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GHRSST Level 4 OSTIA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 2) for 2018-02-24 (NCEI Accession 0171633)
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A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced daily on an operational basis at the UK Met Office using optimal interpolation (OI) on a global 0.054 degree grid. The Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) analysis uses satellite data from sensors that include the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI), the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imager, the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI), the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager (TMI) 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.
This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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GOES-13 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 13
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GHRSST Level 4 OSTIA Global Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS versions 1 and 2)
2007-03-14
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Descriptive information for this dataset was provided by the GDAC collection search service at http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/ws/metadata/dataset?format=iso&itemsPerPage=1&shortName=OSTIA-UKMO-L4-GLOB-v2.0.
Entry ID: UKMO-L4HRfnd-GLOB-OSTIA
Projection_Information:
Projection Type: Cylindrical Lat-Lon
Ellipsoid_Type: WGS 84
Other Projection Details: Regular 0.054 degree grid
Data Resolution:
Latitude resolution: .054
Longitude resolution: .054
The temporal resolution: 1 Day
This metadata record was generated from an original data set description (DSD) record in DIF format: http://www.ghrsst.org
Reference: Stark, J.D., C. J. Donlon, M. J. Martin and M. E. McCulloch, 2007, OSTIA : An operational, high resolution, real time, global sea surface temperature analysis system., Oceans 07 IEEE Aberdeen, conference proceedings. Marine challenges: coastline to deep sea. Aberdeen, Scotland.IEEE.
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AQUA
Earth Observing System, AQUA
ENVISAT
Environmental Satellite
InSitu
InSitu
MSG
Meteosat Second Generation
NOAA-16
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
NOAA-17
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
NOAA-18
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-18
TRMM
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
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AMSR-E
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS
AATSR
Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer
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AVHRR-3
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
AVHRR-3
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
AVHRR-3
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
SEVIRI
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
TMI
TRMM Microwave Imager
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AMSR2
AMSR2
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2
The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) onboard the GCOM-W1 satellite is a remote sensing instrument for measuring weak microwave emission from the surface and the atmosphere of the Earth. From about 700 km above the Earth, AMSR2 will provide highly accurate measurements of the intensity of microwave emission and scattering. The antenna of AMSR2 rotates once per 1.5 seconds and obtains data over a 1450 km swath. This conical scan mechanism enables AMSR2 to acquire a set of daytime and nighttime data with more than 99% coverage of the Earth every 2 days.
Additonal Information: http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/smops/sensors_AMSR2.html
AVHRR-3
AVHRR-3
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
The AVHRR-3 is a six channel scanning radiometer providing 3 solar channels in the visible-near infrared region and 3 thermal infrared channels. The AVHRR-3 has two one-micrometer wide channels between 10.3 and 12.5 micrometers. This latest version of AVHRR was first carried on NOAA-15 launched in May 1998 and subsequently in all current NOAA and MetOp platforms. Measuring the same view, this array of diverse wavelengths, after processing, permits multi spectral analysis for more precisely defining hydrologic, oceanographic, and meteorological parameters. Comparison of data from two channels is often used to observe features or measure various environmental parameters. The three channels operating entirely within the infrared band are used to detect the heat radiation from and hence, the temperature of land, water, sea surfaces, and the clouds above them.
Additional Information:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c3/sec3-1.htm
GOES Imager
GOES Imager
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Imager
The GOES I-M Imager is a five channel (one visible, four infrared) imaging radiometer designed to sense radiant and solar reflected energy from sampled areas of the earth. By means of a servo driven, two-axis gimbaled mirror scanning system in conjunction with a Cassegrain telescope, the Imager's multispectral channels can simultaneously sweep an 8-kilometer (5 statute mile) north-to-south swath along an east-to-west/west-to-east path, at a rate of 20 degrees (optical) east-west per second. This translates into being able to scan a 3000 by 3000 km (1864 by 1864 miles) "box" centered over the United States in just 41 seconds. The actual scanning sequence takes places by sweeping in an East-West direction, stepping in the North-South direction, than sweeping back in a West-East direction, stepping North-South, sweeping East-West, and so on.
The Imager consists of electronics, power supply, and sensor modules. The sensor module containing the telescope, scan assembly, and detectors, is mounted on a baseplate outside the main structure of the spacecraft, together with shields and louvers for thermal control. The electronics module provides redundant circuitry and performs command, control, and signal processing functions; it also serves as a structure for mounting and interconnecting the electronic boards for proper heat dissipation. The power supply module contains the converters, fuses, and power control for interfacing with the spacecraft electrical power subsystem. The electronics and power supply modules are mounted inside the spacecraft on the internal equipment panel. (From: http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/imager.html)
SEVIRI
SEVIRI
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager
Instrument onboard METEOSAT Second Generation satellite. Application - meteorology; from geostationary orbit, instrument performing full Earth disk imaging in 12 spectral bands for weather monitoring and forecasting.
Features/Technical Details -
Spectral range:
• 0.4 – 1.6 micrometer (4 visible/near-infrared channels)
• 3.8 – 13.4 micrometer (8 infrared channels)
Resolution from 36000 km altitude:
• 1 km in high resolution for visible channels
• 3 km in infra red and visible channels
Focal plane passively cooled at –180°C
Earth scanning achieved by combination of satellite spin (East-West) and mirror scanning (South-North).
• one image every 15 minutes
• 245000 images over 7-year lifetime
Instrument mass: 260 kg, 2.43 m height, 1 m diameter (without sunshield)
Power consumption: 150 W average
Data rate: 3.26 Mbit/s
(From: http://www.astrium.eads.net/corp/prod/00000842.htm)
SSM/I
SSM/I
Special Sensor Microwave Imager
The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) is a passive microwave radiometer flown aboard Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites: DMSP F-8, DMSP F-10, DMSP F-11, DMSP F-12, and DMSP F-13. The SSM/I is a seven-channel, four-frequency, linearly-polarized, passive microwave radiometric system which measures atmospheric, ocean and terrain microwave brightness temperatures at 19.35, 22.235, 37.0, and 85.5 GHz.
(From: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov:2031/sensor_docs/ssmi.html)
VIIRS
VIIRS
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
A scanning radiometer that collects visible and infrared imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans.
Additonal Information: http://www.class.ncdc.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?datatype_family=VIIRS
DMSP F15
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program#Block_5D
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F15 satellite.
DMSP provides global visible and infrared cloud data and other specialized meteorological, oceanographic and solar-geophysical data in support of worldwide U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) operations. The DMSP F15 satellite was launched in December 1999 with a near circular, sun synchronous, polar orbit.
DMSP F17
Name *: DMSP F17 (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F17 satellite)
Country *: US USA
Platform Class *: 65-Orbiting satellite
Operations/Responsible organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Previous Name: N/A
Launched Date: 2006-11-04
Commissioned Date: 2006-12-12
Current Length (m): 4
Notes +:DMSP F17, a near-circular, sun-synchronous, polar orbit satellite launched in November 2006, provides global visible, infrared,
and passive microwave data as well as other specialized meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-geophysical data in support of worldwide
Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Commerce (DoC), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) operations.
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GCOM-W1
Updated information from ICES for the vessel GCOM-W1 from JAPAN(JP).
Name : GCOM-W1
Country(s) : JAPAN(JP) (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 65 Orbiting satellite
Commissioned Date : 2012-05-17
Notes : Global Change Observation Mission for Water. 1st flight unit of the GCOM-W programme. Main mission is ocean observation.
Information Sources:
- http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/130
Confirmed by NOAA on 2019-02-22 (FY2019).
Additional notes: GCOM-W1 carries the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) which successfully deployed its antenna on orbit. AMSR2 will detect microwave radiation to measure sea surface temperature, sea surface wind speed, sea ice concentration, snow depth, soil moisture, water vapor, cloud liquid water, and precipitation. GCOM-W1 will be a part of the GPM constellation, contributing its measurements to the GPM global data set.
Additional Information: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/news/jaxa_gcomw1_launch.html
GOES-13
https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/149
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 13. The NODC has archived sea surface temperature data collected from this platform as part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) program.
Instruments: GOES IMAGER et al
Meteosat-10 (MSG3, Third METEOSAT Second Generation Satellite)
Launched and operated by European Space Agency (ESA).
Platform Class: 64-Geostationary orbiting satellite
Synonyms: Third METEOSAT Second Generation Satellite, MSG3
Launched Date: 2012-07-05
Commissioned Date: 2012-12-12
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland(, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Notes: MSG3 is a geostationary satellite at 0º longitude, 35800 km above the Gulf of Guinea off the west coast of equatorial Africa.
It carries a pair of instruments, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI), which observes the Earth in 12 spectral
channels and the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument, a visible-infrared radiometer for Earth radiation budget studies.
It also carry a transponder to detect and relay distress signals from ships and aircraft.
Info Source:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Meteosat_Second_Generation/MSG-3_Europe_s_latest_weather_satellite_delivers_first_image
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Meteosat-8 (MSG-1)
https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/302
First Meteosat Second Generation geostationary satellite, launched 28 August 2002. The NODC has archived sea surface temperature data collected from this platform as part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) program.
Synonyms: MSG-1
Instruments: SEVIRI et al
MetOp-B (Meteorological Operational satellite-B)
Platform Class: 65-Orbiting satellite
Synonyms: Meteorological Operational satellite-B
Commissioned Date: 2012-09-17
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Notes +: MetOp-B is the second of three ESA and EUMETSAT weather satellites. The satellite carry a set of seven 'heritage' instruments provided by
NOAA and CNES and a new generation of five European instruments offering improved sensing capabilities. Several of the instruments measure similar
aspects of the atmosphere, namely temperature and humidity, but use a variety of measuring techniques to acquire their data.
Info Source:
http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Meteorological_missions/MetOp/About_the_satellite
https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/m/metop
NOAA-18
Updated information from ICES for the platform NOAA-18 from United States.
Name NOAA-18
Country(s) US: UNITED STATES
Platform Class 65: Orbiting satellite
Native Name
Synonyms
Call Sign
MMSI
IMO
Pennant
Title
Commissioned Date 2005
Decommissioned Date 2016
Notes
Polar-orbiting environmental satellite launched May 2005 as NOAA-N. The NODC has archived AVHRR SST data collected from this platform as part of the Pathfinder project.
Instruments: AVHRR/3 et al
Information source (URL)
https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/340
Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-07-17.
NOAA-19
Updated information from ICES for the platform NOAA-15 from United States.
Name NOAA-19
Country(s) US: UNITED STATES
Platform Class 65: Orbiting satellite
Native Name
Synonyms
Call Sign
MMSI
IMO
Pennant
Title
Commissioned Date 2009
Decommissioned Date 2016
Notes
Polar-orbiting environmental satellite launched February 2009 as NOAA-N Prime. The NODC has archived AVHRR SST data collected from this platform as part of the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project.
Additional information:
Main body: 4.2m (13.75 ft) long, 1.88m (6.2 ft) diameter
Solar array: 2.73m (8.96 ft) by 6.14m (20.16 ft)
Weight at Liftoff: 1419.8 kg (3130 pounds) including 4.1 kg of gaseous nitrogen
Launch Vehicle: Delta-II 7320-10 Space Launch Vehicle
Launch Date: February 06, 2009 Vandenburg Air Force Base, CA
Orbital information: Type: sun synchronous
Altitude: 870 km
Period: 102.14 minutes
Inclination: 98.730 degrees
Sensors: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR/3)
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A)
Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS)
High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS/4)
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectral radiometer (SBUV/2)
Space Environment Monitor (SEM/2)
Search and Rescue (SAR) Repeater and Processor
Advance Data Collection System (ADCS)
Information source (URL)
https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/341
http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/genlsatl.html
Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-07-17.
SNPP
The NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) was renamed to Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) in honor of Verner E. Suomi, University of Wisconsin meteorologist, widely recognized as the "Father of Satellite Meteorology."
Suomi NPP is the first next generation polar-orbiting satellite in the JPSS series, and is considered the bridge between NOAA's legacy polar satellite fleet, NASA's Earth observing missions and JPSS constellation. Launched in October 2011, Suomi NPP boasts five state-of-the-art instruments: (1) VIIRS, (2) CrIS, (3) ATMS, (4) OMPS, and (5) CERES FM5— which will be the similar instruments carried on JPSS-1. It has design life of five years and was launched with a Delta-II Mission Launch Vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Additional Information:
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/SNPP/status.html
https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/snpp
http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/satellites.html#SNPP