GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Nighttime Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)

(Geo_Polar_Blended_Night-OSPO-L4-GLOB-v1.0)
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Version1.0
Processing Level4
Start/Stop Date2014-Jun-02 to Present
Short NameGeo_Polar_Blended_Night-OSPO-L4-GLOB-v1.0
DescriptionA 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 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.
DOI10.5067/GHGPN-4FO02
MeasurementOCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Platform/Sensor
GOES-16
Platform
Name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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ABI
SENSOR
Name: Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
Swath Width: 7000.0 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

Himawari-9
Platform
Name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (Himawari-9)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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AHI
SENSOR
Name: Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI)
Swath Width: 500.0 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

GOES-15
Platform
Name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15 (GOES-15)
Orbit Period: -99.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: -99.0 degrees
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GOES-15 Imager
SENSOR
Name: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15-Imager (GOES-15 Imager)
Swath Width: 6000.0 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

Suomi-NPP
Platform
Name: Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi-NPP)
Orbit Period: 101.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 97.1 degrees
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VIIRS
SENSOR
Name: Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
Swath Width: 3040.0 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

METOP-B
Platform
Name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - B (METOP-B)
Orbit Period: 101.3 minutes
Inclination Angle: 98.7 degrees
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AVHRR-3
SENSOR
Name: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3 (AVHRR-3)
Swath Width: 2400.0 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

METEOSAT-10
Platform
Name: Meteosat-10 (METEOSAT-10)
Orbit Period: 0.0 minutes
Inclination Angle: 0.0 degrees
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SEVIRI
SENSOR
Name: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI)
Swath Width: 11140.0 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

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ProjectGroup for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST)
Data ProviderPublisher: PO.DAAC
Creator: Office of Satellite Products and Operations
Release Place: Office of Satellite Products and Operations
Release Date: 2015-Mar-11
Resource: http://www.osdpd.nesdis.noaa.gov

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)GHRSST, sea surface temperature, Level 4, SST, OSPO, night, Geostationary, polar, blended
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees
Temporal Resolution: Diurnal
 
Coverage
Region: GLOBAL
North Bounding Coordinate: 90 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: -90 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -180 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: 180 degrees
Time Span: 2014-Jun-02 to Present
Granule Time Span: 2014-Jun-02 to 2024-Dec-13
 
Projection
Projection Type: Cylindrical Lat-Lon
Projection Detail: Regular 0.05 degree grid
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
 
NameLong NameUnit
analysed_sstanalysed sea surface temperatureKelvin
analysis_errorestimated error standard deviation of analysed_sstKelvin
latlatitudedegrees_north
lonlongitudedegrees_east
masksea/land/ice bit mask
sea_ice_fractionsea ice fraction1
timereference time of sst fieldseconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00
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Journal Reference F. Khellah, P. Fieguth, M. J. Murray and M. Allen. 2005. Statistical processing of large image sequences, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 14, 1. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2004.838703