Source/sensor:Terra/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

Coverage: Feb, 2000 - current

Abstract:

The MODIS Terra Global Level 3 Mapped Thermal IR SST product consists of sea surface temperature (SST) data that are derived from the NASA MODIS sensor on board the Terra satellite. For this particular product the SST is derived from the 11 and 12 um thermal IR infrared (IR) bands (MODIS channels 31 and 32).

The data have been mapped to a cylindrical equidistant map projection with 4.63 or 9.26 km spatial bins. The temporal resolution is daily, weekly (8 day), monthly or annual. The file format for all data is HDF version 4.

This data set is currently only available via anonymous FTP to: ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/sea_surface_temperature/modis/data/terra/L3_mapped/sst

Read software in written in Interactive Data Language (IDL) is provided.