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GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite Entry ID: JPL-L2P-MODIS_T |
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Summary
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Abstract:
The Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a scientific instrument (radiometer) launched by NASA in 1999 on board the Terra satellite platform (a second series is on the Aqua platform) to study global dynamics of the Earths atmosphere, land and oceans. MODIS captures data in 36 spectral bands ranging in wavelength from 0.4 um to 14.4 um and at varying spatial resolutions (2 bands at 250 m, 5 bands at 500 m and 29 bands at 1 km). For the sea surface temperature (SST) products from this radiometer channels in the 4, 11 and 12 um spectrum are used. The Terra platform is in a sun synchronous, near polar orbit at 705 km altitude and the MODIS instrument images the entire Earth every 1 to 2 days. The production of the MODIS L2P SST data as part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) is a joint collaboration between the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). RSMAS is responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging, while the OBPG is NASA ground data system for production of daily MODIS ocean products in HDF file format. JPL acquires MODIS ocean granules from the OBPG in near realtime and reformats them to the GHRSST L2P netCDF specification with complete metadata. Data consists of global coverage at 1 km resolution with approximately 300+ five minute observation granules per day. For nighttime data both SST from the 11-12 um, and 4 um bands are available. Ocean chlorophyll a and K490 diffuse attenuation coefficient data are also available for daytime periods as non standard L2P core fields. Note that these ocean color data do not represent the most recent version processed by the OBPG and may not be of research quality. |
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Description: Data may be directly downloaded from the NODC via the THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) server at the URL listed in this metadata record. For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL: http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/ Link: GET DATA > OPENDAP DIRECTORY (DODS) Description: These data are also served using OPeNDAP (formerly DODS) server. The base URL is: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/ghrsst/. For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL:http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/. For a listing of OPeNDAP clients which may be used to access OPeNDAP-enabled data sets, please see the OPeNDAP web site at URL: http://opendap.org/ Link: GET DATA Description: Direct FTP access: Navigate to ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/ghrsst using any FTP client to begin downloading data. For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL: http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/ Link: GET DATA Description: Simple Web access: Using any web browser, navigate to URL: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/ghrsst and begin browsing through the file hierarchy. Clicking on any of the files will prompt you to download that file or will launch any application associated with netCDF files. For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL: http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/ Link: GET DATA Description: Data may be directly downloaded through the NODC Ocean Archive System at: URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search/. NODC can be contacted directly for custom orders. (When requesting data from the NODC, a data set may be referred to by a 7-digit accession number assigned to individual data sets, see the NODC Ocean Archive System at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search/.) For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL: http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/ Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Information on the the MODIS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod25.pdf and http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/DOCS/modis_sst/ Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Information on the the MODIS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod25.pdf and http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/DOCS/modis_sst/ |
Geographic Coverage
| N: 90.0 | S: -90.0 | E: 180.0 | W: -180.0 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
JPL/OBPG/RSMAS
Dataset Title: MODIS Terra L2P swath SST data set Dataset Series Name: MODIS Terra SST Dataset Release Date: 2006-09-05 Dataset Release Place: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA, USA Dataset Publisher: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Version: 1.0 Other Citation Details: Product created jointly by the NASA JPL, NASA OBPG and University of Miami RSMAS Online Resource: Information on the the MODIS SST algorithm can be found in the foll... |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 2006-10-01 |
Location Keywords
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GEOGRAPHIC REGION
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Science Keywords
| OCEANS >OCEAN TEMPERATURE >SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE >SKIN SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SSTSKIN) [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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OCEANS
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION |
Platform
| TERRA >Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1) [Information] |
Instrument
| MODIS >Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer [Information] |
Project
| GHRSST >Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature [Information] |
Access Constraints
| None |
Use Constraints
| None |
Keywords
| SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE |
| MODIS |
| satellite data |
| Terra SATELLITE |
| Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
| US NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center |
| Earth Science |
| Oceans |
| Ocean Temperature |
| Sea Surface Temperature |
| climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
| oceans |
| environment |
| biota |
| World-Wide Distribution |
| Global Ocean |
Originating Center
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Data Center
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National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Data Center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
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Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Data Center URL: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/ Dataset ID: MODIS_T
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Personnel
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KENNETH
S.
CASEY Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: (301) 713-3272 x133 Fax: FAX: (301) 713-3300 Email: Kenneth.Casey at noaa.gov Contact Address: NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center SSMC3, 4th Floor, Room 4853, Route: E/OC1 1315 East-West Highway City: Silver Spring Province or State: Maryland Postal Code: 20910 Country: U.S.A. |
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EDWARD
ARMSTRONG Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 818-393-6710 Fax: 818-393-2710 Email: edward.m.armstrong at jpl.nasa.gov Contact Address: MS 300/320 4800 Oak Grove Drive City: Pasadena Province or State: CA Postal Code: 91109 Country: USA |
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KAY
KILPATRICK Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: 305-421-4615 Fax: 305-421-4622 Email: KKilpatrick at rsmas.miami.edu |
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2012-11-01
Last DIF Revision Date:
2013-01-17
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