Abstract:
Two new high resolution sea surface temperature (SST) analysis products have been developed by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) using optimum interpolation (OI). The analyses have a spatial grid resolution of 0.25 degrees and temporal resolution of 1 day. One product uses Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) infrared satellite SST data. The other uses AVHRR and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) on the NASA Earth Observing System satellite SST data. Both products also use in situ data from ships and buoys and include a large-scale adjustment of satellite biases with respect to the in situ data. Two products are needed because there is an increase in signal variance when AMSR became available in June 2002 due to its near all-weather coverage.
Update October 6, 2011: AMSR + AVHRR OI SST production has been discontinued because
the AMSR-E instrument has stopped working.
Temporal Range:
1981-09-01 12:00 +0000 to 2023-01-10 12:00 +0000
(Entire dataset)
Period details by dataset product
Period details by dataset product
2002-06-01 00:00 +0000 to 2011-10-04 00:00 +0000 (AVHRR and AMSR on the NASA Earth Observing System satellite SST data)
1981-09-01 12:00 +0000 to 2023-01-10 12:00 +0000 (AVHRR iVersion 2.1 infrared satellite SST data)
Variables:
Sea Ice Concentration |
Sea Surface Temperature |
Data Contributors:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI
National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Related RDA Datasets:
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NOAA NCEP Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
Metadata Record:
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