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LANDSAT MSS Data held by the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil

Entry ID: INPE_LS_MSS

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Summary

Abstract: Philosophy:
High quality in situ measurements are prerequisite for satellite data product validation, algorithm development, and many climate-related inquiries. As such, the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) maintains a local repository of in situ oceanographic and atmospheric data to support their regular scientific analyses. The SeaWiFS Project originally developed this system, SeaBASS, ... to catalog radiometric and phytoplankton pigment data used their calibration and validation activities. To facilitate the assembly of a global data set, SeaBASS was expanded with oceanographic and atmospheric data collected by participants in the SIMBIOS Program, under NASA Research Announcements NRA-96 and NRA-99, which has aided considerably in minimizing spatial bias and maximizing data acquisition rates.

The OBPG uses in situ bio-optical data for the validation of SeaWiFS, MODIS, and other ocean color missions, for example, OCTS and POLDER, and in the development of new ocean color algorithms. The OBPG also uses these data in support of international workshops, data merger studies, and time series analyses.

Archived data include measurements of apparent and inherent optical properties, phytoplankton pigment concentrations, and other related oceanographic and atmospheric data, such as water temperature, salinity, stimulated fluorescence, and aerosol optical thickness. Data are collected using a number of different instrument packages, such as profilers, buoys, and hand-held instruments, and manufacturers on a variety of platforms, including ships and moorings. SeaBASS includes data from over 1,500 field campaigns, collected by over 80 contributors from 55 institutions in 14 countries.

System Design:
The architecture of SeaBASS consists of three tiers: geophysical data and metadata recorded in digital text files that adhere to the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format; a directory tree structure residing on a dedicated server at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for storage of the data files; and, a relational database management system (RDBMS) used to catalog and distribute the data and files. Through the use of online search engines that interface with the RDBMS, the full bio-optical data set is queriable and available to authorized users via the World Wide Web at this site.

Data are released to the public once they have passed a series of quality control procedures.. Data collected prior to 1 January 2000 have been released to the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center.

[Summary provided by NASA.]

Description: SeaWiFS Bio-Optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS): In Situ Oceanographic and Atmospheric Bio-Optical Data.

Link: GET SERVICE

Description: SeaWIFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System search interface.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 30.88

S: 26.0

E: 88.84

W: 79.9

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: Geological Map of Nepal

Online Resource: http://www.rrcap.unep.org/datacat/

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
OBIS-SEAMAP

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-07-11

Stop Date: 1995-08-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MAINE

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > NEW BRUNSWICK

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > CROP/PLANT YIELDS

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON > TOTAL CARBON

ISO Topic Category

ECONOMY

ENVIRONMENT

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

Population and Human Development

Economic Conditions

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Data Distribution Center, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Data Center URL: http://www.ipcc-data.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: DAVID VINER Phone: +44 1603 542089 Fax: +44 1603 507784 Email: d.viner at uea.ac.uk Contact Address: Climate Impacts Link Project Climate Research Unit University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TS UK