Repository details

SeaBASS

Name of repository
SeaBASS
Repository URL
https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Subject(s)
Description
SeaBASS, the publicly shared archive of in situ oceanographic and atmospheric data maintained by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG). High quality in situ measurements are prerequisite for satellite data product validation, algorithm development, and many climate-related inquiries. As such, the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) maintains a local repository of in situ oceanographic and atmospheric data to support their regular scientific analyses. The SeaWiFS Project originally developed this system, SeaBASS, to catalog radiometric and phytoplankton pigment data used their calibration and validation activities. To facilitate the assembly of a global data set, SeaBASS was expanded with oceanographic and atmospheric data collected by participants in the SIMBIOS Program, under NASA Research Announcements NRA-96 and NRA-99, which has aided considerably in minimizing spatial bias and maximizing data acquisition rates. Archived data include measurements of apparent and inherent optical properties, phytoplankton pigment concentrations, and other related oceanographic and atmospheric data, such as water temperature, salinity, stimulated fluorescence, and aerosol optical thickness. Data are collected using a number of different instrument packages, such as profilers, buoys, and hand-held instruments, and manufacturers on a variety of platforms, including ships and moorings.
Contact
  • seabass@seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/wiki/System_Description
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
Institution name
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ocean Biology Processing Group
Additional name(s)
  • OBPG
  • OceanColor
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
Data Access Policy and Citation
Policy Name
NASA's Earth Science Program Data & Information Policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
embargoed

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
Public Domain
DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Data Submission Policy
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/wiki/Access_Policy#Citation
Author identifier system(s)
  • none
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard name
Repository-Developed Metadata Schemas
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Remarks

Entry date
2016-01-08
Last update
2023-04-03
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re3data.org: SeaBASS; editing status 2023-04-03; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3G64Q last accessed: 2024-04-19