dataset of AVHRR_V5_4K_SST_MM

Evans, Bob; Vázquez-Cuervo, Jorge; Casey, Kenneth

Dataset
Summary
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Campaign: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Oceans Pathfinder Sea Surface Temperature Data Sets (AVHRR Pathfinder SST v5)
The 4 km AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5 SST Project (Pathfinder V5)
is a new reanalysis of the AVHRR data stream developed by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS)
and the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). In partnership with NODC and RSMAS is NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive
Center (PO.DAAC), which has years of experience serving and developing earlier versions of the Pathfinder dataset. Currently in the third year of a
three-year demonstration effort, it is hoped that this system can be implemented as an ongoing effort as part of a broader SST climate data record
system.
Provenance: local copy of the 4 km AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5 SST Monthly Means Data Set (daytime measurements) downloaded via FTP from: ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/sea_surface_temperature/avhrr/pathfinder/data_v5/monthly/day/04km/. Files are located under WELLE.ZMAW.DE:/scratch/local3/u290022/DATA/SATELLITE/AVHRR/pathfinder/data_v5/monthly/day/04km/.
The 4 km AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5 SST Project (Pathfinder V5) is a new reanalysis of the AVHRR data stream developed by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) and the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). In partnership with NODC and RSMAS is NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC).
Methods: this reprocessing uses an improved version of the Pathfinder algorithm and processing steps to produce twice-daily global SST and related parameters back to 1981, at a resolution of approximately 4 km, the highest possible for a global AVHRR data set. Temporal averages for 5-day, 7-day, 8-day, Monthly, and Yearly periods are also produced. Current key improvements over the original 9 km Pathfinder SST data set include a more accurate, consistent land mask, higher spatial resolution, and inclusion of sea ice information. Additional improvements including better flagging of aerosol-contaminated retrievals and the provision of wind and aerosol ancillary data will be implemented in a future Version 6 reprocessing. Additionally the parameters in version 5.0 are contained in separate files which are in the HDF-SDS (scientific data set) format, unlike version 4.1 which was in HDF-RASTER. The data can be accessed via the NODC, see http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/pathfinder4km for more information regarding user guide, tools, available data, quality, etc.
The data can also be accessed via NASA's PO.DAAC website, see: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/PRODUCTS/p216.html
Project
CliSAP (Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction)
Additional Information
4 km Pathfinder Version 5 User Guide
Spatial Coverage
Longitude -180 to 180 Latitude -90 to 90 Altitude: 0 m
Temporal Coverage
1985-01-01 to 2009-04-30 (calendrical)
Use constraints
For scientific use only
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Access constraints
registered users
Size
179.32 GiB (192547400000 Byte)
Format
NetCDF
Status
metadata only
Creation Date
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Cite as
[ Derived from parent entry - See data hierarchy tab ]
Evans, Bob; Vázquez-Cuervo, Jorge; Casey, Kenneth (2009). Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer: sea surface temperature, monthly mean. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. http://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/Compact.jsp?acronym=AVHRR_V5_4K_SST_MM

BibTeX RIS
VariableAggregationUnit
sea_surface_temperature
CF
monthly meandegC
sea_surface_temperature (first guess)
CF
monthly meandegC
sea_surface_temperature (quality flag)
CF
monthly meann/a
sea_surface_temperature (quality mask1)
CF
monthly meann/a
sea_surface_temperature (quality mask2)
CF
monthly meann/a
sea_surface_temperature (standard deviation)
CF
monthly meandegC
Contact typePersonORCIDOrganization
Investigator
Kenneth Casey
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Investigator
Dr. Bob Evans
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Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science University of Miami
Metadata
Dr. Voltaire Velazco
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University of Hamburg
Metadata Reviewer
Dr. Martina Stockhause
0000-0001-6636-4972
University of Hamburg

Parent

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer: sea surface temperature, monthly mean
Details

Parent project(s)

Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction

[Entry acronym: AVHRR_V5_4K_SST_MM_ds] [Entry id: 2229346]