I can not see MASKS in my data

bluesky1987 · by **bluesky1987** » Tue Jul 03, 2018 2:38 pm America/New_York

Hi
I am a new member in this forum, so please forgive me, if my question is basic.
Actually, I opened ‘A2018015000000.L2_LAC_SST.nc’ in SeaDAS and as this data is level2, then I should be able to see masks (land, ice and ….) but I can not see any thing. Would you please help me?
Please look at attachment.
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by **OB WebDev - norman** » Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:54 pm America/New_York

Hi,

Have a look at the following tutorial that our own Danny recorded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI6x3sDjFQQ

See also

https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd/sst/flag/

for information on SST flags and SST quality levels

and

https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd/ocl2flags/

for information on our levgel-2 flags.

Regards,
Norman

bluesky1987 · by **bluesky1987** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:30 am America/New_York

Thanks I watched and read them but my mask manager is empty in data. I do not know why?
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bluesky1987 · by **bluesky1987** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:49 am America/New_York

I used below steps for opening my files like (A2018015000000.L2_LAC_SST.nc). I do not know is there something wrong with it? Maybe that why I can not see mask layers in mask manager although every other things are fine.

File > Import > NetCDF-CF

by **OB SeaDAS - knowles** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 8:55 am America/New_York

Importing a file as some specified format will not invoke special functions such as creating masks, utilizing the time information, etc. Also when you import a MODIS Aqua file the way you are doing, the image will be horizontally and vertically inverted due to the ascending orbit and scan direction of the MODIS instrument.

To utilize these features, the correct way to open the file is via the menu: File > Open

Danny