Post on 13-Dec-2015
Suhung Shen
James G. Acker
Denis Nadeau
George Serafino
Goddard Earth Sciences (GES)
Data and Information Services Center (DISC)
Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 USA
IntroductionOcean Color Data are measurements of the light intensity at visible wavelengths, which are related to the presenceof phytoplankton and particles in the water. The data have been widely used to study marine optical properties, biological productivity, air-sea interaction, and for other research topics.
The GES DISC DAAC has archived ocean color data from several different sensors, including the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) on OrbView-2 and the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) on Nimbus 7. The SeaWiFS data are from September 1997 to present, available with two weeks delay from real-time. The CZCS data are available from October 1978 to June 1986.
WWW Browser: Spatial and temporal searching Viewing individual “browse” images Selecting desired files Ordering on-line documents
Subscription: As data arrive, they are automatically placed in
an order and sent to users Frequent, regular requests (daily, weekly,
monthly, annually)
Registration Required Users of SeaWiFS data (including collaborators of research
papers) are required to register with the SeaWiFS Project to become SeaWiFS Authorized Research Users
Username & Password Required GES DISC DAAC issues a username and password to SeaWiFS
Authorized Research Users Data is FREE to authorized users Charges Apply for Commercial Use of SeaWiFS Data
General Email: daacuso@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
Ocean Color Email: ocean@daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
GES DISC DAAC Toll Free Help Desk: (1-877) 422-1222
GES DISC DAAC Fax Line: (301) 614-5268
GES DISC DAAC Online: http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
Access Data Online:
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataset/SEAWIFS/
Archive System and Distribution Statistics
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Data Archive & Distribution System Architecture SeaWiFS Data Monthly Archive/Distribution Volume
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Regional Subsets of SeaWiFS HRPT Station Data(1 kilometer resolution data)
Science Focus Web Page(s)
(Compressed Volumes, to the end of December 2000)Total Distributed Volume: 23 TB
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SeaWiFS Image of FiresNear San Diego, California
January 3, 2001
Los Angeles
Salton Sea
San Diego
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Chlorophyll ConcentrationsOff of the
South Carolina ShorelineApril 25, 1998
On April 25, 1998, the SeaWiFS instrument obtained a nearly cloud-free image of the U.S. East Coast. This image shows the chlorophyll concentrations in the ocean waters off the shoreline of South Carolina. Both the flow of the Gulf Stream and the related communities of marine phytoplankton are affected by the Charleston Bump.
Data Access
SeaWiFS Data Restrictions
SeaWiFS Points of Contact
CZCS Data Products
Sample Imagery
HNSG
HROM
HJMS
HHOB
HMBR
SeaWiFS Data Products
Coccolithophorid BloomsIn the Bering Sea
April 25, 1998Global Biosphere of Northern Hemisphere
Summer • June 1998-August 1998SeaWiFS Image
September 15-16, 1997
Chlorophyll a Concentration (mg/m3)
Composite of all SeaWiFS land and ocean data acquired on September 15-16, 1997. Land and cloud are in “true color,” while derived ocean chlorophyll concentrations are colored as in the color scale.
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