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nasa-podaac-avhrr_navoceano_l2_2km_mcsst_frac

AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 2 2km Multi-Channel SST Global Fine Resolution Area Coverage and Coastal Local Area Coverage

This data now includes a 2.2 km product using both the global Fine Resolution Area (FRAC) coverage from the METOP-A satellite and coastal Local Area Coverage (LAC) from NOAA 16, 17 and 19 satellites. Both products employ High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT) SST calculations. LAC coverage includes both the East and West Coasts of the United States, the Mediterranean, and parts of the Indian Ccean and the Australian Coasts, while the FRAC is global. High quality Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) maps derived from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)-Polar Orbiting Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) have been available since 1981. The multichannel sea surface temperature algorithm (MCSST) has been used to routinely calculate SSTs using a split window approach. Currently this algorithm is applied by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) to calculate SSTs at a near real-time rate.

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http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L2_2km_MCSST_FRAC

Identified by : AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L2_2km_MCSST_FRAC

This dataset was released on January 21, 2011.

The time range for this dataset starts at June 10, 2009.

The spatial range for this dataset is -90° to 90° latitude, and -180° to 180° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the advanced-very-high-resolution-radiometer-3 instrument on the meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-a platform.

Also known as :

• dataset AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L2_2km_MCSST_FRAC (podaac lexicon)
• datasetId PODAAC-NAVOC-2FRAC (podaac lexicon)