GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis

GHRSST Level 4 MUR Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
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Persistent IDPODAAC-GHGMR-4FJ01
Short NameJPL-L4UHfnd-GLOB-MUR
DescriptionA Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced as a retrospective dataset (four day latency) at the JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC using wavelets as basis functions in an optimal interpolation approach on a global 0.011 degree grid. The version 4 Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) L4 analysis is based upon nighttime GHRSST L2P skin and subskin SST observations from several instruments including the NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua and Terra platforms, the US Navy microwave WindSat radiometer and in situ SST observations from the NOAA iQuam project. The ice concentration data are from the archives at the EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) High Latitude Processing Center and are also used for an improved SST parameterization for the high-latitudes. This data set is funded by the NASA MEaSUREs program (http://earthdata.nasa.gov/our-community/community-data-system-programs/measures-projects), and created by a team led by Dr. Toshio Chin from JPL.
Journal ReferenceInformation on the analysis can be found at ftp://mariana.jpl.nasa.gov/mur_sst/tmchin/docs/ATBD/
Dataset TypeOPEN
MeasurementOceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature > Foundation Sea Surface Temperature
Processing Level4
CoverageRegion: Global
Northernmost Latitude: 90 degrees
Southernmost Latitude: -90 degrees
Westernmost Longitude: -180 degrees
Easternmost Longitude: 180 degrees
Time Span: 2002-Jun-01 to 2013-May-05
ResolutionSpatial Resolution: 0.011 degrees (Latitude) x 0.011 degrees (Longitude)
Temporal Resolution: Daily
ProjectionType: Cylindrical Lat-Lon
Detail: Regular 0.011 degree grid
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
Latency-
Platform/Sensor
AQUA
Platform
Name: Earth Observing System, AQUA (AQUA)
Orbit Period: 98.8 minutes
Inclination Angle: 98 degrees
Ascending Node: -
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AMSR-E
SENSOR
Name: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSR-E)
Swath Width: 1445 km
Description: The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) is a twelve-channel, six-frequency, total power passive-microwave radiometer system.

AQUA
Platform
Name: Earth Observing System, AQUA (AQUA)
Orbit Period: 98.8 minutes
Inclination Angle: 98 degrees
Ascending Node: -
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MODIS
SENSOR
Name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Swath Width: 2330 km
Description: The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument provides high radiometric sensitivity (12 bit) in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 m to 14.4 m. It is used for observing processes occurring on the land, in the oceans, and in the lower atmosphere.

NOAA-18
Platform
Name: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-18 (NOAA-18)
Orbit Period: 102.12 minutes
Inclination Angle: 98.74 degrees
Ascending Node: -
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AVHRR-3
SENSOR
Name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3 (AVHRR-3)
Swath Width: 2400 km
Description: The AVHRR is a radiation-detection imager that can be used for remotely determining cloud cover and the surface temperature. Note that the term surface can mean the surface of the Earth, the upper surfaces of clouds, or the surface of a body of water.

TERRA
Platform
Name: Earth Observing System, TERRA (TERRA)
Orbit Period: 96.5 minutes
Inclination Angle: 98 degrees
Ascending Node: -
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MODIS
SENSOR
Name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Swath Width: 2330 km
Description: The MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument provides high radiometric sensitivity (12 bit) in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 m to 14.4 m. It is used for observing processes occurring on the land, in the oceans, and in the lower atmosphere.

ProjectGroup for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST)
Data ProviderCreator: JPL MUR MEaSUREs Project
Release Place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Release Date: 2010-May-26
Resource: http://mur.jpl.nasa.gov
Keyword(s)GHRSST, sea surface temperature, Level 4, sst, L4UHfnd, surface temperature, MUR
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