GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite for 2018-03-11 (NCEI Accession 0172411)

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.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; US NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory > Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (2018). GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite for 2018-03-11 (NCEI Accession 0172411). Version 2.2. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. [access date]

Dataset Identifiers

gov.noaa.nodc:0172411

ISO 19115-2 Metadata

gov.noaa.nodc:0172411

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Time Period	2018-03-11 to 2018-03-11
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	N: 89.9951 S: -89.9992 E: 168.148 W: -177.364
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Associated Resources	GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite (GDS versions 1 and 2) NCEI Collection Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. Parent ID (indicates this is related to other data): gov.noaa.nodc:GHRSST-MODIS_T-JPL-L2P


Publication Dates	publication: 2018-04-12 revision: 2018-04-14
Edition	2.2
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Dataset Citation	Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; US NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory > Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (2018). GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite for 2018-03-11 (NCEI Accession 0172411). Version 2.2. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. [access date]
Cited Authors	Armstrong, Edward M. US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) US NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory > Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
Contributors	US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (JPL PO.DAAC)
Resource Providers	Edward M. Armstrong US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (JPL PO.DAAC)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information


Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS CHLOROPHYLL A CONCENTRATION SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE WIND SPEED NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS satellite data WMO_CategoryCode oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science and Services Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Data Center keywords	Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NASA/JPL/PODAAC > Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
Platform keywords	NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Terra Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords Terra > Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1)
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS MODIS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS World-Wide Distribution Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN
Project keywords	NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords GHRSST > Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
Keywords	NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 0172411 172411


Use Constraints	Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; US NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory > Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (2018). GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Terra satellite for 2018-03-11 (NCEI Accession 0172411). Version 2.2. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. [access date]
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Processing Steps	2018-04-12T04:05:07 - NCEI Accession 0172411 v1.1 was published. 2018-04-14T06:49:30 - NCEI Accession 0172411 was revised and v2.2 was published. Rationale: Updates were received for this data set. These updates were copied into the data/0-data/ directory of this accession. These updates may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. This version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. All of the files received prior to this update are available in the preceding version of this accession.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0172411 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0172411 v1.1 (download) NCEI Accession 0172411 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0172411 v2.2 NCEI Accession 0172411 v2.2 (download) NCEI Accession 0172411 v2.2

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	MODIS
Platform	Terra

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