geospatial_bounds: | POLYGON(( -86.871 31.018, -87.950 65.348, -31.004 56.730, -55.853 26.251, -86.871 31.018)) |
geospatial_first_scanline_first_fov_lat: | 65.34767151 |
geospatial_first_scanline_first_fov_lon: | -87.94982910 |
geospatial_first_scanline_last_fov_lat: | 56.72998047 |
geospatial_first_scanline_last_fov_lon: | -31.00433350 |
geospatial_last_scanline_first_fov_lat: | 31.01787949 |
geospatial_last_scanline_first_fov_lon: | -86.87120819 |
geospatial_last_scanline_last_fov_lat: | 26.25145340 |
geospatial_last_scanline_last_fov_lon: | -55.85289764 |
Conventions: | CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3 |
Metadata_Conventions: | Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0 |
acknowledgement: | Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statement: These data were provided by Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). |
cdm_data_type: | swath |
comment: | none |
creator_email: | Alex.Ignatov@noaa.gov |
creator_name: | Alex Ignatov |
creator_url: | http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov |
date_created: | 20190308T111823Z |
destripe: | yes (M5:1.0:f M7:1.0:f M10:1.0:f M12:1.0:b M13:1.0:b M14:1.0:b M15:1.0:b M16:1.0:b) |
easternmost_longitude: | -31.00433350 |
file_quality_level: | 3 |
gds_version_id: | 02.0 |
geospatial_lat_resolution: | 0.006699999794 |
geospatial_lat_units: | degrees_north |
geospatial_lon_resolution: | 0.006699999794 |
geospatial_lon_units: | degrees_east |
history: | Created by Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO)-VIIRS at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR. |
id: | VIIRS_NPP-STAR-L2P-v2.61 |
institution: | NOAA/NESDIS/STAR |
keywords: | Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature |
keywords_vocabulary: | NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords |
license: | GHRSST protocol describes data use as free and open |
metadata_link: | http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/ws/metadata/dataset/?format=iso&shortName=VIIRS_NPP-STAR-L2P-v2.61 |
naming_authority: | org.ghrsst |
northernmost_latitude: | 65.71283722 |
platform: | NPP |
processing_level: | L2P |
product_version: | 2.61 |
project: | Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
publisher_email: | ghrsst-po@nceo.ac.uk |
publisher_name: | The GHRSST Project Office |
publisher_url: | http://www.ghrsst.org |
references: | Data convention: GHRSST Data Specification (GDS) v2.0. Algorithms: ACSPO-VIIRS ATBD (NOAA/NESDIS/STAR) |
sensor: | VIIRS |
aggregator_version: | V1.00 |
preprocessor_version: | 1.14 |
sst_luts: | LUT_VIIRS_NPP_L2P_DEPTH_DAY_V01.04_20181217.txt,LUT_VIIRS_NPP_L2P_SKIN_DAYNIGHT_V01.00_20180408.txt,LUT_VIIRS_NPP_L2P_DEPTH_NIGHT_V01.04_20181217.txt,LUT_VIIRS_NPP_L2P_SKIN_NIGHT_V01.00_20180408.txt |
source: | VIIRS-MOD-GEO-TC,VIIRS-M5-SDR,VIIRS-M7-SDR,VIIRS-M10-SDR,VIIRS-M12-SDR,VIIRS-M15-SDR,VIIRS-M16-SDR,CMC0.1deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v2.0,NOAA-NCEP-GFS |
southernmost_latitude: | 26.25145340 |
spatial_resolution: | 742 m at nadir |
standard_name_vocabulary: | CF Standard Name Table (v26, 08 November 2013) |
start_time: | 20160409T062000Z |
stop_time: | 20160409T062959Z |
summary: | Sea surface temperature retrievals produced by NOAA/NESDIS/STAR office from VIIRS sensor |
time_coverage_end: | 20160409T062959Z |
time_coverage_start: | 20160409T062000Z |
title: | VIIRS L2P SST |
uuid: | e2e1a9cc-4193-11e9-a378-ac1f6b5681f6 |
westernmost_longitude: | -87.94982910 |
netcdf_version_id: | 4.5.0 of Oct 31 2017 11:38:27 $ |
wind_speed: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 0.000000000 comment: Typically represents surface winds (10 meters above the sea surface) coordinates: lon lat height: 10 m long_name: wind speed scale_factor: 0.1500000060 source: Wind speed from NCEP GFS data standard_name: wind_speed units: m s-1 valid_max: 127 valid_min: -127 _FillValue: -128 origname: wind_speed fullnamepath: /wind_speed |
brightness_temperature_4um: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 273.1499939 comment: non L2P core field; brightness temperature for 3.7 um channel VIIRS M12 coordinates: lon lat long_name: brightness temperature for 3.7 um channel scale_factor: 0.009999999776 source: VIIRS-M12-SDR units: kelvin valid_max: 32767 valid_min: -32767 _FillValue: -32768 origname: brightness_temperature_4um fullnamepath: /brightness_temperature_4um |
sses_standard_deviation: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 1.000000000 comment: Standard deviation of sea_surface_temperature from SST measured by drifting buoys. Further information at (Petrenko et al., JTECH, 2016; doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0166.1) coordinates: lon lat long_name: SSES standard deviation scale_factor: 0.009999999776 units: kelvin valid_max: 127 valid_min: -127 _FillValue: -128 origname: sses_standard_deviation fullnamepath: /sses_standard_deviation |
brightness_temperature_08um6: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 273.1499939 comment: non L2P core field; brightness temperature for 8.6 um channel VIIRS Ch. M14 coordinates: lon lat long_name: brightness temperature for 8.6 um channel scale_factor: 0.009999999776 source: VIIRS channel M14 units: kelvin valid_max: 32767 valid_min: -32767 _FillValue: -32768 origname: brightness_temperature_08um6 fullnamepath: /brightness_temperature_08um6 |
sst_dtime: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 0.000000000 comment: time plus sst_dtime gives seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00 UTC coordinates: lon lat long_name: time difference from reference time scale_factor: 0.2500000000 units: seconds valid_max: 32767 valid_min: -32767 _FillValue: -32768 origname: sst_dtime fullnamepath: /sst_dtime |
sea_ice_fraction: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 0.000000000 comment: Fractional sea ice cover from reference SST coordinates: lon lat long_name: sea ice fraction scale_factor: 0.009999999776 source: CMC0.1deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v2.0 standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction units: 1 valid_max: 100 valid_min: 0 _FillValue: -128 origname: sea_ice_fraction fullnamepath: /sea_ice_fraction |
l2p_flags: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] comment: L2P common flags in bits 1-6 and data provider flags (from ACSPO mask) in bits 9-16: bit01 (0=IR: 1=microwave); bit02 (0=ocean; 1=land); bit03 (0=no ice; 1=ice); bits04-08 (reserved,set to 0); bit09 (0=radiance valid; 1=invalid); bit10 (0=night; 1=day); bit11 (0=ocean; 1=land); bit12 (0=good quality data; 1=degraded quality data due to "twilight" region); bit13 (0=no glint; 1=glint); bit14 (0=no snow/ice; 1=snow/ice); bits15-16 (00=clear; 01=probably clear; 10=cloudy; 11=clear-sky mask undefined) coordinates: lon lat flag_masks: 1, 2, 4, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, -16384 flag_meanings: microwave land ice invalid day land twilight glint ice probably_clear_or_cloudy_or_undefined long_name: L2P flags valid_max: 32767 valid_min: -32768 origname: l2p_flags fullnamepath: /l2p_flags |
sea_surface_temperature: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 273.1499939 comment: SST obtained by regression with buoy measurements, sensitive to skin SST. Further information at (Petrenko et al., JGR, 2014; doi:10.1002/2013JD020637) coordinates: lon lat long_name: sea_surface_subskin_temperature scale_factor: 0.009999999776 source: NOAA standard_name: sea_surface_subskin_temperature units: kelvin valid_max: 32767 valid_min: -32767 _FillValue: -32768 origname: sea_surface_temperature fullnamepath: /sea_surface_temperature |
quality_level: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] comment: SST quality levels: 5 corresponds to clear-sky pixels and is recommended for operational applications and validation; coordinates: lon lat flag_meanings: missing invalid not_used not_used not_used clear flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 long_name: quality level of SST pixel valid_max: 5 valid_min: 0 _FillValue: -128 origname: quality_level fullnamepath: /quality_level |
dt_analysis: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 0.000000000 comment: Deviation from reference SST, i.e., dt_analysis = SST - reference SST coordinates: lon lat long_name: deviation from SST reference source: CMC0.1deg-CMC-L4-GLOB-v2.0 scale_factor: 0.1000000015 units: kelvin valid_max: 127 valid_min: -127 _FillValue: -128 origname: dt_analysis fullnamepath: /dt_analysis |
brightness_temperature_12um: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 273.1499939 comment: non L2P core field; brightness temperature for 12.0 um channel VIIRS M16 coordinates: lon lat long_name: brightness temperature for 12.0 um channel scale_factor: 0.009999999776 source: VIIRS-M16-SDR units: kelvin valid_max: 32767 valid_min: -32767 _FillValue: -32768 origname: brightness_temperature_12um fullnamepath: /brightness_temperature_12um |
satellite_zenith_angle: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 0.000000000 comment: satellite zenith angle coordinates: lon lat long_name: satellite zenith angle scale_factor: 1.000000000 units: degrees valid_max: 127 valid_min: -127 _FillValue: -128 origname: satellite_zenith_angle fullnamepath: /satellite_zenith_angle |
sses_bias: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 0.000000000 comment: Bias is derived against Piecewise Regression SST produced by local regressions with buoys. Subtracting sses_bias from sea_surface_temperature producess more accurate SST at the depth of buoys Further information at (Petrenko et al., JTECH, 2016; doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0166.1) coordinates: lon lat long_name: SSES bias estimate scale_factor: 0.01600000076 units: kelvin valid_max: 127 valid_min: -127 _FillValue: -128 origname: sses_bias fullnamepath: /sses_bias |
brightness_temperature_11um: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] add_offset: 273.1499939 comment: non L2P core field; brightness temperature for 10.8 um channel VIIRS M15 coordinates: lon lat long_name: brightness temperature for 10.8 um channel scale_factor: 0.009999999776 source: VIIRS-M15-SDR units: kelvin valid_max: 32767 valid_min: -32767 _FillValue: -32768 origname: brightness_temperature_11um fullnamepath: /brightness_temperature_11um |
time: | Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0] comment: seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00 long_name: reference time of sst file standard_name: time units: seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00 calendar: Gregorian axis: T origname: time fullnamepath: /time |
lat: | Array of 32 bit Reals [nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] comment: Latitude of retrievals long_name: latitude standard_name: latitude units: degrees_north valid_max: 90.00000000 valid_min: -90.00000000 origname: lat fullnamepath: /lat |
lon: | Array of 32 bit Reals [nj = 0..5391][ni = 0..3199] comment: Longitude of retrievals long_name: longitude standard_name: longitude units: degrees_east valid_max: 180.0000000 valid_min: -180.0000000 origname: lon fullnamepath: /lon |