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    • S-MODE MASS Level 1 LWIR Version 1

    Metadata Updated: February 5, 2026

    NOTICE: This dataset is currently undergoing maintenance to be repackaged as zip files of flight lines. The file count will decrease dramatically when new zip files are available.
    This dataset contains airborne longwave infrared (LWIR) imagery from the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) during a pilot campaign conducted approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco over two weeks in October 2021. 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 FLIR SC6700 camera with 13mm lens was mounted nadir in the aircraft in an orientation so that the short edge of the image was parallel with the flight track. The camera was synchronized to a coupled GPS/IMU system with images collected at 50hz. Raw images were calibrated for lens distortion, vignetting, and boresight misalignment with the GPS/IMU. Images were georeferenced to the processed aircraft trajectory and exported with reference to the WGS84 datum with a UTM zone 10 projection (EPSG 32610) at an altitude-dependent resolution. Level 1 images are available in TIFF format.

    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 February 5, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 5, 2026
    Publisher NASA/JPL/PODAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/SMODE-MASS1I
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-03
    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":-122.9,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":36.3},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3634b91a78263fde530c9186af72a4d36bdeb2052844a5667fa020a91826f3d5
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2021-10-22/2021-10-22

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