NOAA produces CoastWatch SeaWiFS ocean color products in near-real time from data collected by OrbView-2. Data is purchased under a NOAA Contract with GeoEye and therefore access to data is restricted to US civil marine operational applications. Questions regarding access should be directed to Kent Hughes, CoastWatch Program Manager. NOAA obtains Level-1A data from GeoEyee and processes the data to Level-2 ocean products using NASA SeaDAS and NOAA algorithms. These products are then mapped to selected CoastWatch regions.

CoastWatch SeaWiFS ocean color browse products (PNG) are limited to chlorophyll-a concentration and are publicly accessible. Authorized users may also obtain Level-2 and Level-3 products in CoastWatch-HDF and GeoTIFF formats.

Launch the CoastWatch Earth Data Access Client to browse datasets (Java 5.0 Update 6 plugin required) or access data directly via OPeNDAP or data download.