From 1998 to 2010, Sea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor (SeaWiFS) made a simple but elegant measurement: how “green” is the Earth. That is, how much chlorophyll—the pigment that helps turn sunlight into organic energy for plants—is present in the seas and on land.

The SeaWiFS project aims to obtain accurate ocean color data from the world’s oceans, to process these data in conjunction with ancillary data into meaningful biological parameters, such as photosynthesis rates, and to make these data readily available to researchers.

The SeaWiFS instrument was launched by Orbital Sciences Corporation on the OrbView-2 (a.k.a. SeaStar) satellite in August 1997, and collected data from September 1997 until the end of mission in December 2010.

2025年3月12日 · The purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS; 1997-2010) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the Earth science community.

2023年8月15日 · SeaWiFS. Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor. Type. Instrument. Launch. Aug. 1, 1997. Target. Earth. Objective. Collect global ocean biological data. Learn more about SeaWiFS. SeaWiFS Stories. Explore All SeaWiFS Stories Article. 6 Min Read. Inia Soto Ramos, From the Mountains of Puerto Rico to Mountains of NASA Earth Data.

The goal of SeaWiFS, scheduled to be launched in August 1993, is to examine oceanic factors that affect global change. Because of the role of phytoplankton in the global carbon cycle, data obtained from SeaWiFS will be used to assess the ocean's role in this cycle, as well as other biogeochemical cycles.

The purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the Earth science community.

2001年3月12日 · The SeaWiFS instrument looks at the world oceans and land to observe the plant life and phytoplankton. Here you can see the Oceans without the land data.

What is SeaWiFS? Background; Project Objectives, Organization and Operations; Spacecraft and Sensor Description; SeaWiFS Data; SeaWiFS Product Information; Getting SeaWiFS Data; How You Can Process SeaWiFS Data; Browsing SeaWiFS Data

2022年9月9日 · The purpose of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Project is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties and to assess the oceans' role in the global carbon cycle. SeaWiFS data are being used to help clarify the magnitude and variability of chlorophyll and primary production by marine phytoplankton, and ...