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BLUElink Global Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (GAMSSA), daily, 1/4 degree resolution

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Publication_Date: 20080728

Title: BLUElink Global Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (GAMSSA), daily, 1/4 degree resolution

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name: GAMSSA L4 0.25 degree
Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia
Publisher: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Other_Citation_Details:

Product created by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Online_Linkage: http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/pubs/researchreports/RR130.pdf

Description:

Abstract:: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.25 degree grid. This BLUELink Global Australian Multi-Sensor SST Analysis (GAMSSA) v1.0 system blends satellite SST observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR), and, the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), and in situ data from ships, and drifting and moored buoy from the Global Telecommunications System (GTS). In order to produce a foundation SST estimate, the AATSR skin SST data stream is converted to foundation SST using the Donlon et al. (2002) skin to foundation temperature conversion algorithms. These empirically-derived algorithms apply a small correction for the cool-skin effect depending on surface wind speed, and filter out SST values suspected to be affected by diurnal warming by excluding cases which have experienced recent surface wind speeds of below 6 ms-1 during the day and less than 2 ms-1 during the night.
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Helen Beggs 2007 A high-resolution blended sea surface temperature analysis over the Australian region BMRC RESEARCH REPORT NO. 130 AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE, AUSTRALIA 1-34 http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/pubs/researchreports/RR130.pdf

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20080824
Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE > FOUNDATION SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: AQUA > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM, AQUA
Theme_Keyword: BUOYS
Theme_Keyword: ENVISAT > ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE
Theme_Keyword: METOP-A > METEOROLOGICAL OPERATIONAL SATELLITE - A
Theme_Keyword: MOORINGS
Theme_Keyword: NOAA-17 > NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION-17
Theme_Keyword: NOAA-18 > NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION-18
Theme_Keyword: SHIPS
Theme_Keyword: AATSR > ADVANCED ALONG-TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER
Theme_Keyword: AMSR-E > ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER-EOS
Theme_Keyword: AVHRR-3 > ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER-3
Theme_Keyword: GHRSST > GROUP FOR HIGH RESOLUTION SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: CWIC > CEOS WGISS INTEGRATED CATALOG
Theme_Keyword: Sea Surface Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Avhrr > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Theme_Keyword: Aatsr
Theme_Keyword: Amsr-e
Theme_Keyword: Tmi
Theme_Keyword: Seviri
Theme_Keyword: Satellite Data
Theme_Keyword: 326s - Satellite
Theme_Keyword: Group For High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Medspiration
Theme_Keyword: Us National Aeronautic And Space Administration; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
Theme_Keyword: Earth Science
Theme_Keyword: Ocean Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Sea Surface Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Climatologymeteorologyatmosphere
Theme_Keyword: Oceans
Theme_Keyword: Environment
Theme_Keyword: Biota
Theme_Keyword: World-wide Distribution
Theme_Keyword: Global Ocean
Theme_Keyword: Australian Bureau Of Meteorology (abom)
Theme_Keyword: OCEANS
Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Temporal_Keyword: Daily

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: KENNETH S. CASEY

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: LEON MAJEWSKI

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center SSMC3, 4th Floor, Room 4853, Route: E/OC1 1315 East-West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: Maryland
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3272 x133

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61-3-96694746

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: FAX: (301) 713-3300

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61-3-96694168

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Kenneth.Casey@noaa.gov

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ghrsst@bom.gov.au

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.25
Longitude_Resolution: 0.25
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact_Person: NODC CUSTOMER SERVICE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1 301 7133277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1 301 7133302

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: NODC.Services@noaa.gov

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: AU/BOM > Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Contact_Person: LEON MAJEWSKI

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +61-3-96694746

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +61-3-96694168

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ghrsst@bom.gov.au

Resource_Description: GAMSSA

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Not Available

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.bom.gov.au/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/ghrsst/L...

Access_Instructions:

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/

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/ghrsst/L4/GLOB/A...

Access_Instructions:

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/

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/ghrsst/L4/GL...

Access_Instructions:

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/

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/ghrsst/L4/GLOB/ABOM/GAMS...

Access_Instructions:

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/

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/las/getUI.do?dsid=id-c80...

Access_Instructions:

Navigate to NODC Live Access server at http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/las/ and follow directions on the web page

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search/

Access_Instructions:

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/

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://reverb.echo.nasa.gov/reverb/#utf8=%E2%9C%93...

Access_Instructions:

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Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20120822

Metadata_Review_Date: 20121018

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office
Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Not Available
City: Lanham
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20706
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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