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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
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 1 METOP-B AVHRR-3 2016-01-06

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST L3C hourly America Region sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature v1.0 from ABI on GOES16 produced by OSISAF 1.0 GOES-16 ABI 2017-12-14

N: 60 S: -60 E: -15 W: -135

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST L3C hourly Atlantic reprocessed sub-skin sea surface temperature data record v1.0 from SEVIRI on MSG produced by OSISAF 1.0 MSG SEVIRI 2004-01-19 to 2012-12-31

N: 60 S: -60 E: 60 W: -60

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST L3C NOAA/ACSPO GOES-18/ABI West America Region Sea Surface Temperature v2.90 dataset 2.90 GOES-18 ABI 2022-06-07 to Present

N: 60 S: -60 E: -77 W: 163

0.02 Decimal Degrees x 0.02 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST L3C NOAA/ACSPO Himawari-09 AHI Pacific Ocean Region Sea Surface Temperature v2.90 dataset 2.90 Himawari-9 AHI 2022-10-22

N: 60 S: -60 E: -160 W: 80

0.02 Decimal Degrees x 0.02 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS on Suomi NPP (GDS2) V1 1.0 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2013-05-20 to 2016-02-25

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

750 Meters x 750 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature from VIIRS on Suomi NPP (GDS2) V2 2.0 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2016-02-25 to 2018-02-22

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

1500 Meters x 1500 Meters netCDF-4
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) 3.0 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2018-01-30

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

750 Meters x 750 Meters netCDF-4
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) 1.0 MSG SEVIRI 2013-08-01

N: 73 S: -73 E: 81 W: -81

4500 Meters x 4500 Meters netCDF-4
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) 1.0 GOES-15 GOES-11 Imager 2013-08-01 to 2020-03-02

N: 72 S: -44 E: 180 W: 146

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N: 72 S: -44 E: -105 W: -180

4200 Meters x 4600 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO 1.0 METOP-A AVHRR-3 2013-09-24 to 2020-07-07

N: 80 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

8800 Meters x 8800 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-B satellite produced by NAVO 1.0 METOP-B AVHRR-3 2013-09-24 to 2020-06-22

N: 80 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

8800 Meters x 8800 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-18 satellite produced by NAVO 1.0 NOAA-19 AVHRR-3 2013-09-24 to 2018-05-14

N: 80 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

8800 Meters x 8800 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO 1 NOAA-19 AVHRR 2013-09-24 to 2021-01-06

N: 80 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

8800 Meters x 8800 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global Near-Real-Time Subskin Sea Surface Temperature version 8.2 (v8.2) from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) on the GCOM-W satellite by REMSS 8.2 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2012-07-02

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

25000 Meters x 25000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua satellite (GDS2) 2019.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite (GDS2) 2019.0 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Skin Temperature from the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi-NPP satellite (GDS2) 2016.2 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2011-11-21

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

750 Meters x 750 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the AVHRR on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO 2.0 METOP-A AVHRR-3 2020-06-29

N: 80 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

4000 Meters x 4000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the AVHRR on the MetOp-B satellite produced by NAVO 2.0 METOP-B AVHRR-3 2020-06-22

N: 80 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

4000 Meters x 4000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global Sea Surface Temperature v2.0 from the AVHRR on the MetOp-C satellite produced by NAVO 2.0 METOP-C AVHRR-3 2020-06-10

N: 80 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

4000 Meters x 4000 Meters netCDF-4
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 1 METOP-A IASI 2014-11-20 to 2016-02-23

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

12000 Meters x 12000 Meters netCDF-4
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 1 METOP-B IASI 2016-01-07

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

12000 Meters x 12000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Scanning Microwave Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) on the NASA Aqua Satellite 7a Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

25000 Meters x 25000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) onboard Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) satellite 4.0 TRMM TMI 1998-01-01 to 2015-01-11

N: 39.01 S: -39.06 E: 180 W: -179.99

25000 Meters x 25000 Meters netCDF-4
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Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Platform

SWOT provides detailed surface topography and monitors water body changes over time. The platform enables high-resolution ocean monitoring at 15-150 km spatial scales, tracking ocean currents, coastal dynamics, storm surges, and regional sea level changes. On land, SWOT measures water storage changes in lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and wetlands, supporting river discharge estimates for water resource assessment.

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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.

Ocean Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
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
Hydrocron Hydrocron is an API that repackages hydrology datasets from SWOT into formats that make time-series analysis easier. Subsetting, Visualization
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). Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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
SeaBASS SeaBASS is public archive of ocean and atmosphere data captured in situ. The archive is maintained by NASA's Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). Downloading
SeaDAS Sea, earth, atmosphere Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) is a comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color data. Analysis, Visualization, Processing
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