SeaBASS serves as the official in situ data repository for the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group. Data were contributed by participants in the NASA SeaWiFS and SIMBIOS projects, the NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program, and voluntary contributors. These radiometric and biogeophysical data support bio-optical algorithm development and satellite data product validation.
Use Cases
- Validate satellite-derived ocean color and sea surface temperature products based on in situ radiometric data.
- Develop bio-optical algorithms for oceanographic studies based on biogeophysical measurements.
- Conduct data merger and assimilation studies based on contributed in situ observations.
- Perform time-series analyses of oceanographic and atmospheric bio-optical properties.
Strengths
- Serves as the official in situ data repository for NASA's Ocean Biology Processing Group.
- Data contributed by multiple NASA projects (SeaWiFS, SIMBIOS, Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program) and voluntary sources.
Limitations
- Row count, file formats, and column-level documentation are unknown; data structure must be inspected after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) via the SeaWiFS, SIMBIOS, and Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry programs.
- Collection Method
- Contributed in situ measurements from project participants and voluntary data contributors.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- unknown
- Geography
- Global oceanic coverage is implied by the description's context.