GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-19
A Group for HIgh Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-19 platform (launched 6 Feb 2009). This particular dataset is produced by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) in France. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST) sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The NAR products are SST fields derived from 1km AVHRR data that are re-mapped onto a 0.02 degree equal angle grid. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) channels by using a multispectral technique. The NOAA-19 SST L3P data are compliant with the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Data Specification (GDS) version 1.7.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 78.24 S: 23.59 E: 72.97 W: -76.02 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: NETCDF |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | NOAA-20 | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/JPL/PODAAC, Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Center d'Exploitation e, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites | Instrument(s): | AVHRR-3 |
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- Other Citation Details: EUMETSAT/OSI-SAF, EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France, 2008-08-08, GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-19, 10.5067/GHN19-3PE01, none
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: http://www.ghrsst.org, Description of the GHRSST Project
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: http://www.osi-saf.org/biblio/docs/ss1_pum_leo_sst_2_0.pdf, Product User Manual
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://podaac-opendap.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/allData/ghrsst/data/L3P/NAR/AVHRR_NOAA_19/EUR/, The OPeNDAP base directory location for the collection.
Collection Information
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DOI
10.5067/GHN19-3PE01
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| GHRSST | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
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| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
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| Datum Name | Ellipsoid Name | Semi Major Axis | Flattening Ratio Denominator |
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| World Geodetic System 1984 | WGS 84 | 6378137 | 298.2572236 |
Location Keywords
- OCEAN
- ATLANTIC OCEAN
Data Centers
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EUMETSAT
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NASA/JPL/PODAAC
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Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Center d'Exploitation e
ARCHIVERInstitut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Center d'Exploitation et de Recherche Satellitaire
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+33-2-98224691
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European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
ARCHIVERThis data center does not have any addresses listed.
+ 33 2 9605-6791
Data Contacts
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Jean-Francois Piolle
Technical ContactJean-Francois Piolle
Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, Center d'Exploitation eThis contact does not have any addresses listed.
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Guenole Guevel
InvestigatorGuenole Guevel
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological SatellitesThis contact does not have any addresses listed.
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Format: NETCDF
Format Type: Native