SSMIS

Description

Special Sensor Microwave - Imager/Sounder

Platforms
Instrument Types
Imager
Sounder
Organizations
DoD

NOAA NCEI Blended Seawinds (NBS v2)

Product Families
Sea Surface Winds
Summary

The NOAA NCEI Blended Seawinds (NBS) version 2.0 dataset synthesizes observations from multiple satellites (up to seven satellites since June 2002) to create gridded wind speeds (10m, neutral). This is an updated version of the existing NOAA NBS v1.0, which is a global gridded 0.25° and 6-hourly sea surface winds product that has wide applications in marine transportation, marine ecosystem and fisheries, offshore winds, weather and ocean forecasts, and other areas. 

Seascape Pelagic Habitat Classification

Product Families
Seascape Classification
Summary

MBON Seascapes identifies spatially explicit water masses with particular biogeochemical features using a model and satellite-derived measurements.  The seascape product is generated as monthly and 8-day composites at 5 km spatial resolution