≈Marine Observation Discovery

MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S035

NASA Common Metadata Repository (CMR) / Earthdata Search

Discover marine observations available through NASA Common Metadata Repository (CMR) / Earthdata Search, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.

Operator
NASA EOSDIS
Role
Metadata catalogue / granule discovery
Platforms
Satellites and other NASA data holdings
Observed variables
Metadata describing NASA ocean and Earth-observation collections/granules
Spatial coverage
Global Earth science
Period
Current catalogue; collection-specific periods
Depth coverage
Metadata-level vertical information varies; mostly not sample depth
QC and data mode
Metadata validation by NASA EOSDIS providers
Access method
Use CMR REST/GraphQL API to discover ocean collections/granules; follow service/data links to PO.DAAC/OB.DAAC/etc.
Indexed download targets
1

Canonical parameters

Discovery and access

Metadata-only but strategically important: one API can power discovery of many NASA satellite sources.