Dataset: Global SST & Sea Ice Analysis, L4 OSTIA, 0.05 deg daily (METOFFICE-GLO-SST-L4-REP-OBS-SST-V2)#

Dataset identifier: METOFFICE-GLO-SST-L4-REP-OBS-SST
Data store: cmems

How to open this dataset in AVL JupyterLab  

cmems_store = new_data_store('cmems')
ds = cmems_store.open_data('METOFFICE-GLO-SST-L4-REP-OBS-SST')

Bounding box map#

Bounding box map
Map tiles and data from OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL.

Basic information#

Parameter Value
Bounding box longitude (°) -180 to 180
Bounding box latitude (°) -90 to 90
Time range 1981-10-01 to 2022-05-31
Time period 1D
Publisher GHRSST Project Office

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Variable list#

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Variable Long name Units
analysed_sst analysed sea surface temperature kelvin
analysis_error estimated error standard deviation of analysed_sst kelvin
mask land sea ice lake bit mask [none]
sea_ice_fraction sea ice area fraction 1

Full variable metadata#

analysed_sst#

Field Value
long_name analysed sea surface temperature
standard_name sea_surface_foundation_temperature
units kelvin
valid_min -300
valid_max 4500
source AMSR2-REMSS-L2P-v2.0, AMSRE-REMSS-L2P-v2.0, TMI-REMSS-L2P-v04, GOES<13,16>-OSISAF-L3C-v2.0, SEVIRI-OSISAF-L3C-v2.0, SLSTR<A,B>-C3S-L3C-v2.0, ATSR<1,2>-ESACCI-L3U-v2.0, AATSR-ESACCI-L3U-v2.0, AVHRR<06,07,08,09,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19>-ESACCI-L3U-v2.0, AVHRRMT<A,B>-ESACCI-L3U-v2.0, GMI-REMSS-L3U-v2.0, VIIRS<NPP,N20>-OSPO-L3U-v2.0
reference C.J. Donlon, M. Martin,J.D. Stark, J. Roberts-Jones, E. Fiedler, W. Wimmer. The operational sea surface temperature and sea ice analysis (OSTIA) system. Remote Sensing Environ., 116 (2012), pp. 140-158 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2010.10.017
comment OSTIA foundation SST

analysis_error#

Field Value
long_name estimated error standard deviation of analysed_sst
standard_name sea_surface_foundation_temperature standard_error
units kelvin
valid_min 0
valid_max 32767
comment OSTIA foundation SST analysis standard deviation error

mask#

Field Value
long_name land sea ice lake bit mask
valid_min 1
valid_max 31
flag_masks 1, 2, 4, 8, 16
flag_meanings water land optional_lake_surface sea_ice optional_river_surface
source NAVOCEANO_landmask_v1.0 EUMETSAT_OSI-SAF_icemask ARCLake_lakemask
comment Land/ open ocean/ sea ice /lake mask

sea_ice_fraction#

Field Value
long_name sea ice area fraction
standard_name sea_ice_area_fraction
units 1
valid_min 0
valid_max 100
source EUMETSAT OSI-SAF
comment Sea ice area fraction

Full dataset metadata#

Field Value
Conventions CF-1.4, ACDD-1.3
title Global SST & Sea Ice Analysis, L4 OSTIA, 0.05 deg daily (METOFFICE-GLO-SST-L4-REP-OBS-SST-V2)
summary A merged, multi-sensor L4 Foundation SST product
references Donlon, C.J., Martin, M., Stark, J.D., Roberts-Jones, J., Fiedler, E., Wimmer, W., 2011. The Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA). Remote Sensing of the Environment
institution UKMO
history Created from sst.nc; obs_anal.nc; seaice.nc
comment WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value
license These data are available free of charge under the CMEMS data policy
id OSTIA-UKMO-L4-GLOB-v2.0
naming_authority org.ghrsst
product_version 3.2
uuid a2df4a18-6f19-4772-9532-39307a0e2794
gds_version_id 2.4
netcdf_version_id 4.1
date_created 20221012T085721Z
start_time 20220531T000000Z
time_coverage_start 20220531T000000Z
stop_time 20220601T000000Z
time_coverage_end 20220601T000000Z
file_quality_level 3
source AMSR2-REMSS-L2P-v2.0, AMSRE-REMSS-L2P-v2.0, TMI-REMSS-L2P-v04, GOES<13,16>-OSISAF-L3C-v2.0, SEVIRI-OSISAF-L3C-v2.0, SLSTR<A,B>-C3S-L3C-v2.0, ATSR<1,2>-ESACCI-L3U-v2.0, AATSR-ESACCI-L3U-v2.0, AVHRR<06,07,08,09,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19>-ESACCI-L3U-v2.0, AVHRRMT<A,B>-ESACCI-L3U-v2.0, GMI-REMSS-L3U-v2.0, VIIRS-OSPO-L3U-v2.0, OSISAF_ICE, NCEP_ICE
platform GCOM-W, AQUA, TRMM, GOES<13,16>, MetoSat<08,09,10,11>, Sentinel-<3a,3b>, ERS<1,2>, NOAA-<06,07,08,09,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19>, MetOp<A,B>, GPM-Core, Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20
sensor AMSR2, AMSRE, TMI, GOES<13,16>, SEVIRI, SLSTR<A,B>, ATSR1, ATSR2, AATSR, AVHRR<06,07,08,09,10,11,12,14,15,16,17,18,19>, AVHRRMT<A,B>, GMI, VIIRS<NPP,N20>
Metadata_Conventions Unidata Observation Dataset v1.0
metadata_link http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/ws/metadata/dataset?format=gcmd&shortName=UKMO-L4HRfnd-GLOB-OSTIA
keywords Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
keywords_vocabulary NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
standard_name_vocabulary NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention
westernmost_longitude -180.0
easternmost_longitude 180.00002
southernmost_latitude -90.0
northernmost_latitude 90.0
spatial_resolution 0.05 degree
geospatial_lat_units degrees_north
geospatial_lat_resolution 0.05
geospatial_lon_units degrees_east
geospatial_lon_resolution 0.05
acknowledgment Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statement: These data were provided by GHRSST, Met Office and CMEMS
creator_name Met Office as part of CMEMS
creator_email servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu
creator_url http://marine.copernicus.eu
project Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
publisher_name GHRSST Project Office
publisher_url http://www.ghrsst.org
publisher_email ghrsst-po@nceo.ac.uk
processing_level L4
cdm_data_type grid