GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF

(VIIRS_SST_NPP_NAR-OSISAF-L3C-v1.0)
Version1
Processing Level3
Start/Stop Date2013-Nov-11 to 2020-Nov-20
Short NameVIIRS_SST_NPP_NAR-OSISAF-L3C-v1.0
DescriptionA regional Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 3 Collated (L3C) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) based on retrievals from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). 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.
DOI10.5067/GHVRS-3CNO1
MeasurementOCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Platform/Sensor
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.

ProjectGroup for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST)
Data ProviderPublisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France
Creator: EUMETSAT/OSI SAF
Release Place: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Lannion, France
Release Date: 2015-Feb-02
Resource: http://www.osi-saf.org

FormatnetCDF-4
Keyword(s)GHRSST, sea surface temperature, sst, surface temperature, osi saf, osisaf, viirs, npp, nar, l3c, S-NPP
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Resolution
Spatial Resolution: 0.02 Decimal Degrees x 0.02 Decimal Degrees
Temporal Resolution: Hourly - < Daily
 
Coverage
Region: ATLANTIC OCEAN
Region: EUROPE
Region: ATLANTIC OCEAN
North Bounding Coordinate: 78.24 degrees
South Bounding Coordinate: 13.59 degrees
West Bounding Coordinate: -76.02 degrees
East Bounding Coordinate: 72.97 degrees
Time Span: 2013-Nov-11 to 2020-Nov-20
Granule Time Span: 2013-Nov-20 to 2020-Nov-19
 
Projection
Projection Type: Cylindrical Lat-Lon
Projection Detail: Regular 0.02 degree grid
Ellipsoid: WGS 84
 
NameLong NameUnit
adi_dtime_from_ssttime difference of ADI data from sst measurementhour
dt_analysisdeviation from SST analysis or reference climatologykelvin
l2p_flagsL2P flags
latlatitudedegrees_north
lonlongitudedegrees_east
or_latitudeoriginal latitude of the SST valuedegrees_north
or_longitudeoriginal longitude of the SST valuedegrees_east
quality_levelquality level of SST pixel
satellite_zenith_anglesatellite zenith angleangular_degree
sea_ice_fractionsea ice fraction
sea_surface_temperaturesea surface subskin temperaturekelvin
solar_zenith_anglesolar zenith angleangular_degree
sources_of_adisources of aerosol dynamic indicator
sses_biasSSES bias estimatekelvin
sses_standard_deviationSSES standard deviationkelvin
sst_dtimetime difference from reference timeseconds
timereference time of sst fileseconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00
wind_speed10m wind speedm s-1
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
DATA CITATION POLICY
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 EUMETSAT/OSI SAF. 2015. NPP VIIRS NAR SST data set. Ver. 1. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/GHVRS-3CNO1

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

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