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METOP_A AVHRR NAR SST dataset for 2013-05-30 (NCEI Accession 0114616)

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A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A platform (launched on 19 Oct 2006). This particular dataset is produced by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) in France. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST) sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The MetOp-A platform is sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The NAR products are SST fields derived from 1km AVHRR data that are re-mapped onto a 0.02 degree equal angle grid. In the processing chain, global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. A cloud mask is applied and SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared (IR) channels by using a multispectral technique. The MetOp-A SST L3P data are compliant with the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Data Specification (GDS) version 1.7.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; NASA JPL PO.DAAC (2013). METOP_A AVHRR NAR SST dataset for 2013-05-30 (NCEI Accession 0114616). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0114616. In Medspiration, GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite (GDS version 1). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-EUR-L3P-NAR_AVHRR_METOP_A. Accessed [date].

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gov.noaa.nodc:0114616

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Time Period	2013-05-30 to 2013-05-30
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West: -76.02 East: 72.97 South: 13.59 North: 78.24
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Associated Resources	GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite (GDS version 1) https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-EUR-L3P-NAR_AVHRR_METOP_A NCEI Collection Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data): gov.noaa.nodc:GHRSST-EUR-L3P-NAR_AVHRR_METOP_A

Publication Dates	publication: 2013-12-03
Data Presentation Form	Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status	Complete - production of the data has been completed Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency	As needed
Supplemental Information	Entry ID: EUR-L3P-NAR_AVHRR_METOP_A Projection_Information: Projection Type: Regular latitude/longitude grid Ellipsoid_Type: none Other Projection Details: Geolocation information included for each pixel Data Resolution: Latitude resolution: .02 Longitude resolution: .02 The temporal resolution: 12 Hours This metadata record was generated from an original data set description (DSD) record in DIF format: http://www.ghrsst.org Reference: Information on the the METOP SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://www.osi-saf.org/biblio/docs/ss1_pum_leo_sst_2_0.pdf Sources: METOP-A Meteorological Operational Satellite - A Sensors: AVHRR-3 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
Purpose	This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
Use Limitations	accessLevel: Public Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.

Dataset Citation	Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; NASA JPL PO.DAAC (2013). METOP_A AVHRR NAR SST dataset for 2013-05-30 (NCEI Accession 0114616). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0114616. In Medspiration, GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite (GDS version 1). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-EUR-L3P-NAR_AVHRR_METOP_A. Accessed [date].
Cited Authors	Armstrong, Edward M. US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) NASA JPL PO.DAAC
Contributors	Medspiration
Resource Providers	Edward M. Armstrong US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC)
Publishers	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Theme keywords	NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS satellite data WMO_CategoryCode oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Data Center keywords	NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Medspiration NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NASA/JPL/PODAAC > Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Platform keywords	NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS MetOp-A Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords METOP-A > Meteorological Operational Satellite - A ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes MetOp-A (ICES code: 064Q, 2006-2016)
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS AVHRR-3 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords AVHRR-3 > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer-3
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Baltic Sea Barents Sea Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) Bay of Fundy Black Sea Bristol Channel Caspian Sea Davis Strait English Channel (La Manche) Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea) Gulf of St. Lawrence Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Irish Sea and St. George's Channel Kattegat, The Sound, Storebælt, Lillebælt Labrador Sea Mediterranean Sea North Atlantic Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Sea of Azov Skagerrak White Sea Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > BLACK SEA CONTINENT > ASIA > WESTERN ASIA > CASPIAN SEA CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > BLACK SEA OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BARENTS SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BALTIC SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > BAY OF FUNDY OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > DAVIS STRAIT OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF ST LAWRENCE OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA
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 0114616

Use Constraints	Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; NASA JPL PO.DAAC (2013). METOP_A AVHRR NAR SST dataset for 2013-05-30 (NCEI Accession 0114616). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0114616. In Medspiration, GHRSST Level 3P North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite (GDS version 1). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-EUR-L3P-NAR_AVHRR_METOP_A. Accessed [date].
Access Constraints	Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
Fees	In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.

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Processing Steps	2013-12-03T01:35:29Z - NCEI Accession 0114616 v1.1 was published.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0114616 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0114616 v1.1 (download) published 2013-12-03T01:35:29Z

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Processing Steps	2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

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Processing Steps

2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	AVHRR-3
Platform	MetOp-A

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METOP_A AVHRR NAR SST dataset for 2013-05-30 (NCEI Accession 0114616)

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