A new L3 extraction service and a new regional time-series tool

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A new L3 extraction service and a new regional time-series tool

by OB.DAAC - SeanBailey » Thu Sep 20, 2018 11:02 am America/New_York

The Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC) and Ocean Biology
Processing Group (OBPG) is pleased to announce two new services for our user
community - Level 3 data extraction and a Regional Time Series Tool:

1) Level 3 data extraction

The Level 3 browser has been updated to modernize the look and feel and add a
bulk data ordering capability. The interface provides direct access to the
Level 3 products produced and archived by the OBPG/OB.DAAC. You can use it to
obtain links to download the data directly, save images as well as to order
netCDF data file(s).

In addition to the browser updates, a new data extraction capability is now
available, allowing both parameter and geographic extraction of the Level 3
data products. Additionally, for mapped data, both netCDF and PNG, the tool
provides the ability to choose one of several pre-defined map projections,
including: Plate Carree, Mollweide, Lambert Conformal Conic, Albers Equal Area
Conic, Mercador, and EASE-Grid 2.0

Details about the browser functions are available on the help page.

2) SeaBASS Regional Time Series Tool

A new web-based SeaBASS Regional Time Series Tool is available (linked from the
"Get Data" section of the SeaBASS website main menu). It is designed to
visualize and serve time-based comparisons of satellite-to-satellite and in
situ measurements.

For a given region, one or more satellite sensors must be selected and then
all available satellite and in situ data validation data within the bounds of
the study site will be combined for comparison as figures and percent
frequency distributions. User options are available to select a measurement
product of interest (e.g., Rrs, IOPs, Chl, etc.), adjust the data averaging
period (weekly, monthly, seasonal), the date range, and other graphing
options. Each region has a brief description that includes links to extra
information about the primary in situ data sources and a map that shows the
boundaries used to define each region. With the click of a button, users may
also download the source data.

Regards,
Sean

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