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    • S-MODE Level 1 MASS DoppVis Imagery Version 1

    Metadata Updated: January 15, 2026

    This dataset contains airborne DoppVis imagery from the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) during the IOP1 campaign conducted approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco in Fall 2022. S-MODE aims to understand how ocean dynamics acting on short spatial scales influence the vertical exchange of physical and biological variables in the ocean. The Modular Aerial Sensing System (MASS) is an airborne instrument package that is mounted on the DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft which flies long duration detailed surveys of the field domain during deployments. MASS includes a Nikon D850 camera with a 14mm lens mounted with a 90 degree rotation and a 30 degree positive pitch angle during flight. The camera was synchronized to a coupled GPS/IMU system with images taken at 2hz. Raw images were calibrated for lens distortion and boresight misalignment with the GPS/IMU. Images were georeferenced to the processed aircraft trajectory and exported with reference to WGS84 datum with a UTM zone 10 projection (EPSG 32610) at 50cm resolution. Level 1 DoppVis images are available as GZIP flightlines containing individual TIFF images.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 15, 2026
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/SMODE-MASS1D
    Data Last Modified 2026-01-13
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
    Old Spatial {"NorthBoundingCoordinate":38.1,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-125.4,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-121.7,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":36.3},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 498f8bec657506c7712f2faf457d3ff5bb24c32cfd4abf911224673fc725e277
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2021-09-01/2021-09-01

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