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SeaDAS 8.0.0 Release Announcement

Danny Knowles edited this page Feb 1, 2021 · 10 revisions

The SeaDAS development team is pleased to announce the release of SeaDAS 8.0.0 (Beta) which contains SeaDAS Toolbox (version 1.0.0) and Sentinel-3 Toolbox (version 8.0.0). This is a significant modification over SeaDAS 7.5.3 regarding the core components and inner framework of the GUI. To get started see: SeaDAS 8.x Download, Installation, and Run Instructions

General Overview:

The SeaDAS 8 platform (an extension of the ESA SNAP platform) serves as an application platform to the NASA SeaDAS Toolbox and the ESA Sentinel-3 Toolbox. The core elements of NASA SeaDAS science processing (both command line and GUI-based) are contained within the SeaDAS ToolBox. The NASA satellite mission data file readers and the ESA processors for the Sentinel-3 missions are contained within the Sentinel-3 Toolbox.

SeaDAS Platform

SeaDAS Toolbox:

SeaDAS Toolbox installation guide for SNAP users

Please follow the guidelines in the following link to access and install the SeaDAS Toolbox. https://seadas.gsfc.nasa.gov/installers/snap-seadas-toolbox/

Known Platform Issues

  • Module update system not yet implemented (for new releases you will need to manually download software from website)
  • Virtual Memory allocation custom settings not yet implemented.
  • Color Bar layer not yet implemented.

Legacy Software Notes

  • SeaDAS 7 series contained the NASA OBPG processors and the GUI is a variant of the BEAM software. This series culminated in version 7.5.3 and will no longer be revised. It won't use the latest NASA processors.
  • SeaDAS 6 series was based on IDL and is no longer supported.
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