
The SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS) is a
data archive
A data library, data archive, or data repository is a collection of numeric and/or geospatial data sets for secondary use in research. A data library is normally part of a larger institution (academic, corporate, scientific, medical, governmen ...
of
in situ oceanographic data used to support satellite remote sensing research of
ocean color. SeaBASS is used for developing algorithms for satellite-derived variables (such as
chlorophyll-a concentration) and for validating or “ground-truthing” satellite-derived data products.
The acronym begins with “S” for SeaWiFS, because the data repository began in the 1990s around the time of the launch of the
SeaWiFS satellite sensor, and the same data archive has been used ever since. Oceanography projects funded by the
NASA Earth Science program are required to upload data collected on research campaigns to the SeaBASS data repository to increase the volume of open-access data available to the public.
As of 2021 the data archive contained information from thousands of field campaigns uploaded by over 100 principal investigators.
See also
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EOSDIS
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Ocean color
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Ocean observations
The following are considered ocean essential climate variables (ECVs) by the Ocean Observations Panel for Climate (OOPC) that are currently feasible with current observational systems .
Ocean climate variables
Atmosphere surface
* Air Temper ...
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Ocean optics
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Water remote sensing
References
External links
NASA SeaBASS Official Website
Earth observation
Environmental data
Environmental science databases
Oceanography
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