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Title: AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5.2 Level 3 Collated (L3C) Global 4km Sea Surface Temperature for 2002 (NCEI Accession 0073597)
Abstract: The AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5.2 Sea Surface Temperature dataset (PFV52) is a collection of global, twice-daily 4km sea surface temperature data produced in a partnership by the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center and the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. PFV52 was computed from data from the AVHRR instruments on board NOAA's polar orbiting satellite series using an entirely modernized system based on SeaDAS. This system incorporates several key changes from Versions 5.0 and 5.1 of Pathfinder, including the use of an entirely new land mask, a modified grid, and the inclusion of sea ice, wind speed, and aerosol ancillary data to support the use of the SST data. Importantly, PFV52 data are provided in netCDF-4 (classic model, with internal compression and chunking) and are nearly 100% compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification Version 2.0 for L3C products. These data deviate from that standard only in that sses_bias, sses_standard_deviation, and sst_dtime variables are empty. PFV52 data were collected through the operational periods of the NOAA-7 through NOAA-18 Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES), and are available for 1981 through 2010. Data for all years are available as separate NODC accessions. This accession contains data for 2002. Collection-level metadata is available for the entire Pathfinder Version 5.2 collection at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/AVHRR_Pathfinder-NODC-L3C-v5.2.
Date received: 20110825
Start date: 20020101
End date: 20021231
Seanames: World-Wide Distribution
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 90
South boundary: -90
Observation types: physical, satellite data
Instrument types: AVHRR-3
Datatypes: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Casey, Dr. Kenneth S.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center
Collecting institutions: University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Climatic Data Center, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center
Contributing projects: GHRSST, Pathfinder
Platforms: NOAA-16 (33J9), NOAA-17 (33ZS)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: The purpose of this dataset is to provide sea surface temperature data and related parameters with good temporal consistency, high accuracy and spatial resolution, and for archive and distribution through the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). This SST data collection is intended primarily for climate related applications and studies and is produced with partial support from the NOAA Climate Data Record Program. The Pathfinder Version 5.2 dataset follows the international format, content and metadata standard defined by the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) in the GHRSST Data Specification Version 2.0 (GDS2.0). These data deviate from that standard only in that sses_bias, sses_standard_deviation, and sst_dtime variables are empty. The GDS2.0 Technical Specifications document can be downloaded from the GHRSST Project Office at https://www.ghrsst.org/documents/q/category/gds-documents/operational/.

SSTs in months near the summer (June) solstice and winter (December) solstice are often incorrect above 50 degrees latitude, due to improper splitting of the mixed night and day granules due to a code error in the NASA SeaDAS package used to create daily PFSST 5.2 L3C (collated) data and MODISV5 products. Given that evidence of climate change is happening most rapidly in these latitudes it is important that the user is aware of the possible erroneous SST values in the Pathfinder products above 50 degrees latitude. Please use a more up-to-date version of the Pathfinder product.

The entire Pathfinder Version 5.2 collection is available in separate yearly accessions:
1981 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0071185
1982 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073577
1983 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073578
1984 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073579
1985 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073580
1986 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073581
1987 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073582
1988 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073583
1989 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073584
1990 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073585
1991 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073586
1992 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073587
1993 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073588
1994 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073589
1995 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073590
1996 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073591
1997 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073592
1998 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073593
1999 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073594
2000 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073595
2001 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073596
2002 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073597
2003 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073598
2004 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073599
2005 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073600
2006 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073601
2007 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073602
2008 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073603
2009 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073604
2010 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0073605
2011 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0099811
2012 - https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0111842

In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
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Metadata version: 9
Keydate: 2011-06-13 21:34:03+00
Editdate: 2022-01-07 14:52:07+00