Impacts to recent PO.DAAC SST datasets
2024-10-14
Due to the major weather impacts from the recent hurricanes Helene and Milton on NOAA data centers several PO.DAAC sea surface temperature (SST) datasets have been affected.
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New PO.DAAC animation now available!
COWVR Level 2 Wind Speed - First Year of Operation
First Public Release (V10.0) of Microwave Brightness Temperatures, Ocean Wind Vectors, and Atmospheric Water Products from the COWVR-TEMPEST STP-H8 Project
2024-10-09
The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the first public release of the COWVR-TEMPEST Temperature Sensor Data Records (TSDRs) and Environmental Data Record (EDR), produced by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Animation: COWVR Level 2 Wind Speed - First Year of Operation
Animation of daily wind speed measurements from the Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer (COWVR) instrument during its first year of operation. COWVR was developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is installed on the International Space Station, where it has been collecting measurements since January 2022. COWVR aims to demonstrate new low-cost microwave sensor technologies for weather applications.
Data in Action: The warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico helped ‘fuel’ Hurricane
Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of the Florida Gulf Coast as a category 4 storm late in the evening of September 26, 2024.
Data in Action: The warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico helped ‘fuel’ Hurricane Helene
New PO.DAAC animation now available!
Sea Surface Salinity 8-Day Running Mean from SMAP RSS V6.0 (2015-2024)
Back-fill completion of SMAP RSS Sea Surface Salinity V6.0 Validated Datasets
2024-09-23
The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the completion of the back-fill processing for the version 6.0 SMAP Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) validated datasets from Remote Sensing Systems (RSS), sponsored by the NASA Ocean Salinity Science Team.
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Release of GRACE-FO JPL RL06.3 for Level 2, 3, and MASCON Data Sets
2024-09-12
The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the public release of the RL06.3 update to several GRACE-FO data sets produced by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, including Level 2 gravity anomalies as well as Level 3 (including MASCON) ocean bottom pressure and terrestrial water mass anomalies.
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New Video: SWOT Data Access Workshop July 2024
Follow Dr. Cassie Nickles for a workshop on the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite presented at the Hacking Limnology AEMON-J Virtual Summit!