Data Access

Data Distribution Status

All systems nominal
(SeaWiFS mission ended December 2010)

NOTE: FTP connections must be made in PASSIVE mode

Level 1 and 2 Browser

Visually search the ocean color data archive. Directly download or order data from a single file to an entire mission. Data from the Aquarius mission is also available.

Level 3 Browser

Browse the entire global ocean color, sea surface temperature and sea surface salinity data sets for many parameters and time periods and download PNG images or digital data in HDF format.

Data Archive

Access to the complete data archive. Retrieval of data in bulk is possible.

Ocean Productivity

Ocean Net Primary Productivity data products derived from MODIS and/or SeaWiFS data available from Oregon State University.

Giovanni

An easy-to-use, Web-based interface for the visualization and analysis of Earth Science data provided by the GES DISC DAAC.

MEaSUREs Ocean Color Project

This project creates a variety of established and new ocean color products for evaluation as candidates to become Earth Science Data Records.

Support Services

SeaDAS

A comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color data.

SeaBASS

An archive of in situ oceanographic and atmospheric data for use in algorithm development and satellite data product validation.

Registration for support services:

Near Real-Time (NRT) Services:

NRT Data Subscriptions
Subscriptions allow users to specify regions for NRT data to be continually staged on our FTP server for download.

Information Services:

Other Services:

Satellite Overflight Predictions
Data subscription status
L1/L2 browser order status
Locate Ancillary Files
File Search Utility
Search for satellite and ancillary data archived by the ocean color data production system.

Ocean Color Feature

Phytoplankton in the Sea of Marmara

Aqua-MODIS recorded faint golden-colored filamentous features in the Sea of Marmara on April 27th, 2013. Features such as these have been identified in other satellite images as possible Trichodesmium blooms. Those cyanobacteria are not known to be native to the region, but a recent report lists the species as being present as an alien in the neighboring Aegean Sea.

Note that information from the field now indicates that these are blooms of Noctiluca scintillans, a dinoflagellate.

Clicking on the above image will get you a larger view of the region including the western Black Sea with prominant plumes of sediment laden water emerging from the Danube River delta.