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SeaBASS - The SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System

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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 eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/15b48324-68f1-44b9-89f4-6a74823baa67
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CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere
charles.r.mcclain@nasa.gov
Reference Period 01/09/1997
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -80.0], [180.0, -80.0], [180.0, 80.0], [-180.0, 80.0], [-180.0, -80.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au