Welcome to the SeaWiFS Bio-optical Archive and Storage System (SeaBASS), the publicly shared archive of in situ oceanographic and atmospheric data maintained by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). For information on how to search for data, please refer to the "Get Data" menu options. For information about preparing files for submission to SeaBASS, refer to "Contribute Data."
2013-02-19

Credit Given Where Credit is Due

More information about AERONET data is now available and the search and results pages using it have now been given links to associated pages. MOBY information to follow.

2013-02-15

In situ in Validation

In situ values are now included in satellite-satellite validation searches and their accompanying CSV files. Some neat, new graphs are generated comparing the satellites to the insitu data.

2012-11-06

New Nav Bar

We've reorganized the site a little bit to hopefully make it more intuitive. There's also a handy how-to-use-SeaBASS article located under Data Users above.

2012-10-23

Minor Changes

Most notably, you can now search for multiple custom parameters in the bio-optical search. The mailing list subscription is shiny and working, so head on over to here and sign yourself up for weekly data updates.

2012-09-24

Data Bundled With Documents

Most (or at least some) data downloaded from the bio-optical search is now bundled with its accompanying documentation.

2012-09-07

Maps and Bio-optical Search Modified

All Google Maps have been resized to fit only one Earth.

The bio-optical search has been modified to only include files with exact product matches instead of a substring match.

2012-08-29

New CSV Headers

CSV files from searches now come with a small, SeaBASS-like header so our users can (hopefully) reuse SeaBASS file reading scripts/software.

2012-08-28

We've Made the Switch

It's official, ladies and gentlemen. As you can see, the beta has finished its trial and is now the official SeaBASS site. Feedback and bug reports are very welcome.

2012-07-02

When it Rains, it Pours

I've changed the search page a bit, added a Most Recent Update field to validation search results, and added a page to fast track users to the validation search results.

2012-06-29

Updates!

Despite my best judgement, I've pushed out some updates on a Friday afternoon. Some bug fixes, some shiny new features, some old features made shiny.


Most importantly, VIIRS has been added to the validation search.