Related URL

Link: GET DATA > THREDDS DIRECTORY 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/

Geographic Coverage

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: EUMETSAT/OSI-SAF Dataset Title: METOP_A AVHRR swath SST data set Dataset Series Name: METOP_A SST Dataset Release Date: 2008-04-09 Dataset Release Place: EUMETSAT Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France Dataset Publisher: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility, Meteo-France/CMS, Lannion, France Version: 1 Other Citation Details: EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (2008 EUMETSAT) Online Resource: none

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2009-09-30

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: Twice daily (nominally)

Science Keywords

OCEANS >OCEAN TEMPERATURE >SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE >SKIN SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

METOP-A >Meteorological Operational Satellite - A    [Information]

Instrument

AVHRR-3 >Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3    [Information]

Project

GHRSST >Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature    [Information]

Access Constraints

None

Use Constraints

None

Keywords

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

AATSR

AMSR-E

TMI

SEVIRI

satellite data

326S - SATELLITE

Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature

MEDSPIRATION

US NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

Earth Science

Ocean Temperature

Sea Surface Temperature

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

oceans

environment

biota

GHRSST protocol describes data use as open

North Atlantic Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

Baltic Sea

Black Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Originating Center

EUMETSAT

Data Center

National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce    [Information] Data Center URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/ Data Center Personnel Name: NODC CUSTOMER SERVICE Phone: 1 301 7133277 Fax: 1 301 7133302 Email: NODC.Services at noaa.gov

European Meteorological Satellite Organisation    [Information] Data Center URL: http://www.eumetsat.de/ Dataset ID: METOP_A AVHRR swath L2P SST data set Data Center Personnel Name: JEAN-FRANCOIS PIOLLE Phone: +33-2-98224691 Fax: +33-2-98224533 Email: jfpiolle at ifremer.fr

Personnel

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.

JEAN-FRANCOIS PIOLLE Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +33-2-98224691 Fax: +33-2-98224533 Email: jfpiolle at ifremer.fr

GUENOLE GUEVEL Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: + 33 2 9605-6791 Fax: + 33 2 9605-6737 Email: guenole.guevel at meteo.fr