GHRSST Level 4 OSPO Global Nighttime Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2)
A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.054 degree grid. The Geo-Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Analysis combines multi-satellite retrievals of sea surface temperature into a single analysis of SST. This analysis includes only nighttime data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager, the Japanese Advanced Meteorological Imager (JAMI) and in situ data from ships, drifting and moored buoys. This analysis was specifically produced to be used as a lower boundary condition in Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models. This dataset adheres to the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2 format specifications.
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NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations website
NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research website
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2021. GCMD Keywords, Version 10. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/gcmdkey
The Recommended GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) GDS 2.0 Revision 5
GHRSST Long Term Stewardship and Reanalysis Facility (LTSR) Issue Logs
NOAA NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research Geostationary & Polar Blended Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (Geo-Polar Blended SST) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document Version 2.1
Khellah, F., P.W. Fieguth, M.J. Murray and M.R. Allen, Statistical Processing of Large Image Sequences, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 12 (1), 80-93, 2005
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Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Information
Documentation on the GDS version 2 format specification
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