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NOAA OI SST V2 High Resolution Dataset
Data on and after 2016 is now v2.1
Brief Description:
Temporal Coverage:
Spatial Coverage:
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Levels:
- Surface
Update Schedule:
- Daily
- Data less than 15 days old may be subject to revision by NCEI.
Download/Plot Data: (Download Issues)
Archive parameters:Variable | Statistic | Level | Download File | Create Plot/Subset |
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Sea Surface Temperature | Daily Mean | Surface | ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/noaa.oisst.v2.highres/sst.day.mean.yyyy.nc(select 'see list') | ![]() |
Sea Surface Temperature | Daily Anomaly | Surface | ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/noaa.oisst.v2.highres/sst.day.anom.yyyy.nc(select 'see list') | ![]() |
Sea Surface Temperature | Daily Mean Error | Surface | ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/noaa.oisst.v2.highres/sst.day.err.yyyy.nc(select 'see list') | ![]() |
Sea Ice Concentration | Daily Mean | Surface | ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/noaa.oisst.v2.highres/icec.day.mean.yyyy.nc(select 'see list') | ![]() |
Land Mask | Surface | lsmask.oisst.v2.nc | ||
Sea Surface Temperature | Long Term Mean | Surface | sst.day.mean.ltm.1971-2000.nc | |
Sea Surface Temperature | Long Term Mean | Surface | sst.day.mean.ltm.1982-2010.nc |
Usage Restrictions:
- None
Detailed Description:
- Full description is at NCEI Data is a high resolution OI of SST using the AVHRR data.
- Related Datasets
Caveats:
- Data less than 15 days old may be subject to revision by NCEI
- Daily Anomaly files are calculated relative to a 1971-2000 climatology
Related File Naming & Structure Information:
File Names:
- var.day.stat.yyyy.v2.nc (In directory: /Datasets/noaa.oissst.v2.highres/)
Dataset Format and Size:
- PSL standard NetCDF4 about 250M Mbyte file for each daily ice file.
- PSL standard NetCDF4 about 480M Mbyte file for each daily sst file.
Missing Data:
- -9.96921e+36
Citation:
- Please note: If you acquire NOAA High Resolution SST data products from PSL, we ask that you acknowledge us in your use of the data. This may be done by including text such as NOAA High Resolution SST data provided by the NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site at / in any documents or publications using these data. We would also appreciate receiving a copy of the relevant publications. This will help PSL to justify keeping the NOAA High Resolution SST data set freely available online in the future. Thank you!
References:
- Reynolds, Richard W., Thomas M. Smith, Chunying Liu, Dudley B. Chelton, Kenneth S. Casey, Michael G. Schlax, 2007: Daily High-Resolution-Blended Analyses for Sea Surface Temperature. J. Climate, 20, 5473-5496. Reynolds, Richard W., Thomas M. Smith, Chunying Liu, Dudley B. Chelton, Kenneth S. Casey, Michael G. Schlax, 2007: Daily High-Resolution-Blended Analyses for Sea Surface Temperature. J. Climate, 20, 5473-5496.
Original Source:
- NCEI at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/sea-surface-temperature-optimum-interpolation/access/avhrr-only/
- NCEI documentation.
Contact:
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Physical Sciences Laboratory: Data Management
NOAA/ESRL/PSL
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
psl.data@noaa.gov
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