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2023-11-07 Release of TOPEX/Poseidon GDR-F Reprocessed data Date: November 7, 2023 We are pleased to announce the release of a fully reprocessed version of the TOPEX/POSEIDON Geophysical Data Record. After an exhaustive examination of all archived information from the TOPEX/POSEIDON mission by NASA and CNES teams, this product has been generated by reprocessing data from the on-...
2022-01-31 Release of the simulated SWOT Level-2 Sea Surface Height (SSH) version 1 datasets The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the simulated SWOT Level-2 (L2) Sea Surface Height (SSH) version 1 datasets. This collection includes 8 synthetic SWOT SSH products created by the SWOT project (JPL/CNES) based on the...
2019-11-21 Release of the PO.DAAC Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission Page The PO.DAAC is pleased to release the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission page: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/SWOT. The SWOT mission is targeted to launch in September 2021, providing valuable data about the world's oceans and its terrestrial...
2021-11-30 Release of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Altimetry Datasets The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of datasets from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich/Jason CS radar altimeter mission, which aims to provide high-precision measurements of global sea-level that build upon the extensive record of observation from the previous Jason series altimetry...
2021-10-26 Release announcement for the ECCO Version 4 Release 4b Datasets The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of ECCO Version 4, Release 4b (V4r4b), an errata for the ECCO Version 4 revision 4 (V4r4) ocean and sea-ice state estimate. An issue has been identified and corrected with atmospheric pressure forcing used in V4r4. Main effects of the error are...
2019-10-08 Reduced quality NOAA STAR S-NPP SST data during inclination adjustment maneuver NOAA STAR has announced that four granules of S-NPP SST data contain defective results during the satellite inclination adjustment maneuver. The affected data are within the observation time coverage of 2019-09-26T16:10:00 and 2019-09-26T16:50:00, during which the sensor was pointing to the wrong...
2024-03-28 Recorded Earthdata Webinar: Accessing Data for the World's Water with SWOT   Check out the recording of our latest Earthdata Webinar: Accessing Data for the World's Water with SWOT! Launched in December 2022, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission provides an unprecedented look at Earth's water. A joint undertaking by NASA and CNES (Centre National D'...
2020-10-01 Reconstructed GMSL from GRACE and In Situ 1900 to 2018 Dataset Release The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of Reconstructed Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) from GRACE and In Situ observations 1900 to 2018. The dataset was produced by JPL scientist Thomas Frederikse and his colleagues for their recent Nature publication (Frederikse et al., 2020) under...
2020-09-04 QuikSCAT Level 2B Version 4.1 Dataset Release The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites version 4.1 dataset. More information regarding the QuikSCAT mission and instrumentation is available from PO.DAAC’s mission webpage...
2019-02-14 QuikSCAT Level 1C Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna Version 2 Dataset Release DOI: 10.5067/QSNON-L1CA2 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the QuikSCAT Level 1C Averaged Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna Version 2.0 dataset. More information about QuikSCAT is available from the...
2018-01-25 Public Release of the NASA/GSFC AQUARIUS RFI Level 3, Version 1.0 Product by the PO.DAAC The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the level 3, monthly Aquarius Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) V1.0 dataset produced by NASA/GSFC.  The product provides insight into the global distribution of RFI at L-band and serves as a useful adjunct to the Aquarius V5.0 end-of-mission...
2017-06-22 Public Release of the GHRSST VIIRS-NPP L2P Sea Surface Temperature (SST) dataset version 2016.0 from the Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of the version 2016.0 VIIRS-NPP Level-2P Sea Surface Temperature (SST) dataset in collaboration with the  NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG).  The OBPG VIIRS-NPP L2 SST has been reformatted at the PO.DAAC JPL to be in compliance with the Group...
2017-09-06 Public Release of the GHRSST SEVIRI-IO L3C SST v1.0 dataset from OSISAF The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of the SEVIRI-IO Level-3C version 1.0 Sea Surface Temperature (SST) dataset in collaboration with the Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF), EUMESAT. This dataset is in the netCDF format and compliance with the Group for High...
2018-04-11 Public Release of RapidScat Level 2B Climate Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Footprints Version 2.0 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the “RapidScat Level 2B Climate Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Footprints Version 2.0” (hereafter L2B Version 2.0) dataset. This dataset consists of Version 2.0 L2B science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the RapidScat Ku-band...
2018-04-05 Public Release of QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 4.0 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the “QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 4.0” (hereafter L2B Version 4.0) dataset. This dataset consists of Version 4.0 Level 2B (L2B) science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Quick...
2016-11-14 Public Release of QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3.1 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the “QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3.1” (hereafter L2B Version 3.1) dataset. This dataset consists of Version 3.1 Level 2B (L2B) science-quality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the Quick...
2016-06-29 Public Release of QuikSCAT Level 1C Averaged Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna Version 1.0 Dataset The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the “QuikSCAT Level 1C Averaged Sigma-0 and Winds from Non-spinning Antenna Version 1.0” (hereafter L1C) dataset, which contains geo-located and averaged Level 1B Sigma-0 measurements and wind retrievals from QuikSCAT throughout a majority of...
2018-04-23 Public Release of MetOp-A ASCAT Climate Data Record (CDR) Datasets The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the MetOp-A ASCAT Level 2 Climate Data Record (CDR) datasets provided by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice...
2017-11-27 Public Release of a set of GHRSST L2P/L3U datasets from Remote Sensing Systems The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the release of a set of GHRSST L2P/L3U Sea Surface Temperature (SST) datasets from multiple microwave instruments produced by the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS, or REMSS). This release includes: AMSR2 L2P v8a, AMSR2 L3U v8a, AMSR-E L3U v7a, GMI L3U v8.2a, TMI L3U v7...
2021-04-30 Pre-SWOT Level-4 Hourly MITgcm LLC4320 Native 1/48-degree Grid Oceanographic Version 1.0 Datasets Release PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the Pre-SWOT Level-4 numerical simulation datasets Version 1.0. These datasets contain hourly model outputs subsetted from a global ocean simulation using the MITgeneral circulation model (MITgcm) on a 1/48-degree nominal Lat/Lon-Cap horizontal...

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