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GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2) for 2015-08-15 (NCEI Accession 0131690)

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Multi-functional Transport Satellites (MTSAT) are a series of geostationary weather satellites operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). MTSAT carries an aeronautical mission to assist air navigation, plus a meteorological mission to provide imagery over the Asia-Pacific region for the hemisphere centered on 140 East. The meteorological mission includes an imager giving nominal hourly full Earth disk images in five spectral bands (one visible, four infrared). MTSAT are spin stabilized satellites. With this system images are built up by scanning with a mirror that is tilted in small successive steps from the north pole to south pole at a rate such that on each rotation of the satellite an adjacent strip of the Earth is scanned. It takes about 25 minutes to scan the full Earth's disk. This builds a picture 10,000 pixels for the visible images (1.25 km resolution) and 2,500 pixels (4 km resolution) for the infrared images. The MTSAT-2 (also known as Himawari 7) and its radiometer (MTSAT-2 Imager) was successfully launched on 18 February 2006. For this Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset, skin sea surface temperature (SST) measurements are calculated from the IR channels of the MTSAT-2 Imager full resolution data in satellite projection on a hourly basis by using Bayesian Cloud Mask algorithm at the Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO). L2P datasets including Single Sensor Error Statistics (SSES) are then derived following the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2.0.
  • Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; NASA JPL PO.DAAC (2015). GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2) for 2015-08-15 (NCEI Accession 0131690). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131690. In Maturi, Eileen; Sapper, John F.; Harris, Andy; Mittaz, Jonathan; Koner, Prabhat. GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5df6p8f. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 2015-08-15 to 2015-08-15
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: 64.02709
East: -133.7025
South: -79.40546
North: 80.18375
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  • GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2)
    • Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data):
    • gov.noaa.nodc:GHRSST-MTSAT2-OSPO-L2P
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2015-09-15
  • revision: 2022-09-14
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Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
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Data Update Frequency As needed
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In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
Purpose This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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  • Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; NASA JPL PO.DAAC (2015). GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2) for 2015-08-15 (NCEI Accession 0131690). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131690. In Maturi, Eileen; Sapper, John F.; Harris, Andy; Mittaz, Jonathan; Koner, Prabhat. GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5df6p8f. Accessed [date].
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  • oceanography
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  • Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; NASA JPL PO.DAAC (2015). GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2) for 2015-08-15 (NCEI Accession 0131690). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0131690. In Maturi, Eileen; Sapper, John F.; Harris, Andy; Mittaz, Jonathan; Koner, Prabhat. GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5df6p8f. Accessed [date].
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Processing Steps
  • 2015-09-15T01:33:29Z - NCEI Accession 0131690 v1.1 was published.
  • 2022-09-14T03:42:34Z - NCEI Accession 0131690 was revised and v2.2 was published.
    Rationale: Updates were received for this dataset. 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.
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  • 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
  • MTSAT 2 Imager
Platform
  • MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7)
Last Modified: 2023-09-12T13:28:56Z
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