SeaDAS 9.2.0 Release Announcement

[OB SeaDAS - aynur]

Release Date: April 30, 2025

We are pleased to announce the release of SeaDAS 9.2.0.

Highlights of what’s new to SeaDAS 9.2.0:

• OB_CLOUD Data Browser: Search, preview and download OB.DAAC satellite data in the NASA Earthdata cloud; mission-aware filtering, spatial/temporal constraints, day/night selection, thumbnails and pagination.

• File/Sensor Support: Read SeaWiFS, OCTS, CZCS L1A (v3), HARP2 & SpexONE L2, PACE OCI L1B v3; image-flip and band-group controls in Preferences.

• Science Processor GUIs (L2bin, L3bin, L3mapgen): Auto-populate mission/suite defaults; added fields and preference options; custom naming schemes; save/load favorite settings.

• General Tools: Alpha-channel support for image exports; “Open File,” “Geometry Lines” and “Range Finder” toolbars visible by default; direct access to SeaDAS video tutorials via the SeaDAS menu.

• SNAP Core: Built on modified SNAP development code (SNAP 10).

• Mac Installers: Separate installers provided for Intel and Apple-Silicon (“M”-chip) Macs.

• Intel-Mac Deprecation: SeaDAS 9.2.0 is the last release that supports Intel-based macOS.

• Supports OCCSW release tag V2025.1.

Known Issues:

• Manual GEO-filename entry required for some GUIs.

• 2–3 s delay when auto-filling L2bin/L3mapgen forms.

• Layer Editor may lag one click behind (re-click to update).

• OB_CLOUD Data Browser may slow down if the image web service is busy.

For more details, please visit:

• SeaDAS main website: https://seadas.gsfc.nasa.gov/

• Release Notes: https://github.com/seadas/seadas-toolbox/wiki/SeaDAS-9.2.0-Release-Notes.

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SeaDAS Team