Remove HAWMN (MARONET) Dataset?
Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 3:41 am America/New_York
Dear NASA colleagues,
I've been working recently with the MarONet dataset that you kindly distribute at https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/file_search under sensor ID 51.
I noticed that there are two different sets of L1B's according to two locations: Australia (maronet.aus) and Hawaii (maronet.hawmn). When trying to work with the HAWMN dataset I found that all of it contains actually NaNs under the key variables such as Lw. I discussed this with Stephanie Flora and she confirmed that “HAWMN” dataset is supposed to be a test dataset that should not be available to the public.
Having said this, I agree with her that this dataset should be removed to avoid confusion to other users. Would you agree?
Cheers,
Juan Gossn (EUMETSAT)
I've been working recently with the MarONet dataset that you kindly distribute at https://oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/file_search under sensor ID 51.
I noticed that there are two different sets of L1B's according to two locations: Australia (maronet.aus) and Hawaii (maronet.hawmn). When trying to work with the HAWMN dataset I found that all of it contains actually NaNs under the key variables such as Lw. I discussed this with Stephanie Flora and she confirmed that “HAWMN” dataset is supposed to be a test dataset that should not be available to the public.
Having said this, I agree with her that this dataset should be removed to avoid confusion to other users. Would you agree?
Cheers,
Juan Gossn (EUMETSAT)