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Release Announcement
SeaDAS 8.0.0
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
- Version 8.0.0 (Beta) – (aextends from SNAP 8.0.1)
- Graticules (Map Gridlines) Tool: major revision. (Implemented in SNAP 8.0.0)
- Color Manipulation Tool: major revision. (Not yet implemented in SNAP)
- Toolbar Arrangement: Arrangement of the toolbars slightly differs from SNAP.
- A few tools only available in the menu system have been added to the toolbars. (Not implemented in SNAP)
- SNAP 8.0.1 release notes
- SeaDAS Platform 8.0.0: release notes: https://seadas.gsfc.nasa.gov/help/release-notes/seadas-platform/8.0.0
SeaDAS Toolbox:
SeaDAS Toolbox installation guide for SNAP users
Please follow the guidelines in the following link to access and install the 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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