Delivery of Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite data products will cease on November 1, 2026. Data users should transition now to alternative products from NOAA-21 and NOAA-20.
Suomi NPP data announcement
Salinity News
Articles, resources, and announcements from Salinity.
Access Sea Surface Salinity with Sea Ice Mask, a NASA Satellite Needs Working Group solution, to discern salinity values close to the sea ice edge.
News
May 7, 2025
Salinity data from NASA’s Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) help Dr. Frederick Bingham study ocean dynamics.
Data User Story
Sept. 28, 2023
Updated sea surface salinity data products fill an Earth observing need identified in the 2020 Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) survey of federal agencies.
News
March 7, 2023
The color of water could be a tool for heading off epidemics.
Feature Article
Dec. 28, 2020
Today's forecast calls for atmospheric explosions and mercury rain.
Feature Article
Dec. 28, 2020
Along the Antarctic Peninsula, sea ice and phytoplankton are becoming scarce.
Feature Article
Dec. 28, 2020
Who uses NASA Earth science data? Cara Wilson, to better understand the possible connection between harmful algal blooms and southern right whale mortality.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
Data collected by the autonomous Saildrone unmanned surface vehicle (USV) during its 60-day cruise along the California coast and Baja Peninsula are now available at PO.DAAC.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020