Repository details

Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

Name of repository
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
Additional name(s)
  • PO.DAAC
Repository URL
https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
Subject(s)
Description
The Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) is an element of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). The EOSDIS provides science data to a wide community of users for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Since the launch of NASA's first ocean-observing satellite, Seasat, in 1978, PO.DAAC has become the premier data center for measurements focused on ocean surface topography (OST), sea surface temperature (SST), ocean winds, sea surface salinity (SSS), gravity, ocean circulation and sea ice.In addition to providing access to its data holdings, PO.DAAC acts as a gateway to data stored at other ocean and climate archives. This and other tools and services enable PO.DAAC to support a wide user community working in areas such as ocean and climate research, applied science and industry, natural resource management, policy making, and general public consumption.
Contact(s)
Content type(s)
Certificate(s)
CoreTrustSeal
Start date
2024-03-11
End date
2027-03-11
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • institutional
Mission statement for designated community
https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/AboutPodaac
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Institutions (3)

Institution
Earth Science Data Systems Program
Additional name(s)
  • ESDS
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Additional name(s)
  • JPL
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Additional name(s)
  • NASA
Institution
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (3)

Policy Name
Data Use and Citation Policy
Policy Name
JPL Image Use Policy
Policy Name
Caltech/JPL Privacy Policy and Important Notices

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (2)

DataLicense
other
DataLicense
Copyrights

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Data citation guideline
https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
Quality management
yes

Metadata standards (2)

Metadata standard
CF (Climate and Forecast) Metadata Conventions
Metadata standard
DIF (Directory Interchange Format)

Remarks

Remarks
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center is a regular member of ICSU World Data System - WDS
Entry date
2013-09-26
Last update
2025-02-25
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re3data.org: Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center; editing status 2025-02-25; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3QK6F last accessed: 2025-10-24