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SeaDAS Version 8.4.0 Released

Data Update
Issued
Sept. 29, 2023
Resolved

NASA's Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC) released the Sea, earth, atmosphere Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) version 8.4.0.

Highlights of what's new:

  • Adds Image Animator Tool: animates across multiple band images, angular view plots and spectrum view plots.
  • Adds Angular View Tool: creates band value plot across angular data (view angle, sensor zenith angle, sensor azimuth angle and scattering angle).
  • Adds Annotation Metadata Layer Tool: enables metadata and custom annotations (header, footer and margin).
  • Adds Soft Button Tool: enables multiple layer tools to be assigned to a single button.
  • Color Bar Legend Tool revised to support band-dependent configurations, metadata annotation, and dynamic orientation to scene image.
  • Adds GUI processing for Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) NOAA21.
  • Supports Mac OS Ventura and the Mac M1/M2 chip.
  • Implements a modification of unreleased versions of ESA SNAP 10.0.0 and ESA Optical Toolbox 10.0.0.
  • Supports V2022.3 OCSSW release tag.

For more details, read the full v8.4.0 release notes.

Details

Last Updated

Dec. 15, 2025

Published

Sept. 29, 2023

Data Center/Project

Ocean Biology DAAC (OB.DAAC)