SeaDAS 7.2 Release Notes

Release Date: May 6, 2015

The SeaDAS development team is pleased to announce the release of SeaDAS 7.2, which is built atop a slightly modified BEAM 5.0.1 version.

New Features

        Band Filters Added
            - Low-Pass Radial Attenuation
            - Circular Mean
            - Straylight

        Bathymetry
            - Bathymetry values are now 'true depth' accounting for local water surface height instead of being relative to sea level
            - Bathymetry values are now in positive units.
            - Default bathymetry color scheme is in log space to better depict shallow water floor features.

        Color Palettes Added/Revised
            - Bathymetry color palette revised with a smoother transition from light blue-green to dark blue-green.
            - Various gradient palettes added.
            - Default (oceancolor_standard.cpd) revised to not use black at high saturation.

        Color Schemes:
            - Added a user-defined data file for generating custom schemes and/or overriding default schemes.
            - Added a user-defined data file for customizing the scheme selector
            - Added a wildcard feature to enable more generic auto-application of color schemes.

        Contour Lines
            - Refinements to user interface.
            - Now uses a band filter by default.

        RGB "True Color" Profiles Added
            - Includes profiles for several missions using relevant rhos bands.
            - Includes hybrid profiles with separate land and water algorithms (uses level-2 file LAND mask)

Bug Fixes

        Color Schemes
            - Fixed bug where parameter changes in the Color Manager of a band which did not match a default scheme name were
              being lost when toggling between bands.

        Contour Lines
            - Fixed bugs related to the usage of band filters inside of the contour tool.
            - Fixed bugs which could cause program freeze-up on invalid user GUI field entries.

Known Issues

        Real Band
            - problems when converting NaN values