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Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment

Global Water & Energy Cycle, Weather

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Deployments
13
Platforms
33
Data Products

The Campaign

The Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) was a NASA campaign that focused on small-scale ocean eddies and fronts. S-MODE consisted of three deployments off the coast of San Francisco during the boreal fall of 2021-2022 and the boreal spring of 2023. Airborne measurements were taken with different remote instruments including the Doppler Scatterometry (DopplerScatt), Multiscale Observing System of the Ocean Surface (MOSES), Modular Aerial Sensing System (MASS), and Portable Remote Imaging SpectroMeter (PRISM). In-situ measurements were obtained through research vessels, gliders, drifters, and other water-based platforms. S-MODE is one of NASA's EVS-3 projects.

2021-10-19 — 2023-05-02

Centered approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco, California, USA
boreal fall, boreal spring

N: 40°N

S: 35°N

W: 130°W

E: 120°W

Additional Notes

SUBMESOSCALE OCEAN DYNAMICS
VERTICAL TRANSPORT
EDDIES
OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS
OCEAN PROPERTIES
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Events

3 Deployments
3 IOPs
20212023

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Platforms
PLATFORMS
Instruments
INSTRUMENTS
Formats
FORMATS
10.5067/SMODE-RVCTDExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-RVADCExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-RVTSGExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-RVECTExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-RVSUNExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-DRIFTExternal Link
Drifting Buoy
netCDF-4
10.5067/SMODE-SDRONExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-SONDEExternal Link
Radiosonde
netCDF-4
10.5067/SMODE-GLID2External Link
10.5067/SMODE-RVBOTExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-PRSM1External Link
10.5067/SMODE-MASS1LExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-WSLOPEExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-KABODSExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-MASS1HExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-MASS1VExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-NCOMExternal Link
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10.5067/SMODE-MOSE2External Link
10.5067/SMODE-DSCT2External Link
10.5067/SMODE-DSCT1External Link
10.5067/SMODE-MASS1DExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-RVRADExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-SEAGL3External Link
10.5067/SMODE-RVECT3External Link
10.5067/SMODE-DSCT2-V2External Link
10.5067/SMODE-RVBO2External Link
Fluorometer
netCDF
10.5067/SMODE-PRISM2-REFLExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-PRISM2-CHLAExternal Link
10.5067/SMODE-SEAGL2External Link
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NASA
NASA Earth Venture Suborbital-3 (EVS-3) Program
Bruce Tagg
Tom Farrar
Fred Bingham
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