satellite/9km/climatology/GMIS_P_SST_MM eng File Identifier of the parent series series Global Marine Information System, Directorate D - Sustainable Resources, Joint Research Centre JRC-EMIS@ec.europa.eu pointOfContact 2013-10-16 ISO19115 2003/Cor.1:2006 http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4936 GMIS - PATHFINDER Monthly climatology sea surface temperature (9km) in degree-C 2013-08-22 creation 2013-06-11T11:15:00 revision 2013-08-29 publication satellite/9km/climatology/GMIS_P_SST_MM https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/public/JRC-OpenData/GMIS Monthly climatology sea surface temperature (in degree-C at 9km resolution) derived from the PATHFINDER sensor (Satellite remote sensing Ocean color data): Sea surface temperature is the temperature of the water close to the sea surface. SST is a standard product from satellite-based thermal infra-red sensors, and optical sensors complemented with infrared bands. Global Marine Information System, Directorate D - Sustainable Resources, Joint Research Centre JRC-EMIS@ec.europa.eu pointOfContact Melin, Frederic European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) frederic.melin@ec.europa.eu author sea surface temperature climatology ocean color satellite observations marine environment coastal environment sea water protection marine monitoring GIS digital format climate change Environmental monitoring facilities Oceanographic geographical features Protected sites GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication environmental data GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 2010-01-13 publication HYDROSPHERE (freshwater, marine water, waters) GEMET - Groups, version 2.4 2010-01-13 publication NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ANTHROPIC ENVIRONMENT GEMET - Supergroups, version 2.4 2010-01-13 publication water GEMET - Themes, version 2.4 2010-01-13 publication OCEANS GEOSS - Earth Observation Vocabulary, version 1.0 2011-05-01 publication no conditions apply otherRestrictions no limitations 9 eng oceans environment -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 1981-09-01 2009-12-31 https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/public/JRC-OpenData/GMIS/ Global Marine Information System WWW:LINK The Global Marine Information System (GMIS) provides information on marine ecosystems and coastal state, using biological and physical variables generated by satellite remote sensing. GMIS allows visualisation and download of Remote Sensing Ocean color data and derived products hosted at the Directorate D - Sustainable Resources. information https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/public/JRC-OpenData/GMIS/satellite/9km/climatology/ GMIS - Download access (GMIS_P_SST) WWW:DOWNLOAD Direct NetCDF download download series COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See the referenced specification false General information: Monthly climatology sea surface temperature (SST) in deg. Celsius (degree-C) derived from the NOAA - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite series. Processing information: The data correspond to a re-analysis of the AVHRR data stream conducted by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of marine and atmospheric science (RSMAS) and the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC). SST is calculated according to a nonlinear SST (NLSST) algorithm originally described in Walton et al. 1998. Temporal characteristics: the data consist of 9km-binned monthly SST (in degree-C) extracted from the version 5.2 AVHRR Pathfinder project. Time series covers three decades from Sept. 1981, and is regularly updated. Description of observation methods/instruments: AVHRR is a broad-band scanner, sensing from 0.6 µm to 12 µm, in the visible, near-infrared, and thermal infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The sensor is carried on NOAA's Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) series, starting with TIROS-N in 1978. The latest sensor is AVHRR/3 on NOAA-19 platform, launched in Feb. 2009. The strength of infrared radiations emitted by the ocean surface is a function of the temperature, i.e. the higher the temperature, the greater the radiant energy from the sea surface. SST is thus retrieved after correcting the water-surface emitted signal from the contribution due to the atmosphere. The processing includes a cloud screening procedure to avoid cloud temperature contaminated pixels. Quality/accuracy/calibration information: The satellite-derived SST product represents the 'skin temperature', that is the temperature of the top millimeters of the ocean surface. Comparisons with field measurements of bulk and skin temperature resulted in an absolute uncertainty of <0.2K. References: CC Walton et al. 1998. The development and operational application of non-linear algorithms for the measurements of sea surface temperatures with the NOAA polar-orbiting environmental satellites. J. Geophys. Res. 103 (C12): 27999-28012. KA Kilpatrick et al. (2001). Overview of the NOAA/NASA Advance Very High Resolution Radiometer Pathfinder algorithm for sea surface temperature and associated matchup database. J. Geophys. Res. C106:9179-9197.