DATA
GHRSST Level 2P Global Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the MetOp-A satellite produced by EUMETSAT
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DOI
10.5067/GHAMT-2PE01
Short Name
EUR-L2P-AVHRR_METOP_A
Description
The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near realtime from Metop/AVHRR. Global AVHRR level 1b data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. SST is retrieved from the AVHRR infrared channels (3.7, 10.8 and 12.0 m) using a multispectral algorithm. Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction model, together with a radiative transfer model, are used to correct the multispectral algorithm for regional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. This product is delivered at full resolution in satellite projection as metagranule corresponding to 3 minutes of acquisition. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) version 2.
Version
1
Measurement
OCEANS
› OCEAN TEMPERATURE
› SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
› SEA SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE
Processing Level
2P
Coverage
Global
Northernmost Latitude
90.0
Southernmost Latitude
-90.0
Westernmost Longitude
-180.0
Easternmost Longitude
180.0
Time Span(s)
September 30, 2009 to
July 4, 2013
Resolution
Spatial Resolution
6.2 km (Along) x 6.2 km (Across)
Projection
-
Platform/Sensor
METOP-A/AVHRR-3
Project
Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
(GHRSST)
Data Provider
PO.DAAC
