May 28, 2026

PO.DAAC is pleased to release a Virtual Data Store (VDS)  for the SWOT Level 2 version D Sea Surface Height Basic Dataset (SWOT_L2_LR_SSH_Basic_D).  This is a virtualized data representation of the entire SWOT version D Basic time series consisting of over 26,000 granules, and allows a user to access and download only the parts of the time series of interest.  This improves speed and user experience since it is not necessary to download every granule, and the VDS can be loaded and accessed both in and out-of-the-cloud. 
 
More information can be found in the PO.DAAC Cookbook chapter on virtualized datasets:
https://podaac.github.io/tutorials/quarto_text/UsingVirtualDatasets.html#available-products
 
And a python reader specifically for this VDS is available here:
https://github.com/podaac/tutorials/blob/master/notebooks/Advanced_cloud/read-SWOT_L2_LR_SSH_Basic_verD.ipynb
 
 
Questions and comments can be directed via email to podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
 

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