PO.DAAC datasets featured at the UNFCCC COP 20
NASA representatives presented hyperwall animations using PO.DAAC datasets at the UNFCCC 20th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 20).
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A View from Above: Wastewater Diversion Plumes in Southern California
Wastewater treatment facilities on occasion divert to shorter outfall pipes at shallower depths within the Southern California Bight. Can wastewater diversions and their impact on water quality be assessed with satellite data?
NASA Launches RapidScat Wind Watcher to Space Station
RapidScat launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 10:52 p.m. PDT Saturday, Sept. 20 (1:52 a.m. EDT Sunday, Sept. 21). RapidScat will monitor global ocean winds for improved weather forecasting and climate studies.
Unusual summertime warming off California Coast
Intensified coastal warming (4-5ºC) has been detected off California in satellite sea surface temperature imagery. This is an ongoing and highly unusual event. What is causing the warming and what are the potential implications?
NASA's RapidScat to Unveil Hidden Cycles of Sea Winds
In a few months, NASA will send an ocean wind-monitoring instrument to a berth on the International Space Station. That unique vantage point will give ISS-RapidScat the ability to observe daily (also called diurnal) cycles of wind created by solar heat.
OSCAR ocean surface currents featured at the Our Ocean 2014 conference at the U.S. State Department
Eric Lindstrom, the NASA Physical Oceanography Program Manager, presented an OSCAR animation to Secretary of State John Kerry and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Ocean Story: Is an El Niño developing in the tropical Pacific Ocean? (May, 2014)
A comparison of the current warming conditions to the pre-conditions of the 1997-98 El Niño.
Historically, every 2-7 years or so, the easterly trade winds relax or reverse abnormally, and the cold tongue is weakened or disappears. This abnormal warming in the cold tongue region (relative to the normal condition) is referred to as El Niño.
New-and-improved beta version 2-D State of the Ocean Visualization Tool (SOTO)
It provides near real-time data layers (vector and image) that are visualized in an HTML5 interface utilizing open-source tools such as Leaflet.js. SOTO 2D data layers are annotated to give contextual descriptions of the ocean's features and events, and kml overlays (ice extent, hurricane tracks, clouds).
In this early stage of release, we recommend using Google Chrome. The fast rendering capabilities make the experience that much better.
State of the Ocean (SOTO)
SOTO provides near real-time data that gets displayed on a virtual globe and is annotated to give context descriptions of the ocean's features and events, kml overlays (ice extent, hurricane tracks, clouds).