA, USA
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 on the GCOM-W satellite
dataset title: AMSR2 geolocated L2 swath SST data set
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHAM2-2PR8A
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature version 8a from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 on the GCOM-W satellite
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-09-18
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
long name: Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water (SHIZUKU)
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.remss.com
originating center: Remote Sensing Systems
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GHRSST
short name: AMSR2
short name: GCOM-W1
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2012-07-02
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 8a
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGAB-20J06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.540Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.591Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of geopotential field derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements and a non-tidal oceanic model produced by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: JPL
dataset release date: 2018-07-05
dataset release place: JPL PO.DAAC
dataset series name: GRACE Non-Tidal Ocean Geopotential Coefficients JPL (GAB)
dataset title: GRACE_GAB_L2_GRAV_JPL_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAB-20J06
entry title: GRACE NON-TIDAL OCEAN GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS JPL RELEASE 6.0 GAB
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-06-11
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/JPL
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE ACC
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-04
stop date: 2017-06-30
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
term: OCEAN PRESSURE
topic: SOLID EARTH
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: WATER PRESSURE
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3Y7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.500Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged overdaily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 7-Day rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3Y7CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3P1AS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.474Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Daily, Ascending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3P1AS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Ascending Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3PMDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.493Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface spiciness standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution spice data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Monthly, Descending sea surface spiciness product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3PMDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Spiciness Standard Mapped Image Descending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SPICE
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHGPB-4FO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.399Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.054 degree grid. The Geo-Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Analysis combines multi-satellite retrievals of sea surface temperature into a single analysis of SST. This analysis uses both daytime and nighttime data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager, the Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager (JAMI) and in situ data from ships, drifting and moored buoys. This analysis was specifically produced to be used as a lower boundary condition in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
access constraints: A Met Office data license application form: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/legal/data_lic_form.html must be completed and submitted before using the data. This only needs to be completed once f
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Office of Satellite Products and Operations
dataset publisher: The GHRSST Project Office
dataset release date: 2015-03-11
dataset release place: Office of Satellite Products and Operations
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
dataset title: OSPO L4 SST Analysis (GDS2)
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHGPB-4FO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.05
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Himawari Meteorological Satellites
long name: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
long name: null
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15
long name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
long name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
long name: Meteosat-10
long name: Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
long name: Advanced Himawari Imager
longitude resolution: 0.05
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: www.osdpd.nesdis.noaa.gov
originating center: OSPO
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GOES-16
short name: Himawari
short name: GOES-15 Imager
short name: GHRSST
short name: METOP-B
short name: SUOMI-NPP
short name: AHI
short name: SEVIRI
short name: METEOSAT-10
short name: GOES-15
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: USA/NASA
short name: VIIRS
short name: ABI
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2014-06-02
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: These data may be used for pure academic research only, with no commercial or other application and all usage must meet the Met Office Standard Terms and Conditions http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corpora
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-RSCAT-L1B01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.520Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.577Z
absract: This dataset contains the geo-located Sigma-0 measurements and antenna pulse "egg" and "slice" geometries as derived from ephemeris and the Level 1A dataset. The pulse "egg" represents the complete footprint of the pulse, which has a spatial geometry of approximately 25 km by 35 km. There are 8 slices that constitute the range-binned components of a pulse each of which has a spatial geometry of approximately 25 km by 7 km. The orientation of the long dimension of the slices varies with the rotation of the antenna and thus does not align with the along/across track orientation of the wind vector grid in the L2B/L2A products. Data are provided in single-orbit files in HDF-4 format. RapidScat is a Ku-band dual beam circular rotating scatterometer retaining much of the same hardware and functionality of QuikSCAT, with exception of the antenna sub-system and digital interface to the International Space Station (ISS) Columbus module, which is where RapidScat is mounted. The NASA mission is officially referred to as ISS-RapidScat. Unlike QuikSCAT, ISS-RapidScat is not in sun-synchronous orbit, and flies at roughly half the altitude with a low inclination angle that restricts data coverage to the tropics and mid-latitude regions; the extent of latitudinal coverage stretches from approximately 61 degrees North to 61 degrees South. Furthermore, there is no consistent local time of day retrieval. Caution: this dataset is intended for expert use only. If you must use RapidScat Sigma-0 data but you are unsure about how to use the L1B data record, please consider using either of the following L2A datasets: 1) http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/RSCAT_L2A_12KM_V1.1 or 2) http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/RSCAT_L2A_25KM_V1.1.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: RapidScat Project
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2015-09-01
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: RapidScat Level 1B Time-Ordered Geo-Located Sigma-0
dataset title: RapidScat Level 1B Time-Ordered Geo-Located Sigma-0 Version 1.1
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-RSCAT-L1B01
entry title: RapidScat Level 1B Time-Ordered Geo-Located Sigma-0 Version 1.1
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Rapid Scatterometer
long name: International Space Station
long name: International Space Station Rapid Scatterometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 61.0
online resource: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/fact_sheets/issrapidscat_factsheet.pdf
originating center: ISS-RapidScat
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: RapidScat
short name: ISS
short name: ISS_RapidScat
southernmost latitude: -61.0
start date: 2014-10-03
stop date: 2016-03-10
term: RADAR
topic: SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SIGMA NAUGHT
version: 1.1
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-MODST-1D4D9
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.558Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.599Z
absract: Day and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be produced at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre) projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/…
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2020-01-15
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-1D4D9
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime V2019.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-12-14
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2019.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DRCS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.487Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution derived density averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, sea surface densityproduct for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DRCS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-SEAAM-L2B00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.431Z
absract: This dataset is designed to compliment the SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B dataset by providing ocean surface wind vectors in 25 km wind vector cell (WVC) swaths with AMSR corrections and precipitation rates. This dataset also includes parameters to estimate the impact of rain upon wind speed and direction. Wind vectors are accurate to within 2 m/s (vector speed) and 20 degrees (vector direction). Rain flags are provided for each wind vector cell to assist in identifying potential rain contamination. An ASCII inline quality report (Q2B) has been generated for each L2B file; each Q2B file provides statistics of various quality elements pertaining to the processing of a specific L2B file. This product utilizes JPL's most up-to-date calibration, validation, and science data processing from the QSCAT-1/F13 geophysical model function, adopted in July of 2006.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 15-JUN-09 Manually Migrated from Ingres
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: SeaPAC
dataset release date: 2006-08-03
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors with AMSR Corrections in 25 Km Swath Grid
dataset title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors with AMSR Corrections in 25 Km Swath Grid
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SEAAM-L2B00
entry title: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors with AMSR Corrections in 25 Km Swath Grid
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds on ADEOS-II
long name: Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II
long name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/seawinds/L2BE/docs/SWS_SDPUG_V2.0.pdf
originating center: SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: AMSR
short name: ADEOS-II
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2003-04-10
stop date: 2003-10-24
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: none
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3W7CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.486Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the 7-Day wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3W7CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image 7-Day Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 7 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3S1CS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.498Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales.This particular data set is the Daily sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Daily Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3S1CS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Daily Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-MO9N4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.573Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.514Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 9km, monthly, nighttime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime
dataset title: MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-MO9N4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.083
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.083
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: MODIS
short name: Terra
short name: USA/NASA
short name: EOS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-02-24
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YRDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.455Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonaltime scales. This particular data set is the 28-Day running mean, Descending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YRDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3DVDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.457Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface density standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution density data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the seasonal climatology, Descending seasurface density product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. Surface density estimates are based on TEOS-10 and derived using retrieved salinity from Aquarius and collocated ancillary SST (Reynolds OI 0.25 degree product). The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3DVDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Sea Surface Density Standard Mapped Image Descending Seasonal Climatology Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 3 Month
temporal resolution range: Climatology
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: DENSITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-MODST-AN4D4
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.573Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.513Z
absract: The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) on board the NASA Terra and Aqua satellite platforms, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land, ice and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km), providing complete global coverage of the Earth every 1 to 2 days. Both Terra and Aqua platforms are in sun synchronous, near polar (98 degree) orbits at 705 km altitude but with a descending local equatorial crossing time of 10:30am in the case of Terra and a 1:30pm ascending crossing time for Aqua. MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal SST products consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32). Daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual MODIS SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution and for both daytime and nighttime passes. This particular dataset is the MODIS Terra, thermal-IR SST level 3, 4km, annual, daytime product.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: OBPG
dataset publisher: OBPG
dataset release date: 2015-08-31
dataset release place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
dataset series name: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime
dataset title: MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped SST
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-MODST-AN4D4
entry title: MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Annual 4km Daytime v2014.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.041
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Earth Observing System
long name: Earth Observing System, TERRA
long name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
longitude resolution: 0.041
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/modis/L3/docs/modis_sst.html
originating center: OBPG
role: Data Center Contact
short name: Terra
short name: EOS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: MODIS
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2000-01-01
temporal resolution: 1 Year
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 2014.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSX12-L2B00
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.439Z
absract: This dataset has been superseded by Version 3: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/QSCAT_LEVEL_2B_OWV_COMP_12 . This QuikSCAT Level 2B dataset contains science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the NASA SeaWinds scatterometer. The Version 2 L2B data continues to be openly distributed to allow sufficient time for community acceptance of the Version 3 dataset. The retrievals are provided on a non-uniform grid within the swath at 12.5 km pixel resolution. Higher resolution is achieved through a slice composite technique in which high resolution slice measurements from L1B data are composited into a 12.5 km wind vector cell. The increased sampling resolution enables users to obtain wind vectors 10 km closer to shore when compared to the 25 km L2B dataset. Each L2B file corresponds to a specific orbital revolution (rev) number, which begins at the southernmost point of the ascending orbit. An ASCII inline quality report (Q2B) has been generated for each L2B file; each Q2B file provides statistics of various quality elements pertaining to the processing of a specific L2B file. These wind vector retrievals have been processed using the QSCAT-1 geophysical model function. This is the official dataset produced by the QuikSCAT Project through the SeaWinds Processing and Analysis Center (SeaPAC). The SeaWinds instrument is a conical scanning pencil-beam radar, with dual-beam and dual-polarization capability, operating at Ku-band to provide all-weather ocean surface wind vector retrievals. For more information on the QuikSCAT platform and mission, please visit http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/QuikSCAT .
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset policy entry migrated from the PO.DAAC Ingres database.
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: SeaPAC
dataset release date: 2006-11-14
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT L2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSX12-L2B00
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT L2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Quick Scatterometer
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L2B/docs/QSUG_v3.pdf
originating center: NASA/JPL/SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: USA/NASA
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-22
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3YMAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.450Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 sea surface salinity (SSS) rain-flagged standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution SSS averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal timescales. This particular data set is the Monthly, Ascending rain-flagged rain-flagged sea surface salinity product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3YMAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Rain-flagged Sea Surface Salinity Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius Radiometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: AQUARIUS_RADIOMETER
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRAOD-1BG06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.534Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.589Z
absract: The GRACE Atmosphere and Ocean De-aliasing dataset contains spherical harmonic coefficients of combined barotropic or baroclinic sea level and vertical integrated pressure variations at 6-hour sample rate. It is used as a correction product for the Level 2 GRACE datasets.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: GFZ
dataset release date: 2018-05-16
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GRACE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN DE-ALIASING GFZ
dataset title: GRACE_AOD1B_GRAV_GFZ_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRAOD-1BG06
entry title: GRACE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN DE-ALIASING GFZ RELEASE 6.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2018-05-09
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 65.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/L1B/GFZ/RL05/docs/
originating center: GRACE/GFZ
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE ACC
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -75.0
start date: 1976-01-01
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHN19-3CO02
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.281Z
absract: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 platform (launched 6 Feb 2009). This particular dataset is produced by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) in France. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST) sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The NOAA-19 platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The NAR products are SST fields derived from 1km AVHRR data that are re-mapped onto a 0.02 degree equal angle grid. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) chann…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: EUMETSAT/OSI-SAF
dataset publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
dataset release date: 2008-08-08
dataset release place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-19 (GDS2 version)
dataset title: NOAA-19 AVHRR NAR SST data set
easternmost longitude: 72.97
entry ID: PODAAC-GHN19-3CO02
entry title: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-19 (GDS2 version)
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
latitude resolution: 0.02
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Atlantic Ocean
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
long name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
long name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-20
longitude resolution: 0.02
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 78.24
originating center: EUMETSAT
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: NOAA-20
short name: AVHRR-3
short name: GHRSST
southernmost latitude: 23.59
start date: 2013-06-04
stop date: 2013-11-20
temporal resolution: 12 Hour
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -76.02

PODAAC-SPUR1-MOOR2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.389Z
absract: The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is an oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-1 campaign involved a series of 5 cruises during 2012 - 2013 seeking to characterize the salinity structure and balance in a high salinity, high evaporation, and low rainfall region of the subtropical North Atlantic. It aims to resolve processes responsible for maintaining the subtropical surface salinity maximum in this region and within a 900 x 800-mile square study area centered at 25N, 38W. Two PICO moorings (PICO-1000, PICO-3000) were deployed on the Knorr cruise in September 2012 in the northern and eastern SPURS-1 domain quadrants at N24.74, W37.95 and N24.51, W37.81 respectively. The moorings contained a surface meteorological package and a "prawler", a CTD that crawls up and down the mooring line from the near-surface down to about 500m, yielding time series of salinity and temperature profile data at fixed locations. The moorings were recovered on the Endeavor-2 cruise. PICO mooring netCDF files contain georeferenced CTD profile data including salinity, temperature, potential temperature, pressure, depth, meteorological variables, GPS-Lat/Lon, and profile ID.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SPURS PROJECT, Fred Bingham
dataset publisher: SPURS Data Management PI, Fred Bingham
dataset release date: 2015-05-11
dataset release place: Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, University on North Carolina, Wilmington, NC, USA
dataset series name: PICO Mooring data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
dataset title: SPURS-1 Field Campaign Pico Mooring Data Products
easternmost longitude: -27.0
entry ID: PODAAC-SPUR1-MOOR2
entry title: PICO Mooring data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: SPURS-1 N.Atlantic Salinity maximum region
long name: NASA Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study
long name: Meteorological Measurement System
long name: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
long name: SPURS1 WHOI Central Mooring
maximum altitude: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 2.0
northernmost latitude: 25.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SPURS
originating center: SPURS Project
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: Mooring
short name: SPURS
short name: CTD
short name: MMS
southernmost latitude: 24.0
start date: 2012-09-14
stop date: 2013-09-30
temporal resolution range: Continuous
term: SALINITY/DENSITY
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SALINITY
variable level 1: TEMPERATURE PROFILES
version: 1.0
westernmost longitude: -38.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WRDS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.500Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is the28-Day running mean, Descending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Descending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: Goddard Ocean Color Group, Gene Feldman, Joel Gales
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WRDS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Descending 28-Day Running Mean Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 28 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GRGAC-20G06
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.546Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.594Z
absract: FOR EXPERT USE ONLY. This dataset contains estimates of geopotential field derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission measurements and a non-tidal oceanic and atmospheric model produced by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The data are in spherical harmonics averaged over approximately a month. The primary objective of the GRACE mission is to obtain accurate estimates of the mean and time-variable components of the gravity field variations. This objective is achieved by making continuous measurements of the change in distance between twin spacecraft, co-orbiting in about 500 km altitude, near circular, polar orbit, spaced approximately 200 km apart, using a microwave ranging system. In addition to these range change, the non-gravitional forces are measured on each satellite using a high accuracy electrostatic, room-temperature accelerometer. The satellite orientation and position (and timing) are precisely measured using twin star cameras and a GPS receiver, respectively. Spatial and temporal variations in the gravity field affect the orbits (or trajectories) of the twin spacecraft differently. These differences are manifested as changes in the distance between the spacecraft, as they orbit the Earth. This change in distance is reflected in the time-of-flight of microwave signals transmitted and received nearly simultaneously between the two spacecraft. The change in this time of fight is continuously measured by tracking the phase of the microwave carrier signals. The so called dual-one-way range change measurements can be reconstructed from these phase measurements. This range change (or its numerically derived derivatives), along with other mission and ancillary data, is subsequently analyzed to extract the parameters of an Earth gravity field model.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: GRACE
dataset publisher: GFZ
dataset release date: 2018-08-31
dataset release place: JPL PO.DAAC
dataset series name: GRACE NON-TIDAL ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS GFZ (GAC)
dataset title: GRACE_GAC_L2_GRAV_GFZ_RL06
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GRGAC-20G06
entry title: GRACE NON-TIDAL ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN GEOPOTENTIAL COEFFICIENTS GFZ RELEASE 6.0 GAC
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2018-08-06
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 88.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/grace/docs/
originating center: GRACE/GFZ
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE ACC
southernmost latitude: -88.0
start date: 2002-04-05
stop date: 2017-07-01
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: 6.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-QSXXX-L3BI0
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.265Z
absract: This dataset contains images of daily averaged ocean surface wind vectors derived from the gridded Level 3 QuikSCAT ocean surface wind vector dataset. These images are provided in GIF format at 900x600 pixel resolution. Vector arrows are colored according to wind speed, and a color bar is available to estimate the wind speed. The arrow is directionally oriented with the flow direction of the 10 m ocean surface wind velocity retrievals derived from the NASA SeaWinds scatterometer aboard the QuikSCAT satellite platform. For more information on the QuikSCAT platform and mission, please visit http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanWind/QuikSCAT . Disclaimer: this dataset is meant for quick-look purposes only and is not intended for science-quality research applications.
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Policy created for QSCAT_L3_OW_JPL_BROWSE_IMAGES
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: SeaPAC
dataset publisher: PO.DAAC
dataset release date: 2006-09-09
dataset release place: PO.DAAC
dataset series name: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded 0.25 Degree Browse Images
dataset title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded 0.25 Degree Browse Images
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-QSXXX-L3BI0
entry title: SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 3 Daily Gridded 0.25 Degree Browse Images
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2011-01-21
latitude resolution: 0.25
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: SeaWinds Scatterometer
long name: QUIKSCAT
long name: Quick Scatterometer
longitude resolution: 0.25
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.875
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/quikscat/L3/jpl/docs/qscat_L3.pdf
originating center: SeaPAC
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: SEAWINDS
short name: QUIKSCAT
southernmost latitude: -89.875
start date: 1999-07-19
stop date: 2009-11-21
temporal resolution: 1 Day
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-AQR50-3WMAS
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.494Z
absract: Aquarius Level 3 ocean surface wind speed standard mapped image data contains gridded 1 degree spatial resolution wind speed data averaged over daily, 7 day, monthly, and seasonal time scales. This particular data set is theMonthly, Ascending wind speed product for version 5.0 of the Aquarius data set, which is the official end of mission public data release from the AQUARIUS/SAC-D mission. Only retrieved values for Ascending passes have been used to create this product. The Aquarius instrument is onboard the AQUARIUS/SAC-D satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentinian Space Agency Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE). The instrument consists of three radiometers in push broom alignment at incidence angles of 29, 38, and 46 degrees incidence angles relative to the shadow side of the orbit. Footprints for the beams are: 76 km (along-track) x 94 km (cross-track), 84 km x 120 km and 96km x 156 km, yielding a total cross-track swath of 370 km. The radiometers measure brightness temperature at 1.413 GHz in their respective horizontal and vertical polarizations (TH and TV). A scatterometer operating at 1.26 GHz measures ocean backscatter in each footprint that is used for surface roughness corrections in the estimation of salinity. The scatterometer has an approximate 390km swath.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: NASA Aquarius project
dataset publisher: NASA/GSFC OBPG
dataset release date: 2017-12-07
dataset release place: Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd.; Greeenbelt, MD., 20771, USA
dataset series name: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data
dataset title: Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity Products
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-AQR50-3WMAS
entry title: Aquarius Official Release Level 3 Wind Speed Standard Mapped Image Ascending Monthly Data V5.0
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-12-07
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Aquarius SAC-D
long name: Aquarius Scatterometer
long name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
longitude resolution: 1.0
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SeaSurfaceSalinity/Aquarius
originating center: Aquarius Project NASA/CONAE
role: Data Center Contact
short name: AQUARIUS_SCATTEROMETER
short name: USA/NASA
short name: AQUARIUS SAC-D
short name: Aquarius_SAC-D
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2011-08-25
stop date: 2015-06-07
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: OCEAN WINDS
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: SURFACE WINDS
version: 5.0
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-GHATS-2PU01
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.272Z
absract: Launched in March 2002 by the European Space Agency (ESA), Envisat is the largest Earth Observation spacecraft ever built. It carries ten sophisticated optical and radar instruments to provide continuous observation and monitoring of the Earth's land, atmosphere, oceans and ice caps. The Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) onboard the Envisat spacecraft is designed to meet the challenging task of monitoring and detecting the climate change signal of sea surface temperature (SST). It builds on the success of its predecessor instruments on the European Remote-Sensing Satellite (ERS)-1, and ERS-2 satellites, and will lead to a multi-decade record of precise and accurate global SST measurements, thereby making a valuable contribution to the long-term climate record. The exceptionally high radiometric accuracy and stability of AATSR data are achieved through a number of unique features. A comprehensive pre-launch calibration programme, combined with continuous in-flight calibration, ensures that the data are continually corrected for sensor drift and degradation. A "dual-view" algorithm offering improved atmospheric correction by applying two different atmospheric path lengths is used to derive the SSTskin observations. The accuracies achieved with this configuration are further enhanced by using low-noise infrared detectors, cooled to their optimum operating temperature by a pair of Stirling-cycle coolers. With its high-accuracy, high-quality imagery and channels in the visible, near-infrared and thermal wavelengths, AATSR data will support many applications in addition to oceanographic and climate research, including a wide range of land-surface, cryosphere and atmospheric studies. See Llewellyn-Jones et al (2001) ESA bulletin 105, Feb 2001 for a full description. These AATSR L2P SST data are produced as part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project according to the GHRSST-PP Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 1.5.…
access constraints: None
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: 2009-04-30. S. Hardman: The majority of dataset policy was inherited from EUR-L2P-ATS_NR_2P.
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: United Kingdom Multi-Mission Processing and Archiving Facility (UK-MM-PAF), Europa House, The Crescent, Southwood, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0NL, United Kingdom
dataset publisher: UK-MM-PAF on behalf of ESA
dataset release date: 2009-05-29
dataset release place: UK-MM-PAF, Farnborough, Hants, United Kingdom
dataset series name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) on the ESA Envisat satellite produced by UPA
dataset title: ENVISAT AATSR full resolution dual-view geolocated L2 swath SSTskin data set in GHRSST L2P format
easternmost longitude: 180.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GHATS-2PU01
entry title: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) on the ESA Envisat satellite produced by UPA
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2017-04-28
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
long name: Environmental Satellite
long name: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
maximum altitude: 0.0
maximum depth: 0.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
minimum altitude: 0.0
minimum depth: 0.0
northernmost latitude: 90.0
online resource: http://www.infoterra-global.com/index.php
originating center: European Space Agency (ESA). ESRIN, Frascati Italy see http://www.esa.int
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GHRSST
short name: USA/NASA
short name: ENVISAT
short name: AATSR
southernmost latitude: -90.0
start date: 2008-05-27
stop date: 2012-04-08
term: OCEAN TEMPERATURE
topic: OCEANS
use constraints: None (ESA category-1 data agreement is required to access full ENVISAT AATSR data products)
variable level 1: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
version: 1.5
westernmost longitude: -180.0

PODAAC-UCLRS-GREV2
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.538Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.590Z
absract: The Global Lake/Reservoir Surface Inland Water Height Time Series is derived from the G-REALM10 lake level product https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/global_reservoir/ The purpose of this dataset is to provide surface water dynamics for several hundred lakes and reservoirs across the globe. These time series potentially span a 25 year time period, from late 1992 to 2017, satisfying the project goal of ESDR creation with a suitable level of quality that supports long-term trend analysis and global water dynamics models. Water level variation is also a key component required for the determination of surface water storages and fluxes. This product is readily accessible and is of direct use to both water managers and the scientific community worldwide, and allows for improved assessment and modeling of the human impact on the global water cycle. These pre SWOT data are derived from satellites to provide hydrological measurements. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will have hydrology as one of its objectives. This dataset does not have the same variables as SWOT, but does provide hydrological measurements with typical quality flagging typical of satellite data. Not only does it provide science information, it can also assist hydrological users new to satellite data with the satellite data formats and variables before SWOT launches.
access constraints: NONE
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Birkett, Charon; Ricko, Martina; Yang, Xu
dataset publisher: NASA/JPL/SWOT
dataset release date: 2019-11-15
dataset release place: NASA/JPL/PODAAC
dataset series name: Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Height
dataset title: PRESWOT_HYDRO_L2_GREALM_LAKE_HEIGHT_V2
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-UCLRS-GREV2
entry title: Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Surface Inland Water Height GREALM V.2
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2019-08-19
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2
long name: OSTM/Jason-2 RADAR alitmieter
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 66.0
online resource: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/drive/files/allData/preswot_hydrology/L2/lakes_reservoirs/docs/MEaSUReS_L2-handbook_Nov8.pdf
originating center: MEaSUREs
role: Data Center Contact
short name: POSEIDON-3
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: OSTM/JASON-2
short name: USA/NASA
southernmost latitude: -66.0
start date: 1992-09-25
stop date: 2019-12-23
temporal resolution: 8 Day
term: SURFACE WATER
topic: TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
use constraints: NONE
variable level 1: LAKES
version: 2.0
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-TELND-3AC63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.581Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.526Z
absract: The monthly land mass grids contain water mass anomalies given as equivalent water thickness derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represents the total terrestrial water storage anomalies from soil moisture, snow, surface water (incl. rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc.), as well as groundwater and aquifers. A glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the terrestrial water storage data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: CSR TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface-Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 in netCDF/ASCII/Geotiff Formats
dataset title: TELLUS_GRAC_L3_CSR_RL06_LND_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-TELND-3AC63
entry title: CSR TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Oceans
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: Star Camera Assembly
long name: Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
long name: GRACE K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE SuperSTAR Accelerometer
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/get-data/monthly-mass-grids-land/
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: GRACE
short name: GRACE SCA
short name: MEaSUREs
short name: GRACE KBR
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE ACC
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2002-04-05
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0

PODAAC-GFLND-3AG63
type: PODAACDataset
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.526Z
version info: 2020-09-16T19:36:14.583Z
absract: The monthly land mass grids contain water mass anomalies given as equivalent water thickness derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represents the total terrestrial water storage anomalies from soil moisture, snow, surface water (incl. rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc.), as well as groundwater and aquifers. A glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 03 (v03) of the terrestrial water storage data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13).Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PO.DAAC metadata best practices.
access constraints: none
category: EARTH SCIENCE
DIF creation date: 2020-09-16
DIF revision history: Dataset Creation via Metadata Tool
data center URL: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
data set language: English
dataset creator: Felix Landerer
dataset publisher: TELLUS
dataset release date: 2020-01-22
dataset release place: JPL
dataset series name: GFZ TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness
dataset title: TELLUS_GRFO_L3_GFZ_RL06_LND_v03
easternmost longitude: 360.0
entry ID: PODAAC-GFLND-3AG63
entry title: GFZ TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 03 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats
ISO topic category: Geoscientific Information
ISO topic category: Oceans
last DIF revision date: 2020-01-16
latitude resolution: 1.0
location category: Geographic Region
location type: Global
long name: GRACE-FO Star Camera Assembly
long name: GRACE-FO SuperSTAR Accelerometer
long name: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On
long name: GRACE-FO K-Band Ranging System
long name: GRACE Follow-On
longitude resolution: 1.0
metadata name: CEOS IDN DIF
metadata version: 9.8
northernmost latitude: 89.5
online resource: Landerer F. W. and S. C. Swenson, 2012, Accuracy of scaled GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates. Water Resources Research, Vol 48, W04531, 11 PP, doi:10.1029/2011WR011453.
originating center: NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001
role: Data Center Contact
short name: USA/NASA
short name: GRACE-FO SCA
short name: GRACE-FO KBR
short name: GRACE-FO ACC
short name: GRACE-FO
southernmost latitude: -89.5
start date: 2018-05-22
temporal resolution: 1 Month
term: GRAVITY/GRAVITATIONAL FIELD
topic: SOLID EARTH
use constraints: none
variable level 1: GRAVITY
version: RL06 v03
westernmost longitude: 0.0