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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 2015-08-02 (NCEI Accession 0259352)

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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.

Dataset Citation

Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; NASA JPL PO.DAAC (2022). GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2) for 2015-08-02 (NCEI Accession 0259352). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0259352. 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	2015-08-02 to 2015-08-02
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates	West: 64.02709 East: -133.7025 South: -79.40546 North: 80.18375
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Associated Resources	GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2) https://doi.org/10.7289/v5df6p8f NCEI Collection Parent ID (indicates this dataset is related to other data): gov.noaa.nodc:GHRSST-MTSAT2-OSPO-L2P

Publication Dates	publication: 2022-08-29
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
Purpose	This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis.
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Dataset Citation	Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; NASA JPL PO.DAAC (2022). GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2) for 2015-08-02 (NCEI Accession 0259352). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0259352. 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].
Cited Authors	Armstrong, Edward M. US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) NASA JPL PO.DAAC
Contributors	US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO)
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 AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS ICE - COVERAGE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE WIND SPEED NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS satellite data WMO_CategoryCode oceanography Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE EXTENT
Data Center keywords	NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; Office of Satellite and Product Operations 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/OSPO > Office of Satellite and Product Operations, 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 MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7) Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords MTSAT-2 > The Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2 ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes MTSAT-2 (ICES code: 4960, 2006)
Instrument keywords	NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS MTSAT 2 Imager Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords MTSAT 2 Imager
Place keywords	NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Andaman Sea or Burma Sea Arabian Sea Arctic Ocean Bass Strait Bay of Bengal Bering Sea Bismarck Sea Chukchi Sea Coral Sea East China Sea (Tung Hai) East Indian Archipelago Great Australian Bight Indian Ocean Japan Sea Laccadive Sea North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Sea of Okhotsk Solomon Sea South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean Tasman Sea Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF OKHOTSK OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > YELLOW SEA OCEAN > SOUTHERN 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 0259352

Use Constraints	Cite as: Armstrong, Edward M.; NASA JPL PO.DAAC (2022). GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS versions 1 and 2) for 2015-08-02 (NCEI Accession 0259352). https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0259352. 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].
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.
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Processing Steps	2022-08-29T16:31:45Z - NCEI Accession 0259352 v1.1 was published.
Output Datasets	NCEI Accession 0259352 v1.1 NCEI Accession 0259352 v1.1 (download) published 2022-08-29T16:31:45Z

Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument	MTSAT 2 Imager
Platform	MTSAT-2 (Himawari 7)

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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 2015-08-02 (NCEI Accession 0259352)

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