--- cited_by: [] datasets: - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) on a global 0.1 degree grid. The K10 L4 sea surface temperature analysis uses SST observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E), and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager. The age, reliability, and resolution of the data are used in the weighted average with the analysis tuned to represent SST at 1 meter depth. AVHRR Pathfinder 9km climatology is used when no new satellite SST retrievals are available after 34 days.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/NAVO-L4HR1m-GLOB-K10_SST display_name: GHRSST Level 4 K10_SST Global 1 meter Sea Surface Temperature Analysis doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-navo-l4hr1m-glob-k10_sst lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 4 K10_SST Global 1 meter Sea Surface Temperature Analysis native_id: NAVO-L4HR1m-GLOB-K10_SST processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2008-04-01T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-navo-l4hr1m-glob-k10_sst url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/NAVO-L4HR1m-GLOB-K10_SST variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.25 degree grid. This BLUELink Global Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (GAMSSA) v1.0 system blends satellite SST observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), and, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), and in situ data from ships, and drifting and moored buoy from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS). In order to produce a foundation SST estimate, the AATSR skin SST data stream is converted to foundation SST using the Donlon et al. (2002) skin to foundation temperature conversion algorithms. These empirically-derived algorithms apply a small correction for the cool-skin effect depending on surface wind speed, and filter out SST values suspected to be affected by diurnal warming by excluding cases which have experienced recent surface wind speeds of below 6 ms-1 during the day and less than 2 ms-1 during the night.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ABOM-L4LRfnd-GLOB-GAMSSA_28km display_name: GHRSST Level 4 GAMSSA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-abom-l4lrfnd-glob-gamssa_28km lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 4 GAMSSA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis native_id: ABOM-L4LRfnd-GLOB-GAMSSA_28km processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2008-08-24T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-abom-l4lrfnd-glob-gamssa_28km url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ABOM-L4LRfnd-GLOB-GAMSSA_28km variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology using optimal interpolation (OI) on a regional 1/12 degree grid over the Australian region (20N - 70S, 60E - 170W). This BLUELink Regional Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (RAMSSA) v1.0 system blends satellite SST observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), and, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), and in situ data from ships, and drifting and moored buoy from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS). The processing results in daily foundation SST estimates that are largely free of nocturnal cooling and diurnal warming effects.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ABOM-L4HRfnd-AUS-RAMSSA_09km display_name: GHRSST Level 4 RAMSSA Australian Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-abom-l4hrfnd-aus-ramssa_09km lat_max: 20 lat_min: -70 lon_max: -170 lon_min: 60 name: GHRSST Level 4 RAMSSA Australian Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis native_id: ABOM-L4HRfnd-AUS-RAMSSA_09km processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2008-04-01T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-abom-l4hrfnd-aus-ramssa_09km url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ABOM-L4HRfnd-AUS-RAMSSA_09km variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 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. description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L2_9KM_MCSST_GAC display_name: AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 2 9km Multi-Channel SST Global Area Coverage doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-avhrr_navoceano_l2_9km_mcsst_gac lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 2 9km Multi-Channel SST Global Area Coverage native_id: AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L2_9KM_MCSST_GAC processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2001-08-29T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-avhrr_navoceano_l2_9km_mcsst_gac url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L2_9KM_MCSST_GAC variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: '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.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L2_2km_MCSST_FRAC display_name: AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 2 2km Multi-Channel SST Global Fine Resolution Area Coverage and Coastal Local Area Coverage doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-avhrr_navoceano_l2_2km_mcsst_frac lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 2 2km Multi-Channel SST Global Fine Resolution Area Coverage and Coastal Local Area Coverage native_id: AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L2_2km_MCSST_FRAC processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2009-06-10T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-avhrr_navoceano_l2_2km_mcsst_frac url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_NAVOCEANO_L2_2km_MCSST_FRAC variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A; launched 19 Oct 2006) ) satellite produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The MetOp satellite program is a European undertaking providing weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. It was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with a contribution by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of an AVHRR sensor identical to those flying on the family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. This particular dataset is produced from Global Area Coverage (GAC) data that are derived from an on-board sample averaging of the full resolution global AVHRR data. Four out of every five samples along the scan line are used to compute on average value and the data from only every third scan line are processed, yielding an effective 4 km resolution at nadir. Further binning and averaging of these pixels results in a final dataset resolution of 8.8 km.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/NAVO-L2P-AVHRRMTA_G display_name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-navo-l2p-avhrrmta_g lat_max: 80 lat_min: -70 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Bulk Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO native_id: NAVO-L2P-AVHRRMTA_G processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2007-09-26T12:09:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-navo-l2p-avhrrmta_g url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/NAVO-L2P-AVHRRMTA_G variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'OSCAR (Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time) contains near-surface ocean current estimates, derived using quasi-linear and steady flow momentum equations. The horizontal velocity is directly estimated from sea surface height, surface vector wind and sea surface temperature. these data were collected from the various satellites and in situ instruments. The model formulation combines geostrophic, Ekman and Stommel shear dynamics, and a complementary term from the surface buoyancy gradient. Data are on a 1 degree grid with a 5 day resoultion. OSCAR is generated by Earth Space Research (ESR) http://www.esr.org/oscar_index.html' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_1deg display_name: OSCAR 1 degree ocean surface currents doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-oscar_l4_oc_1deg lat_max: 66 lat_min: -66 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: OSCAR 1 degree ocean surface currents native_id: OSCAR_L4_OC_1deg processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 1992-10-12T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-oscar_l4_oc_1deg url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_1deg variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A global Level 3 Group for HIgh Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A platform (launched on 19 Oct 2006). This particular dataset is produced by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) in France. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST) sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The SST fields are derived from 1km AVHRR data that are re-mapped onto a 0.02 degree equal angle grid. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) channels by using a multispectral technique. The MetOp-A SST L3P data are compliant with the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Data Specification (GDS) version 1.7.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/EUR-L3P-GLOB_AVHRR_METOP_A display_name: GHRSST Level 3P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite doi: ~ end_time: 2013-07-03T13:15:00 identifier: nasa-podaac-eur-l3p-glob_avhrr_metop_a lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 3P Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite native_id: EUR-L3P-GLOB_AVHRR_METOP_A processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2009-09-01T13:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-eur-l3p-glob_avhrr_metop_a url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/EUR-L3P-GLOB_AVHRR_METOP_A variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'OSCAR (Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time) contains near-surface ocean current estimates, derived using quasi-linear and steady flow momentum equations. The horizontal velocity is directly estimated from sea surface height, surface vector wind and sea surface temperature. These data were collected from the various satellites and in situ instruments. The model formulation combines geostrophic, Ekman and Stommel shear dynamics, and a complementary term from the surface buoyancy gradient. Data are on a 1/3 degree grid with a 5 day resolution. OSCAR is generated by Earth Space Research (ESR) http://www.esr.org/oscar_index.html' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg display_name: OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-oscar_l4_oc_third-deg lat_max: 66 lat_min: -66 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: OSCAR third degree resolution ocean surface currents native_id: OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 1992-10-12T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-oscar_l4_oc_third-deg url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_third-deg variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis by the JPL OurOcean group using a multi-scale two-dimensional variational (MS-2DVAR) blending algorithm on a global 0.009 degree grid. This Global 1 km SST (G1SST) analysis uses satellite data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager (TMI), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Imager, the Multi-Functional Transport Satellite 1R (MTSAT-1R) radiometer, and in situ data from drifting and moored buoys.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JPL_OUROCEAN-L4UHfnd-GLOB-G1SST display_name: GHRSST Level 4 G1SST Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-jpl_ourocean-l4uhfnd-glob-g1sst lat_max: 80 lat_min: -80 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 4 G1SST Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis native_id: JPL_OUROCEAN-L4UHfnd-GLOB-G1SST processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2010-06-09T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-jpl_ourocean-l4uhfnd-glob-g1sst url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/JPL_OUROCEAN-L4UHfnd-GLOB-G1SST variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A global 1 km Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A; launched 19 Oct 2006) ) satellite. The MetOp satellite program is a European undertaking providing weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. It was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with a contribution by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of an AVHRR sensor identical to those flying on the family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The production of the MetOp-A L2P SST data is done by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) in France. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at CMS through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) channels by using a multispectral technique. The MetOp-A SST L2P data consist of global coverage at 1 km resolution separated into three minute observation granules, and are compliant with the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Data Specification (GDS) version 1.7.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/EUR-L2P-AVHRR_METOP_A display_name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by EUMETSAT doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-eur-l2p-avhrr_metop_a lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by EUMETSAT native_id: EUR-L2P-AVHRR_METOP_A processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2009-09-30T21:01:03 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-eur-l2p-avhrr_metop_a url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/EUR-L2P-AVHRR_METOP_A variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for HIgh Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A platform (launched on 19 Oct 2006). This particular dataset is produced by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) in France. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST) sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The NAR products are SST fields derived from 1km AVHRR data that are re-mapped onto a 0.02 degree equal angle grid. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) channels by using a multispectral technique. The MetOp-A SST L3P data are compliant with the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Data Specification (GDS) version 1.7.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/EUR-L3P-NAR_AVHRR_METOP_A display_name: GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite doi: ~ end_time: 2013-07-03T16:00:00 identifier: nasa-podaac-eur-l3p-nar_avhrr_metop_a lat_max: 78.24 lat_min: 23.59 lon_max: 72.97 lon_min: -76.02 name: GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite native_id: EUR-L3P-NAR_AVHRR_METOP_A processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2011-01-21T17:10:13 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2009-09-01T14:30:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-eur-l3p-nar_avhrr_metop_a url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/EUR-L3P-NAR_AVHRR_METOP_A variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the UK Met Office using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.054 degree grid. The Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) analysis uses satellite data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager, the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager (TMI) and in situ data from ships, drifting and moored buoys. This analysis was specifically produced to be used as a lower boundary condition in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSTIA-UKMO-L4-GLOB-v2.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 4 OSTIA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-ostia-ukmo-l4-glob-v2-0 lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 4 OSTIA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) native_id: OSTIA-UKMO-L4-GLOB-v2.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2013-07-17T19:03:30 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2013-04-25T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-ostia-ukmo-l4-glob-v2-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSTIA-UKMO-L4-GLOB-v2.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis by the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) using an optimal interpolation (OI) approach on a global 0.05 degree grid. The analysis is based upon nighttime GHRSST L2P skin and subskin SST observations from several satellites. The sensors include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2), the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on Aqua. An ice field from the EUMETSAT OSI-SAF is used to mask out areas with ice. This dataset adheres to the version 2 GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS).' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/DMI_OI-DMI-L4-GLOB-v1.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 4 DMI_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-dmi_oi-dmi-l4-glob-v1-0 lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 4 DMI_OI Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) native_id: DMI_OI-DMI-L4-GLOB-v1.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2013-07-17T19:03:30 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2013-04-30T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-dmi_oi-dmi-l4-glob-v1-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/DMI_OI-DMI-L4-GLOB-v1.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature (SST) analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Canadian Meteorological Center. This dataset merges infrared satellite SST at varying points in the time series from the (A)TSR series of radiometers from ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat, AVHRR from NOAA-16,17,18,19 and METOP-A, and microwave data from TMI, AMSR-E and Windsat in conjunction with in situ observations of SST from drifting buoys and ships from the ICOADS program. It uses the previous days analysis as the background field for the statistical interpolation used to assimilate the satellite and in situ observations. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/CMC0.2deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v2.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 4 CMC0.2deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-cmc0-2deg-cmc-l4-glob-v2-0 lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 4 CMC0.2deg Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) native_id: CMC0.2deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v2.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2013-09-23T21:14:48 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 1991-09-01T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-cmc0-2deg-cmc-l4-glob-v2-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/CMC0.2deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v2.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A; launched 19 Oct 2006) ) satellite produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The MetOp satellite program is a European undertaking providing weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. It was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with a contribution by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of an AVHRR sensor identical to those flying on the family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. This particular dataset is produced from Global Area Coverage (GAC) data that are derived from an on-board sample averaging of the full resolution global AVHRR data. Four out of every five samples along the scan line are used to compute on average value and the data from only every third scan line are processed, yielding an effective 4 km resolution at nadir. Further binning and averaging of these pixels results in a final dataset resolution of 8.8 km.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRRMTA_G-NAVO-L2P-v1.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-avhrrmta_g-navo-l2p-v1-0 lat_max: 80 lat_min: -70 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by NAVO native_id: AVHRRMTA_G-NAVO-L2P-v1.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2013-09-24T22:36:16 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2013-09-24T12:09:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-avhrrmta_g-navo-l2p-v1-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRRMTA_G-NAVO-L2P-v1.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A; launched 19 Oct 2006) ) satellite produced and used operationally in oceanographic analyses and forecasts by the US Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO). The MetOp satellite program is a European undertaking providing weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. It was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with a contribution by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of an AVHRR sensor identical to those flying on the family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. This particular dataset is produced from Global Area Coverage (GAC) data that are derived from an on-board sample averaging of the full resolution global AVHRR data. Four out of every five samples along the scan line are used to compute on average value and the data from only every third scan line are processed, yielding an effective 4 km resolution at nadir. Further binning and averaging of these pixels results in a final dataset resolution of 8.8 km.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRRMTB_G-NAVO-L2P-v1.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-B satellite produced by NAVO doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-avhrrmtb_g-navo-l2p-v1-0 lat_max: 80 lat_min: -70 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 2P Global 1m Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-B satellite produced by NAVO native_id: AVHRRMTB_G-NAVO-L2P-v1.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2013-09-24T22:46:50 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2013-09-24T12:09:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-avhrrmtb_g-navo-l2p-v1-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRRMTB_G-NAVO-L2P-v1.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.054 degree grid. The Geo-Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Analysis combines multi-satellite retrievals of sea surface temperature into a single analysis of SST. This analysis uses both daytime and nighttime data. The Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) analysis uses satellite data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager, the Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager (JAMI) and in situ data from ships, drifting and moored buoys. This analysis was specifically produced to be used as a lower boundary condition in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/Geo_Polar_Blended-OSPO-L4-GLOB-v1.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-geo_polar_blended-ospo-l4-glob-v1-0 lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) native_id: Geo_Polar_Blended-OSPO-L4-GLOB-v1.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2014-08-05T02:38:36 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2014-06-02T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-geo_polar_blended-ospo-l4-glob-v1-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/Geo_Polar_Blended-OSPO-L4-GLOB-v1.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A global 1 km Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 2P dataset based on multi-channel sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals generated in real-time from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A）satellite （launched 19 Oct 2006). The MetOp satellite program is a European undertaking providing weather data services for monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts. It was jointly established by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) with a contribution by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of an AVHRR sensor identical to those flying on the family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive SST sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The production of the MetOp-A L2P SST data is done by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) in France. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at CMS through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) channels by using a multispectral technique. The MetOp-A SST L2P data consist of global coverage at 1.1 km (nadir) resolution separated into three minute observation granules, and are compliant with the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_SST_METOP_A-OSISAF-L2P-v1.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite (GDS2 version) doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-avhrr_sst_metop_a-osisaf-l2p-v1-0 lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite (GDS2 version) native_id: AVHRR_SST_METOP_A-OSISAF-L2P-v1.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2014-06-04T09:34:09 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2013-06-04T21:01:03 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-avhrr_sst_metop_a-osisaf-l2p-v1-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_SST_METOP_A-OSISAF-L2P-v1.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A global Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 3 Collated (L3C) dataset derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A) platform (launched 19 Oct 2006). This particular dataset is produced by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) in France. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST). The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The global product is derived from 1 km AVHRR data that are re-mapped onto a 0.05 degree equal angle grid. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) channels by using a multispectral technique. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_SST_METOP_A_GLB-OSISAF-L3C-v1.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 3C Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on MetOp-A (GDS2 version) doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-avhrr_sst_metop_a_glb-osisaf-l3c-v1-0 lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 3C Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on MetOp-A (GDS2 version) native_id: AVHRR_SST_METOP_A_GLB-OSISAF-L3C-v1.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2014-06-04T10:01:30 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2013-06-04T14:30:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-avhrr_sst_metop_a_glb-osisaf-l3c-v1-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_SST_METOP_A_GLB-OSISAF-L3C-v1.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the European Meteorological Operational-A (MetOp-A) platform (launched 19 Oct 2006). This particular dataset is produced by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) in France. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST) sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The NAR products are SST fields derived from 1km AVHRR data that are re-mapped onto a 0.02 degree equal angle grid. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) channels by using a multispectral technique. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_SST_METOP_A_NAR-OSISAF-L3C-v1.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on MetOp-A (GDS2 version) doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-avhrr_sst_metop_a_nar-osisaf-l3c-v1-0 lat_max: 78.24 lat_min: 23.59 lon_max: 72.97 lon_min: -76.02 name: GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on MetOp-A (GDS2 version) native_id: AVHRR_SST_METOP_A_NAR-OSISAF-L3C-v1.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2014-05-30T00:36:11 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2013-06-04T14:30:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-avhrr_sst_metop_a_nar-osisaf-l3c-v1-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/AVHRR_SST_METOP_A_NAR-OSISAF-L3C-v1.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ - access_dt: ~ attributes: ~ cite_metadata: ~ data_qualifier: ~ description: 'A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.054 degree grid. The Geo-Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Analysis combines multi-satellite retrievals of sea surface temperature into a single analysis of SST. This analysis includes only nighttime data.The Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) analysis uses satellite data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager, the Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager (JAMI) and in situ data from ships, drifting and moored buoys. This analysis was specifically produced to be used as a lower boundary condition in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.' description_attribution: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/Geo_Polar_Blended_Night-OSPO-L4-GLOB-v1.0 display_name: GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Nighttime Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) doi: ~ end_time: ~ identifier: nasa-podaac-geo_polar_blended_night-ospo-l4-glob-v1-0 lat_max: 90 lat_min: -90 lon_max: 180 lon_min: -180 name: GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Nighttime Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) native_id: Geo_Polar_Blended_Night-OSPO-L4-GLOB-v1.0 processing_level: ~ publication_year: ~ release_dt: 2014-08-05T02:44:36 scale: ~ scope: ~ spatial_extent: ~ spatial_ref_sys: ~ spatial_res: ~ start_time: 2014-06-02T00:00:00 temporal_extent: ~ temporal_resolution: ~ type: dataset uri: /dataset/nasa-podaac-geo_polar_blended_night-ospo-l4-glob-v1-0 url: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/Geo_Polar_Blended_Night-OSPO-L4-GLOB-v1.0 variables: ~ version: ~ vertical_extent: ~ display_name: meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-a/advanced-very-high-resolution-radiometer-3 href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-a/instrument/advanced-very-high-resolution-radiometer-3.yaml instrument_identifier: advanced-very-high-resolution-radiometer-3 location: ~ parents: [] platform_identifier: meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-a type: instrument_instance uri: /platform/meteorological-operational-polar-satellite-a/instrument/advanced-very-high-resolution-radiometer-3