MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime V2019.0

(MODIS_AQUA_L3_SST_MID-IR_DAILY_9KM_NIGHTTIME_V2019.0)
Version2019.0
Processing Level3
Start/Stop Date2002-Jul-03 to Present
Short NameMODIS_AQUA_L3_SST_MID-IR_DAILY_9KM_NIGHTTIME_V2019.0
DescriptionDay and night spatially gridded (L3) global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Aqua satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products at are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Aqua was launched by NASA on May 4, 2002, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight ascending node at 13:30, formation flying in the A-train with other Earth Observation Satellites (EOS), to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands at a variety of spatial resolutions. Two SST products can be present in these files. The first is a skin SST produced for both day and night (NSST) observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity of SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is generated using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron wavelength channels which are unique to MODIS; the SST derived from these measurements is identified as SST4. The SST4 product has lower uncertainty, but due to sun glint can only be used at night. To generate the L3 products the L2 pixels are binned into an integerized sinusoidal area grid (ISEAG) and mapped into an equidistant cylindrical (also known as Platte Carre projection. Additional projection detailed can be found at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/format/ The NASA MODIS L3 SST data products are generated by the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and Peter Minnett and his team at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) are responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging. JPL acquires MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG and is the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019.0 supersedes the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be found at https://doi.org/10.5067/MODAM-1D9N4
DOI10.5067/MODAM-1D9N9
MeasurementOCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Platform/Sensor
Aqua
Platform
Name: Earth Observing System, AQUA (Aqua)
Orbit Period: 98.4 minutes
Inclination Angle: 98.1 degrees
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MODIS
SENSOR
Name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
Swath Width: 2330.0 kilometers
Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator.

ProjectEarth Observing System (EOS)
Data ProviderPublisher: PO.DAAC
Creator: NASA OBPG
Release Place: OBPG, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD,US
Release Date: 2020-Jan-15
Resource: https://archive.podaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/podaac-ops-cumulus-docs/modis/open/L3/docs/modis_sst.html

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)MODIS, Aqua, sst, mid-IR, level 3, daily, 9km, nighttime, v2019.0
Questions related to this dataset? Contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 0.083 Decimal Degrees x 0.083 Decimal Degrees
Temporal Resolution: Hourly - < Daily
 
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: 2002-Jul-03 to Present
Granule Time Span: 2002-Jul-04 to 2024-Nov-23
 
Projection
Projection Type: Cylindrical Lat-Lon
Projection Detail: Geolocation information included for each pixel
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
 
NameLong NameUnit
latLatitudedegrees_north
lonLongitudedegrees_east
palettepalette
qual_sst4Quality Levels, Sea Surface Temperature
sst44um Sea Surface Temperaturedegree_C
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Citation NASA OBPG. 2020. MODIS Aqua Global Level 3 Mapped SST. Ver. 2019.0. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/MODAM-1D9N9

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Journal Reference Kilpatrick, K.A., G. Podestá, S. Walsh, E. Williams, V. Halliwell, M. Szczodrak, O.B. Brown, P.J. Minnett, and R. Evans. 2015. A decade of sea surface temperature from MODIS, Remote Sensing of Environment, 165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.04.023

Kilpatrick, K.A., G. Podestá, E. Williams, S. Walsh, and P. J. Minnett. 2019. Alternating Decision Trees for Cloud Masking in MODIS and VIIRS NASA Sea Surface Temperature Products, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 36, 3. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0103.1

VersionDatasetVersion DateStatus
2019.0MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime V2019.02021-07-21ACTIVE2021-07-21T00:35:00.000Z
2014.0MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km Nighttime v2014.02023-02-23RETIRED.2023-02-23T16:27:00.000Z
1MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR Daily 9km NighttimePresentRETIRED.