NAAMES Study of North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems

North Atlantic measurements from the NAAMES program investigate links between marine ecosystems and atmospheric aerosols. Data originates from ship, aircraft, and satellite platforms, including underway ship systems and altimetry re-analyses. The Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB_DAAC) provides this dataset.

Use Cases

• Analyzing links between phytoplankton dynamics and aerosol production using ocean chemistry and optics measurements.
• Studying water mass origins and ocean circulation through integrated altimetry re-analysis maps.
• Investigating sea surface conditions via ship underway data from IMU, SAMOS, and SSW systems.
• Validating satellite-derived ocean color and temperature products with in-situ ship and aircraft observations.

Strengths

• Data integrates measurements from multiple platforms: ship, aircraft, and satellite.
• Includes specialized analyses like altimetry re-analyses mapping water origin masks.
• Managed by NASA's Ocean Biology DAAC, indicating a structured curation process.

Limitations

• Critical metadata conflicts exist: license is listed as both 'other-license-specified' and null, and update dates are inconsistent.
• Column names, row counts, and dataset size are unknown across all sources.
• Some special datasets are not in standard SeaBASS format and are only accessible via direct links.

Provenance

Source

NASA NAAMES (North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study) program.

Collection Method

Measurements gathered from ship underway systems, aircraft campaigns, and satellite sensors.

Time Range

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Freshness

2026-03-12 23:13:55.484978

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean