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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.

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GHRSST Level 2P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature version 8.2 (v8.2) from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) 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 NAVO 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature version 3.0 from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NOAA-20 satellite 3.0 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2024-02-20

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

750 Meters x 750 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P NAVO 1 m Depth Global Sea Surface Temperature version 3.0 from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NOAA-21 satellite 3.0 NOAA-21 VIIRS 2024-02-21

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

750 Meters x 750 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P NOAA ACSPO SST v2.80 from VIIRS on NOAA-21 Satellite 2.80 NOAA-21 VIIRS 2023-03-19

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

750 Meters x 750 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P NOAA STAR SST v2.80 from VIIRS on NOAA-20 Satellite 2.80 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2018-01-05

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

750 Meters x 750 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P NOAA STAR SST v2.80 from VIIRS on S-NPP Satellite 2.80 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-02-01

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

750 Meters x 750 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Regional 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 satellite produced by NAVO 1 NOAA-19 AVHRR 2013-05-05 to 2021-01-16

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

2200 Meters x 2200 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Sea Surface Temperature version 1.0 from the Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary (EWSG1) produced by NAVO 1.0 GOES-13 ABI 2021-12-06 to 2023-11-08

N: 78 S: -78 E: 140 W: -16

4000 Meters x 4000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Sea Surface Temperature version 1.0 from the Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary (EWSG2) produced by NAVO 1.0 GOES-15 GOES-15 Imager 2023-12-03 to Present

N: 65 S: -65 E: 140 W: -20

4000 Meters x 4000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on Metop satellites (currently Metop-A) (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF 1 METOP-A AVHRR-3 2013-06-04 to 2016-11-23

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

1100 Meters x 1100 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P 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 2016-01-19

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

1100 Meters x 1100 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Western Atlantic Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) Imager on the GOES-13 satellite (GDS version 2) 1.0 GOES-15 GOES-15 Imager 2013-08-01 to 2018-01-08

N: 68 S: -68 E: -0 W: -155

4200 Meters x 4600 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS version 2) 1.0 MTSAT-2 MTSAT 2 Imager 2013-08-01 to 2015-12-04

N: 79 S: -80 E: 180 W: 64

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N: 79 S: -80 E: -134 W: -180

4000 Meters x 4000 Meters netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C Atlantic sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on MSG at 0 degree longitude (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF 1 MSG SEVIRI 2004-06-01

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C Indian-Ocean (IO) sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on MSG in GDS2 format produced by OSISAF 1.0 MSG SEVIRI 2017-03-28

N: 60 S: -60 E: 101.5 W: -18.5

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from Metop/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF 1 METOP-B AVHRR-3 2016-01-06

N: 78.24 S: 13.59 E: 72.97 W: -76.02

0.02 Decimal Degrees x 0.02 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS and Metop-A/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF 1 METOP-A AVHRR-3 2013-06-04 to 2016-11-22

N: 78.24 S: 23.59 E: 72.97 W: -76.02

0.02 Decimal Degrees x 0.02 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF 1 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2013-11-11 to 2020-11-20

N: 78.24 S: 13.59 E: 72.97 W: -76.02

0.02 Decimal Degrees x 0.02 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-19 (GDS2 version) 1 NOAA-20 AVHRR-3 2013-06-04 to 2013-11-20

N: 78.24 S: 23.59 E: 72.97 W: -76.02

0.02 Decimal Degrees x 0.02 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES 13) Imager in East position (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF 1 GOES-13 GOES-13 Imager 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-14

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

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3U Global Global Near-Real 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: -179

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3U Global Near-Real-Time Subskin Sea Surface Temperature version 8a from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 on the GCOM-W satellite 8a GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2012-07-02

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -179

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from GMI onboard GPM satellite 8.2a GPM GMI 2014-03-04

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

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3U 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

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from TMI onboard TRMM satellite 7.1a TRMM TMI 1997-12-08 to 2015-01-01

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

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees 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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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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