Release Notes

SeaDAS 8.3.0

These release notes depict the primary changes which have occurred since the previous release (SeaDAS 8.2.0).

Versioning

• Release Date: Dec 12, 2022
• SeaDAS Toolbox 1.3.0
• SeaDAS Platform 8.3.0
  • Modification of ESA SNAP 9.0.3
  • View ESA SNAP release notes
• Sentinel-3 Toolbox (S3TBX) 9.0.3
  • Modification of ESA S3TBX 9.0.3
  • View ESA S3TBX release notes

SeaDAS Toolbox 1.3.0

General

• Menu reorganization:
  • All SeaDAS Toolbox components are now placed in one menu location.

SeaDAS Processors (OCSSW)

• Adds GUI processing support for the following missions (sensors):

  • Adds MSI_S2A
  • Adds MSI_S2B
  • Adds OLCI_S3A
  • Adds OLCI_S3B
  • Adds OLI L8 (collection 2)
  • Adds OLI_l9

• Removes AQUARIUS processing support

• L2gen GUI:

  • Bug fix: "Show Defaults" button now works
  • Bug fix: Product selector now displays correct product names (Previous version incorrectly displayed some products with a missing underscore in the name)

• Tooltips added to many processor GUIs

• Bug fix: OCSSW GUI processing now writes to log files in the case where the (~/.seadas8) directory hasn't yet been auto-generated.

Known Issues

• GPT:
  • Coastline, Land and Water mask tool operator not available at gpt command line
  • Bathymetry tool operator not available in gpt

SeaDAS Platform 8.3.0

General

• Docker image to facilitate Windows processing
• Put Spectrum View and RGB Image tools into the main default toolbars

Tools

• Statistics Tool (GUI and GPT):
  • Adds all functionality previously available in SeaDAS 7.5.3 (significant modification over SeaDAS 8.2.0 version of this tool)
  • Updated GUI help pages
• Reproject Tool (GUI and GPT):
  • Adds support for masking
  • Adds capability to use and transfer the valid pixel expression of the source file
  • Updated GUI help pages
• Time Series Tool
  • Adds this tool which was previously in SeaDAS 7.5.3 (no new modifications to this tool)
• Color Manipulation Tool
  • RGB Image configuration profiles added for PACE-OCI, HawkEye and VIIRS-JPSS1 missions
  • Added support for users to create customized color schemes which are auto-applied based on the name of the band/raster (setup involves manual editing of two xml files - see Color Manipulation GUI help page)

Known Issues

• GPT
  • gpt (graph processing tool) command line entries require full file path

Sentinel-3 Toolbox (S3TBX) 9.0.3 - (SeaDAS Modified)

• File/Sensor Support

  • Adds PACE-OCI L1C files
  • Adds SPEXOne files
  • Adds HARP2 L1C files
  • Adds NSIDC files
  • Adds OCSSW level-3 mapped files (previously these were loaded into SeaDAS as unknown generic files)

• Level-2 file reader adds in a few quality masks for GUI interface (previously available in SeaDAS 7.5.3)

• Updated GUI Help "S3TBX About Page" to indicate that this is a SeaDAS modified version of S3TBX.

Known Issues

• none

Getting Started with SeaDAS

To get started see: SeaDAS 8.x Download, Installation, and Run Instructions

SNAP Users: Installing SeaDAS Toolbox

Please follow these guidelines to access and install the SeaDAS Toolbox

SeaDAS 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.

Note: SeaDAS 8 and onward 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

SeaDAS Legacy Software Overview

• 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.