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Ocean Data Access and Tools
NASA data span the geophysical parameters that characterize the global ocean and the physical processes operating within its depths and at its surface. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.
Ocean Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASEI | The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns. | Search and Discovery, Cataloging | |
| CyAN File Search | The CyAN File Search tool allows users to choose an area over the continental United States and Alaska to retrieve cyanobacteria datasets archived by the Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) project. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| CyFi Explorer | CyFi Explorer enables users to view corresponding Sentinel-2 satellite imagery for each cyanobacteria estimate, and estimate cyanobacteria density. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| Giovanni | Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. | Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting | |
| Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser | The Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser allows users to view, download, or order global composites at various spatial and temporal scales (level 3) or get results from analyses of lower-level data (level 4). | ||
| Panoply | Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. | Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison | |
| SOTO | State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| SWOT Swath Visualizer | The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Swath Visualizer provides a visualization of two instruments’ coverage of Earth's surface: the Ka-band Radar Interferometer and altimeter. | Analysis, Data Curation, Visualization | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization |
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Datasets
| Dataset | Size | Start Date | End Date | N Lat | S Lat | E long | W Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Level 1 ScanSAR Product | 90.00 | -90.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| New York State Mesonet IMPACTS | 44.91 | 40.59 | -72.19 | -79.64 | |||
| Lightning Instrument Package (LIP) IMPACTS V2 | 48.66 | 26.91 | -64.89 | -123.62 | |||
| SENTINEL-1A_SLC | 90.00 | -90.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_METADATA_GRD_MEDIUM_RES | 90.00 | -90.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_METADATA_GRD_HIGH_RES | 90.00 | -90.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_METADATA_GRD_FULL_RES | 90.00 | -90.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_GRD_MEDIUM_RES | 90.00 | -90.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_GRD_HIGH_RES | 90.00 | -90.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_GRD_FULL_RES | 90.00 | -90.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 |
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