DATA HOLDINGS

The Ocean Color Web is the designated archive for ocean color data from NASA missions. 

Ocean Color Web Data Access

• Level 1A and 2 Data Browser
• Level 3 Mapped Data Browser
• Direct FTP Access

The links provided below provide explanatory material regarding ocean color data sets which were formerly archived at the GES DISC and which are now available at the Ocean Color Web.   Some of the information is outdated;  we provide these as archival references because they contain considerable information that is not reproduced in other locations.

Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS)

• CZCS Level 1A GAC Dataset Guide
• CZCS Level 2 GAC Dataset Guide
• CZCS Ocean Pigment Concentration

NASDA-SIMBIOS-Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS)

• Data Set Readme for the SIMBIOS-NASDA-OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature Sensor) Data Set

Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS)

• SeaWiFS Level 1A and Level 2 HDF Dataset Guide
• SeaWiFS Level 3 Dataset Guide
• SeaWiFS Readme