MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0
(MODIS_TERRA_L3_SST_THERMAL_MONTHLY_9KM_NIGHTTIME_V2019.0)| Version | 2019.0 |
| Processing Level | 3 |
| Start/Stop Date | 2000-Feb-24 to Present |
| Short Name | MODIS_TERRA_L3_SST_THERMAL_MONTHLY_9KM_NIGHTTIME_V2019.0 |
| Description | Day and night spatially gridded global NASA skin sea surface temperature (SST) products from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra satellite. Average daily, weekly (8 day), monthly and annual skin SST products are available at both 4.63 and 9.26 km spatial resolution. Terra was launched by NASA on December 18, 1999, into a sun synchronous, polar orbit with a daylight descending node at 10:30 am, to study the global dynamics of the Earth atmosphere, land and oceans. The 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 observations, derived from the long wave IR 11 and 12 micron wavelength channels, using a modified nonlinear SST algorithm intended to provide continuity with SST derived from heritage and current NASA sensors. At night, a second SST product is produced using the mid-infrared 3.95 and 4.05 micron 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 produced 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) 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 and distributes MODIS ocean L3 SST data from the OBPG as the official Physical Oceanography Data Archive (PO.DAAC) for SST. The R2019 superseded the previous v2014.1 datasets which can be at https://doi.org/10.5067/MODST-MO9N4 |
| DOI | 10.5067/MODST-MO9N9 |
| Measurement | OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE |
| Platform/Sensor | Terra / Platform Name: Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1) (Terra) Orbit Period: 98.8 minutes Inclination Angle: 98.2 degrees MODIS SENSOR Name: Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Swath Width: 2330.0 kilometers Description: Spacecraft angular distance from orbital plane relative to the Equator. |
| Project | Earth Observing System (EOS) |
| Data Provider | Publisher: 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 |
| Format | netCDF-4 |
| Keyword(s) | OBPG, MODIS, Terra, sst, thermal IR, level 3, monthly, 9km, nighttime, v2019.0 |
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Resolution Spatial Resolution: 0.083 Decimal Degrees x 0.083 Decimal Degrees Temporal Resolution: Monthly - < Annual 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: 2000-Feb-24 to Present Granule Time Span: 2000-Feb-01 to 2024-Aug-31 Projection Projection Type: Cylindrical Lat-Lon Projection Detail: Geolocation information included for each pixel Ellipsoid: WGS 84 |
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| lat | Latitude | degrees_north |
| lon | Longitude | degrees_east |
| palette | palette | |
| qual_sst | Quality Levels, Sea Surface Temperature | |
| sst | Sea Surface Temperature | degree_C |
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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. Please cite the data as follows, and cite the reference papers when it is appropriate.
| 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/MODST-MO9N9
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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 |
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| Version | Dataset | Version Date | Status | |
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| 2019.0 | MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime V2019.0 | 2021-09-08 | ACTIVE | 2021-09-08T23:55:00.000Z |
| 2014.0 | MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime v2014.0 | 2023-02-23 | RETIRED. | 2023-02-23T17:33:00.000Z |
| 1 | MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Monthly 9km Nighttime | Present | RETIRED. | |