SeaBASS - The SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System

Created 25/06/2017

Updated 11/08/2023

High quality in situ measurements are prerequisite for satellite data product validation, algorithm development, and many climate-related inquiries. As such, the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) maintains a local repository of in situ oceanographic and atmospheric data to support their regular scientific analyses. The SeaWiFS Project originally developed this system, SeaBASS, to catalog radiometric and phytoplankton pigment data used their calibration and validation activities. To facilitate the assembly of a global data set, SeaBASS was expanded with oceanographic and atmospheric data collected by participants in the SIMBIOS Program, under NASA Research Announcements NRA-96 and NRA-99, which has aided considerably in minimizing spatial bias and maximizing data acquisition rates. Archived data include measurements of apparent and inherent optical properties, phytoplankton pigment concentrations, and other related oceanographic and atmospheric data, such as water temperature, salinity, stimulated fluorescence, and aerosol optical thickness.

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Title SeaBASS - The SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/050f2f27-b9c5-4482-90df-33347a6000cd
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA GSFC)
charles.r.mcclain@nasa.gov
Reference Period 25/06/2017
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