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RSS Optimally Interpolated Microwave and Infrared Daily Sea Surface Temperature Analysis

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Abstract:

The through-cloud capabilities of satellite microwave radiometers provides a valuable picture of the global sea surface temperature (SST). To utilize this, scientists at Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) have created two Optimally Interpolated (OI) SST daily products, one using only microwave data at 25 km resolution and one using microwave and infrared data at 9 km resolution. These products are ideal for research activities in which a complete, daily SST map is more desirable than one with missing data due to orbital gaps or environmental conditions precluding SST retrieval. The 25 km microwave OI SST product contains the SST measurements from all operational radiometers. The 9 km microwave and infrared OI SST product combines the through-cloud capabilities of the microwave data with the high spatial resolution and near-coastal capability of the infrared SST data. All SST values are adjusted using a diurnal model to create a foundation SST. Improved global daily near real time (NRT) SSTs are useful for a wide range of scientific and operational activities.

Temporal Range:
1998-01-01 12:00 +0000 to 2022-09-30 12:00 +0000 (Entire dataset) Period details by dataset product
Updates:
Daily
Variables:
Sea Surface Temperature
Vertical Levels:
See the detailed metadata for level information.
Data Types:
Grid
Spatial Coverage:
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N Detailed coverage information
Data Contributors:
RSS
Remote Sensing Systems
Related Resources:
Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) - Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
Total Volume:
36.3 GB (Entire dataset) Volume details by dataset product
Data Formats:
netCDF4
More Details:
View a more detailed summary of the data, including specific date ranges and locations by parameter
Metadata Record:
Data License:
Data LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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