Data Tools and Services at the NASA/JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC)

The PO.DAAC is responsible for archiving and distributing data relevant to the physical state of the ocean. PO.DAAC products, largely derived from satellite missions such as TOPEX/POSEIDON, Jason, GRACE, SeaWinds on QuikSCAT, SeaWinds on ADEOS-II, NOAA AVHRR, MODIS and GOES include ocean surface topography, ocean wind and sea surface temperature. To support users PO.DAAC provides various data tools and services that allow for subsetting by region and parameter, multiple output formats, global and regional quick-look of near-real-time data products, browse image and animation interfaces for selected data products, automated distribution of mission critical data, as well as use of a fast transport interface for downloading data. The following Data Tools and Services at the PO.DAAC will be highlighted: OCEANIDS (near-real-time data distribution), NEREIDS (near-real-time image distribution), POET (subsetting and vizualization interface), Selected Dataset Browse Image Tools, OPeNDAP (DODS) (remote data set access), VAP (scatterometry image and animation web server), EOS Data Gateway, Aspera Web Client Data Transfer Tool, and PO.DAAC's future release of a subscription interface for Seawinds on QuikSCAT data products.