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NASA Data Providers

National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Oceanography Earth System Science Data and Services Alaska Satellite Facility DAAC SAR, Sea Ice, Polar Processes, Geophysics Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) Space Geodesy and Geodynamics Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Sciences DAAC Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Dynamics, Global Precipitation, Solar Irradiance Global Hydrology Resource Center Hydrologic Cycle, Severe Weather Interactions, Lightning, Convection Langley Research Center DAAC Radiation Budget, Clouds, Aerosols, Tropospheric Chemistry Land Processes DAAC - USGS National Center for EROS Land Processes MODIS Adaptive Processing System (MODAPS) (NASA EOSDIS) Aqua and Terra L1, Atmospheres, and Land Data National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC Snow and Ice, Cryosphere and Climate Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC Biogeochemical Dynamics, Ecological Data for Studying Environmental Processes Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) Ocean Color Data Products from the MODIS Sensor on Aqua SocioEconomic Data and Applications Center Population, Sustainability, Geospatial Data, Multilateral Environmental Agreements Non-Resident Products at PO.DAAC Non-Resident Winds Products - Measuring Ocean Winds from Space QuikSCAT Twice-Daily and Monthly Maps Objectively mapped twice-daily QuikSCAT fields of zonal and meridional wind velocities and magnitude from July 1999 onward. P.I.: W. Timothy Liu. QuikSCAT Wind and Wind Stress Climatology A global climatology of ocean surface wind, wind curl, wind divergence, wind stress, wind stress curl, and wind stress divergence from 8 years of QuikSCAT scatterometer data (Sept. 1999 - Aug. 2007) by Craig Risien and Dudley Chelton. P.I.: Dudley Chelton, Oregon State University. Seasonal Climatology of Global Distributions of High-Wind Occurrence derived from QuikSCAT (pdf maps only). P.I.: Shangping Xie, University of Hawaii. Air-Sea Interaction & Climate A synergistic and interdisciplinary approach to apply space-based observations, ground-based measurements, and numerical model to study the coupled ocean-atmosphere system. Remote Sensing Systems Processes and analyzes microwave data collected by special satellite microwave sensors. Non-Resident Ocean Surface Topography Products Non-Resident Sea Surface Temperature Products GHRSST/GDAC The Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) high-resolution sea surface temperature provides a new generation of global high-resolution (<10km) SST data products to the operational oceanographic, meteorological, climate and general scientific community, in real time and delayed mode.
NASA Missions

OCO - Orbiting Carbon Observatory (Launch 2009) Aquarius (Launch 2010) Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ocean Surface Topography TOPEX/POSEIDON Jason-1 OSTM/Jason-2 JPL Imaging Radar MODIS SeaWiFS Project
NOAA Data Providers

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Federal agency focused on the condition of the oceans and atmosphere. Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) Conducts basic and applied research in oceanography, meteorology, atmospheric and oceanic chemistry, and acoustics. Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) An electronic library of NOAA environmental data. CoastWatch Program Processes and distributes near real-time oceanographic satellite data. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) NOAA Archive for weather data. National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) NDBC designs, develops, operates and maintains a network of data collecting buoys and coastal stations. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) NGDC provides scientific stewardship, products and services for geophysical data from the Sun to the Earth and Earth's sea floor and solid earth environment. National Hurricane Center National Weather Service Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory (PFEL) PFEL is a research unit of the National Marine Fisheries Service's Southwest Fisheries Science Center. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) NODC archives and provides public access to global oceanographic and coastal data and information. Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) PMEL carries out interdisciplinary scientific investigations in oceanography and atmospheric science with a focus on open ocean observations in support of long-term monitoring and prediction.
Other US & International Data Providers

(PO.DAAC is not responsible for the validity or quality of the data products offered by the external data providers listed.) Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Directory to Earth Science data and Services National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) National Science Foundation research and development center dedicateed to exploring and understanding our atmosphere and its interactions withthe Sun, the oceans, the biosphers and human society. U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) USGCRP supports research on the interactions of natural and numan-induced changes in the global environment and their implications for society. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Dedicated to timely, relevant, and impartial study of landscape, natural resources and natural hazards. IFREMER WWW mirror site of the CERSAT server holding weekly grids of scatterometer winds from ERS-1, ERS-2 and NSCAT, with wind vector and stress, divergence and curl. CERSAT is a processing and archiving facility for satellite data and is part of the "Département d'Océanographie Spatiale" at IFREMER. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) The IOC provides member states of the United Nations with a mechanism for global cooperation in the study of the oceans. Australian Oceanographic Data Centre Australian mult-agency data management system for ocean data resources European Space Agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Universities

Florida State University Department of Oceanography FSU Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University Oregon State University College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Buoy Group's Deep Water Archive Scripps Institution of Oceanography Center for Coastal Studies University of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies OCEANIC - The Ocean Information Center University of Hawaii Department of Oceanography University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory International Arctic Buoy Program University of Washington School of Oceanography Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union (AGU) AGU is a worldwide scientific community that advances the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity. American Meteorological Society (AMS) Society to promote the development and dissemination of information and education on atmospheric, releated oceanic and hydrological science. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Professional organization for researchers and educators in the field of aquatic science. The Oceanography Society (TOS) Society founded to disseminate knowledge of oceanography and its application through research and education.
Educational Web Sites

Ocean Surface Topography from Space Measuring Ocean Winds from Space Sea Surface Salinity from Space Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Interdisciplinary Earth Science Data Outreach from EOSDIS JPL Education Gateway El Nino/La Nino Info NASA Oceanography Learning Resources NASA Education Central Operation of Resources for Educators (CORE)


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