Dataset Information

Title: AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder Equal Angle
Data_Center: NASA/PO.DAAC AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder
Station: NOAA/NESDIS
Mission: AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder
Mission_Characteristics: NOAA/NASA AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder
Sensor: NOAA polar orbiter data
Sensor_Characteristics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Polar Orbiter
Product_name: Equal Angle Map HDF
Quality_type: Best SST
Binning_period: 8_DAY_AVERAGE
Pass: Ascending
Processing_control: Algorithm: Interim V4.2 pathfinder flagtree 14oct97
Data_start_time: 1/1/2003 00:00:00
Data_end_time: 1/8/2003 23:59:59
Data_processing_time: Thu Apr 10 15:57:24 2003
Start_year: 2003
End_year: 2003
Start_day: 1
End_day: 8
Start_millisec: 54743
End_millisec: 54743
Number_of_rows: 1024
Number_of_columns: 2048
Map_projection: Equirectangular projection
Parameter_name: Sea Surface Temperature
Orbit: 11845.00000
Maximum_Latitude: 89.91200256
Minimum_Latitude: -89.91200256
Maximum_Longitude: 179.9118958
Minimum_Longitude: -179.9118958


Variables in this Dataset

Sea_Surface_Temperature: Array of 32 bit Integers [Longitude = 0..2047][Latitude = 0..1023]
long_name: Sea Surface Temperature
scale_factor: 0.15000000596046448
scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset: -3.0000000000000000
add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000
calibrated_nt: 20
Slope: 0.1500000060
Intercept: -3.000000000
Unit: Degree in Celsius
Equation: SST (Celsius) = DN * .15 - 3.0
Number_of_Observations_per_Bin: Array of 32 bit Integers [fakeDim2 = 0..2047][fakeDim3 = 0..1023]
long_name: Number of Observations per Bin
Band_Name: Number of Observations per Bin