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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
External Link10.5067/SMODE-RVCTD
External Link10.5067/SMODE-RVADC
External Link10.5067/SMODE-RVTSG
External Link10.5067/SMODE-RVECT
External Link10.5067/SMODE-RVSUN
External Link10.5067/SMODE-DRIFT
Drifting Buoy
netCDF-4
External Link10.5067/SMODE-SDRON
External Link10.5067/SMODE-SONDE
Radiosonde
netCDF-4
External Link10.5067/SMODE-GLID2
External Link10.5067/SMODE-RVBOT
External Link10.5067/SMODE-PRSM1
External Link10.5067/SMODE-MASS1L
External Link10.5067/SMODE-WSLOPE
External Link10.5067/SMODE-KABODS
External Link10.5067/SMODE-MASS1H
External Link10.5067/SMODE-MASS1V
External Link10.5067/SMODE-NCOM
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External Link10.5067/SMODE-MOSE2
External Link10.5067/SMODE-DSCT2
External Link10.5067/SMODE-DSCT1
External Link10.5067/SMODE-MASS1D
External Link10.5067/SMODE-RVRAD
External Link10.5067/SMODE-SEAGL3
External Link10.5067/SMODE-RVECT3
External Link10.5067/SMODE-DSCT2-V2
External Link10.5067/SMODE-RVBO2
Fluorometer
netCDF
External Link10.5067/SMODE-PRISM2-REFL
External Link10.5067/SMODE-PRISM2-CHLA
External Link10.5067/SMODE-SEAGL2
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NASA
NASA Earth Venture Suborbital-3 (EVS-3) Program
Bruce Tagg
Tom Farrar
Fred Bingham
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