Dataset: North Sea/Baltic Sea SST, L3S, (SST_BAL_PHY_L3S_MY_010_040)#

Dataset identifier: cmems_obs-sst_bal_phy_my_l3s_P1D-m
Data store: cmems

How to open this dataset in AVL JupyterLab  

cmems_store = new_data_store('cmems')
ds = cmems_store.open_data('cmems_obs-sst_bal_phy_my_l3s_P1D-m')

Bounding box map#

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

Basic information#

Parameter Value
Bounding box longitude (°) -10.00999975 to 30.00999975
Bounding box latitude (°) 47.98999975 to 66.01000025
Time range 1982-01-01 to 2021-05-31
Publisher CMEMS SST TAC and DMI

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Variable list#

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Variable Long name Units
mask land sea ice lake bit mask [none]
or_number_of_sst_pixels number of pixels from the L2Ps contributing to the SST value [none]
quality_level quality level of SST pixel [none]
sea_ice_fraction sea ice area fraction 1
sea_surface_temperature sea surface foundation temperature kelvin
source_of_sst SST product origin 1
sses_bias SSES bias error kelvin
sses_standard_deviation SSES standard deviation kelvin
sst_dtime time difference from reference time [none]
sum_square_sst sum of contributing pixel sst value squares Celsius2
sum_sst sum of contributing pixel sst values Celsius

Full variable metadata#

mask#

Field Value
long_name land sea ice lake bit mask
comment Mask can be used to further filter the data
flag_meanings water land optional_lake_surface sea_ice optional_river_surface
source NAVOCEANO_landmask_v1.0, Myocean_HR_ice
flag_masks 1, 2, 4, 8, 16
valid_min 0
valid_max 31

or_number_of_sst_pixels#

Field Value
long_name number of pixels from the L2Ps contributing to the SST value
comment Original number of pixels from the L2Ps contributing to the SST value
valid_min 0
valid_max 32767

quality_level#

Field Value
long_name quality level of SST pixel
comment These are the overall quality indicators and are used for all GHRSST SSTs
flag_values 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
flag_meanings no_data bad_data worst_quality low_quality acceptable_quality best_quality
valid_min 0
valid_max 5

sea_ice_fraction#

Field Value
standard_name sea_ice_area_fraction
long_name sea ice area fraction
units 1
comment This will be different for each system
source MyOcean HR icemask
valid_min 0
valid_max 100

sea_surface_temperature#

Field Value
standard_name sea_surface_temperature
long_name sea surface foundation temperature
units kelvin
comment Foundation sea surface temperature of the ocean
source OSI-SAF and GHRSST L2P satellite SST products
valid_min -300
valid_max 4500

source_of_sst#

Field Value
long_name SST product origin
units 1
comment code: EUR-L2P-NARNPP_SST = 1; NAVO-L2P-AVHRR19_L = 2; VIIRS_N20-OSPO-L2P = 4;NAVO-L2P-NPP = 8; EUR-L2P-SLSTR = 16 EUR-L3-SEVIRI_SST = 32;GOES16-OSISAF-L3C = 64; EUR-L2P-AVHRR_METOP_A = 128
flag_masks 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512
valid_min 0
valid_max 32767

sses_bias#

Field Value
long_name SSES bias error
units kelvin
comment SSES bias error
valid_min -127
valid_max 127

sses_standard_deviation#

Field Value
long_name SSES standard deviation
units kelvin
comment Standard deviation estimate
valid_min -127
valid_max 127

sst_dtime#

Field Value
long_name time difference from reference time
comment time plus sst_dtime gives seconds after 00:00:00 UTC January 1, 1981
valid_min -2147483647
valid_max 2147483647

sum_square_sst#

Field Value
long_name sum of contributing pixel sst value squares
units Celsius2
comment Sum of original contributing pixel sst value squares
valid_min 0.0
valid_max 900000.0

sum_sst#

Field Value
long_name sum of contributing pixel sst values
units Celsius
comment Sum of original contributing pixel sst values
valid_min -999.0
valid_max 90000.0

Full dataset metadata#

Field Value
Conventions CF-1.6
title North Sea/Baltic Sea SST, L3S, (SST_BAL_PHY_L3S_MY_010_040)
summary DMI Sea Surface Temperature supercollated level 3 field (L3S) using multisensor nighttime satellite SST observations
references Høyer, J. L., Le Borgne, P., & Eastwood, S. (2014). A bias correction method for Arctic satellite sea surface temperature observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 146, 201-213.
institution Danish Meteorological Institute, DMI
history Version 1.0
license these data are available free of charge under the Copernicus CMEMS data policy
id DMI-L3S_GHRSST-SSTsubskin-night_SST_UHR_MY-NSEABALTIC
naming_authority org.ghrsst
product_version Version 1.0
uuid 8be69983-c137-48c7-ba65-9b4e55102ae1
gds_version_id 2.0
netcdf_version_id netcdf-4.3.3.1, 27 February 2015
date_created 20210815T005615Z
file_quality_level 3
spatial_resolution 0.02 degrees
start_time 20210531T000000Z
time_coverage_start 20210531T000000Z
stop_time 20210601T000000Z
time_coverage_end 20210601T000000Z
westernmost_longitude -10.0
easternmost_longitude 30.0
southernmost_latitude 48.0
northernmost_latitude 66.0
source ESA SST CCI, C3S and CMEMS FMI and SMHI Sea ice concentration
platform NOAA, ERS, ENVISAT, SENTINEL 3, MetOp
sensor AVHRR, (A)ATSR SLSTR
Metadata_Conventions Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0
metadata_link http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/NESDIS_DataCenters/metadata/index.html
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_lon_units degrees east
geospatial_lat_resolution 0.02
geospatial_lon_resolution 0.02
acknowledgment Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statement: These data were provided by DMI and Copernicus CMEMS
creator_name Jacob L. Hoeyer
creator_email jlh@dmi.dk
creator_url http://ocean.dmi.dk/satellite/
project Copernicus Marine Environmental Monitoring Service (CMEMS) SST-TAC
publisher_name CMEMS SST TAC and DMI
publisher_url https://marine.copernicus.eu/
publisher_email servicedesk.cmems@mercator-ocean.eu
processing_level L3S
cdm_data_type grid
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