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Data Description

    Sea Surface Temperature (14 KM North America) (SST14NA)
    This product presents local sea surface temperatures (degrees C). It is a composite gridded-image derived from 8-km resolution SST observations collected by Advanced High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and HIRS (High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder) instruments onboard NOAA and Metop-A satellites. It is generated every 48 hours for North America. SST is defined as the skin temperature of the ocean surface water. Data may be output as netCDF and other formats (GIF, ASCII, spreadsheet). The pixel resolution is .125 x .125 degrees.

Details - Metadata, Documentation

Begin Date 1999-03-09
Platforms METOP-A, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-19
Spatial Coverage NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, GEORGES BANK, GULF OF MEXICO, LONG ISLAND SOUND, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, GULF OF ALASKA
Processing Level Level 4
Data Producer NOAA / NESDIS / OSDPD
Themes See Product Details
Metadata Product Details
End Date 2016-04-18
Instruments AVHRR-3
Spatial Resolution 14 km
Distribution Format netCDF-3, GIF
Data Steward NOAA / NESDIS / NCEI
Update Frequency asNeeded
Related Web Site SST Products

Notes

This product has been discontinued by NESDIS. The replacement or alternative product is: Geo-Polar 5km Global Nighttime-only Blended SST.

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 (maximum range is 366 days)
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