| Conventions | CF-1.4 | 
| title | Mediterranean Sea SST Analysis L4, Reprocessed using ESA CCI SST v.2.0, C3S v.2.0 and PFV53 data, 0.05 deg. daily (cmems_SST_MED_SST_L4_REP_OBSERVATIONS_010_021) | 
| summary | [1981-present] Daily gap-free maps (L4) at 0.05deg. x 0.05deg. horizontal resolution over the Mediterranean Sea. The maps are obtained using nighttime data extracted from ESA CCI SST v.2.0, C3S v.2.0 and PFV53 data | 
| references | A. Pisano, B. Buongiorno Nardelli, C. Tronconi, R. Santoleri: The new Mediterranean optimally interpolated pathfinder AVHRR SST Dataset (1982-2012). /Remote Sensing of Environment./ 176 (2016) 107-116, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.01.019; http://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov and Casey, K.S., T.B. Brandon, P. Cornillon, and R. Evans: The Past, Present and Future of the AVHRR Pathfinder SST Program, in Oceanography from Space: Revisited, eds. V. Barale, J.F.R. Gower, and L. Alberotanza, Springer, 2010. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_16. | 
| institution | GOS | 
| history | GOS-CMEMS processor V4: new version | 
| comment | WARNING: some applications are unable to properly handle byte values. If Values >127 are encounterd, please subtract 256 | 
| license | free registration at Copernicus Marine Service (http://marine.copernicus.eu/web/56-user-registration-form.php) | 
| id |  | 
| DSD_entry_id | -GOS-L4HRfnd-MED | 
| naming_authority | org.ghrsst | 
| product_version | 3.0 | 
| uuid |  | 
| gds_version_id | v2.0.5 | 
| netcdf_version_id | 4.1.1, build date: JUN 18 2010\ | 
| date_created | 20230414T103103Z | 
| file_quality_level | 3 | 
| spatial_resolution | 0.05 degree | 
| start_time | 20221015T190000Z | 
| time_coverage_start | 20221015T190000Z | 
| stop_time | 20221016T070000Z | 
| time_coverage_end | 20221016T070000Z | 
| software_version | Copernicus Marine Service HR L4 Processor V.2 | 
| northernmost_latitude | 46.025 | 
| southernmost_latitude | 30.125 | 
| easternmost_longitude | 36.325 | 
| westernmost_longitude | -18.125 | 
| Scaling_Equation | (scale_factor*data) + add_offset | 
| source | [1981-2016] ESA CCI SST v.2.0 L3C product (SST at 0.2m); [2017-present] C3S v.2.0 L3C product (SST at 0.2m); [1981-2014]  Pathfinder-PFV5.3 L3C product (SST skin) | 
| platform | NOAA AVHRR, Metop-A AVHRR, (A)ATSR, Sentinel-3A SLSTR series of sensors | 
| sensor | [1981-2018] NOAA AVHRR series of sensors (NOAA-07/09/11/12/14/15/16/17/18/19), ATSR1, ATSR2, (A)ATSR, MetopA AVHRR; [2017-present] MetopA AVHRR, SLSTR-3A, SLSTR-3B; | 
| Metadata_Conventions | Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0 | 
| metadata_link | Link to collection metadata record at archive | 
| 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 | 
| 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: Generated/provided by Copernicus Marine Service and CNR - ISMAR ROME. We would also appreciate being informed of any publications. | 
| creator_name | ISMAR - Institute of Marine Sciences (CNR - ISMAR - GOS - Rome) | 
| creator_email | gsdk@isac.cnr.it | 
| creator_url | http://gosweb.artov.isac.cnr.it/ | 
| project | Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) | 
| publisher_name | CNR ISMAR GOS - CMEMS SST-TAC | 
| publisher_url | http://marine.copernicus.eu/ | 
| publisher_email | servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu, gsdk@isac.cnr.it | 
| processing_level | L4 | 
| cdm_data_type | grid |