GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS and Metop-A/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF
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DOI10.5067/GHNMA-3CO02
Short NameAVHRR_SST_METOP_A_NAR-OSISAF-L3C-v1.0
DescriptionA 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). The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near real time from Metop/AVHRR and SNPP/VIIRS. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. NAR SNPP/VIIRS level 0 data are acquired through direct readout and converted into l1b at CMS. SST is retrieved from the AVHRR and VIIRS infrared channels using a multispectral algorithm. This product is delivered as four six hourly collated files per day on a regular 2km grid. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
Version1
Dataset TypeOPEN
MeasurementOCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE > SUBSKIN SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Processing Level3C
CoverageRegion: Atlantic Ocean
Northernmost Latitude: 78.24 degrees
Southernmost Latitude: 23.59 degrees
Westernmost Longitude: -76.02 degrees
Easternmost Longitude: 72.97 degrees
Time Span: 2013-Jun-04 to 2016-Nov-22
Granule Time Span: 2013-Jun-04 to 2016-Nov-22
ResolutionSpatial Resolution: 0.02 degrees (Latitude) x 0.02 degrees (Longitude)
Temporal Resolution: 12 Hour
ProjectionType: Cylindrical Lat-Lon
Detail: Regular 0.02 degree grid
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
Latency24 hours
Platform/Sensor
METOP-A
Platform
Name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A (METOP-A)
Orbit Period: 101.3 minutes
Inclination Angle: 98.7 degrees
Ascending Node: 1970-Jan-01 00:00:00
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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.

ProjectGroup for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST)
Data ProviderCreator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
Release Place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
Release Date: 2015-Feb-02
Resource: www.osi-saf.org
Keyword(s)GHRSST, sea surface temperature, sst, surface temperature, avhrr, osi saf, osisaf, l3c
Persistent IDPODAAC-GHNMA-3CO02
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
Project Materials
nonehttp://www.osi-saf.org/biblio/docs/ss1_pum_leo_sst_2_0.pdf
Product User Manual
Additional Sites
GHRSST Project Websitehttp://www.ghrsst.org
Description of the GHRSST Project
Citation EUMETSAT/OSI SAF. 2015. GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS and Metop-A/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/GHNMA-3CO02.

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Journal Reference Low Earth Orbiter Sea Surface Temperature Product User Manual, http://www.osi-saf.org