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Data Description

    Sea Surface Temperature (50 KM) (SST50)
    Product shows global sea surface temperatures in degrees C. It is a composite gridded-image derived from 8-km resolution Global SST Observations and is generated twice weekly (Tuesday and Saturday) on a global scale. SST is defined as the skin temperature of the ocean surface water.

Details - Metadata, Documentation

Begin Date 2001-01-02
Platforms NOAA-15, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-19
Spatial Coverage GLOBAL OCEAN
Processing Level Level 4
Data Producer NOAA / NESDIS / OSDPD
Themes See Product Details
Metadata Product Details
End Date 2016-04-16
Instruments AVHRR-3
Spatial Resolution 50 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 Blended SST.

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Dataset name format is:
NPR.STGL.(NL|NM|NN|NP).Dyyddd or entire datasetName
Example: NPR.STGL.NP.D1231303

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