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SeaWiFS  

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  • purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the Earth science community. Subtle changes in ocean color signify various types and quantities of marine phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), the knowledge of which has both scientific and practical applications. The SeaWiFS Project operates a research data system that processes, calibrates, validates, archives and distributes data received from SeaWiFS. The SeaWiFS Mission is a part of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. The SeaStar spacecraft, developed by OSC, carries the SeaWiFS instrument and was launched to low Earth orbit on board an extended Pegasus launch vehicle on August 1, 1997. The SeaWiFS data is procured as a "data buy" from a private contractor, Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), which subcontracted with the Hughes Santa Barbara Research Center (SBRC) as the builder of the SeaWiFS ocean color sensor. OSC built, launched, and operates the SeaStar satellite carrying the sensor. The GSFC EOS DAAC has the responsibility for the permanent archiving and distribution of SeaWiFS data to all approved SeaWiFS data users. The SDPS provides processed data to the GSFC DAAC. Authorized users may also request LAC data archived at NASA-licensed HRPT stations. A consolidated, on-line, electronic catalog of all holdings of SeaWiFS data at Goddard or NASA-licensed HRPT stations is available to all authorized SeaWiFS research users. Requests for data not held by the GSFC DAAC will be directed to the LAC station that holds the data. Fees, if any, for copies of SeaWiFS data can be no higher than the nominal cost of reproduction of the requested data. The EOS DAAC will support the distribution of data in its holdings through electronic means and on selected magnetic or optical media. Standing orders for routine distribution of all or selected products, as they become available, are subject to approval by NASA. For further information on the SeaWiFS Project, contact: SeaWiFS Project, Code 970.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 Telephone: (301) 286-9676 For more information on SeaWiFS, see: https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/ (en)

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  • SEAWIFS (en)

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  • 2021-03-10 17:17:43.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: SEAWIFS language code: en); update PrefLabel (SeaWiFS);
  • 2021-03-10 17:19:40.0 [sritz] update Definition (purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the Earth science community. Subtle changes in ocean color signify various types and quantities of marine phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants), the knowledge of which has both scientific and practical applications. The SeaWiFS Project operates a research data system that processes, calibrates, validates, archives and distributes data received from SeaWiFS. The SeaWiFS Mission is a part of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. The SeaStar spacecraft, developed by OSC, carries the SeaWiFS instrument and was launched to low Earth orbit on board an extended Pegasus launch vehicle on August 1, 1997. The SeaWiFS data is procured as a "data buy" from a private contractor, Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), which subcontracted with the Hughes Santa Barbara Research Center (SBRC) as the builder of the SeaWiFS ocean color sensor. OSC built, launched, and operates the SeaStar satellite carrying the sensor. The GSFC EOS DAAC has the responsibility for the permanent archiving and distribution of SeaWiFS data to all approved SeaWiFS data users. The SDPS provides processed data to the GSFC DAAC. Authorized users may also request LAC data archived at NASA-licensed HRPT stations. A consolidated, on-line, electronic catalog of all holdings of SeaWiFS data at Goddard or NASA-licensed HRPT stations is available to all authorized SeaWiFS research users. Requests for data not held by the GSFC DAAC will be directed to the LAC station that holds the data. Fees, if any, for copies of SeaWiFS data can be no higher than the nominal cost of reproduction of the requested data. The EOS DAAC will support the distribution of data in its holdings through electronic means and on selected magnetic or optical media. Standing orders for routine distribution of all or selected products, as they become available, are subject to approval by NASA. For further information on the SeaWiFS Project, contact: SeaWiFS Project, Code 970.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 Telephone: (301) 286-9676 For more information on SeaWiFS, see: https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/); update Definition (https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/SeaWiFS/);
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