This directory contains all of the PO.DAAC data that is available via
 anonymous FTP.  The PO.DAAC also archives and distribures other 
 data products which are available on tape or CD-ROM.  A complete 
 description of all PO.DAAC holdings is available on the PO.DAAC 
 homepage, http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov by clicking on "The Data Catalog".  
 The PO.DAAC Data Catalog may also be obtained on this FTP site in the 
 /pub/data_catalog directory.

 The use of the data sets provided by the PO.DAAC implies an obligation
 that proper credit be given to the data source, including the author
 of the data set.  Should the data obtained from the PO.DAAC be used in
 a publication, the PO.DAAC requests the following acknowledgment:
 "These data were obtained from the NASA Physical Oceanography
 Distributed Active Archive Center at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
 California Institute of Technology."  Any relevant manuals should be
 listed in the references section.
 This directory (/pub) contains the following:

	atmospheric_moisture - a directory containing data, software and 
            documentation for the atmospheric moisture products such as 
            cloud liquid water and columnar water vapor from the SSMI.

	data_collections - a directory containing data, software and 
            documentation for products which contain multiple 
            oceanographic parameters.  This directory also contains 
 	    updates to the TOGA CD-ROM.

	heat_flux - a directory containing data, software and 
            documentation for the heat flux products from the SSMI and 
            other instruments.

	hydrographic_software - a directory containing hydrographic 
            software such as Atlast, Imagic and the Power Ocean Atlas.

	ocean_wind - a directory containing data, software and 
            documentation for ocean wind speed, wind vectors, and 
            sigma-0's from Nimbus-7, Seasat and SSMI.  This directory 
	    will also contain the NSCAT data once cal/val is complete.

	sea_surface_height - a directory containing altimetry data from 
            TOPEX/Poseidon.

	sea_surface_temperature - a directory containing sea surface 
            temperature data from the AVHRR.

	src - a directory containing source code for the Hierarchical
	      Data Format (HDF).

 IRSAR data has moved to the Alaska Satellite Facility.  Researchers 
 interested in obtaining AIRSAR data should now refer to: 
 http://airsar.asf.alaska.edu

 If you have questions about the data or accessing the data, please 
 contact the PO.DAAC User Services Office at:

	User Services Office
        Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC)
        Jet Propulsion Laboratory
        M/S Raytheon-299
        4800 Oak Grove Drive
        Pasadena, CA 91109, U.S.A.

        E-mail: podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
        Phone: 626-744-5508
        Fax: 626-744-5506