NASA's OceanColor Web is supported by the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Our responsibilities include the collection, processing, calibration, validation, archive and distribution of ocean-related products from a large number of operational, satellite-based remote-sensing missions providing ocean color, sea surface temperature and sea surface salinity data to the international research community since 1996.

Ocean Color Feature

Southern Chukchi Sea

Landsat 8 recorded this turbulent ocean color field just northeast of the Bering Straitdivides the Bering Sea—south, from the Chukchi Sea—north in the Chukchi Sea on June 18, 2018. Click the image to get a larger version overlaid on a map.

Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC)

The OBPG serves as a Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) for satellite ocean biology data produced or collected under NASA's EOSDIS, including those from historical missions and partner space organizations and is a member of the ICS-WDS.

SeaDAS

SeaDAS is an image analysis package for the processing and display of satellite ocean color data.

SeaBASS

SeaBASS is a repository of in situ oceanographic data to support algorithm development and satellite data product validation activities.

Field Support Group

The OBPG maintains a Field Support Group that collects in situ data, engages in community measurement protocols activities, and hosts an HPLC phytoplankton pigment processing facility.