| Conventions: | CF-1.7, ACDD-1.3 |
| title: | MODIS Aqua L2P SST |
| summary: | Sea surface temperature retrievals produced at the NASA OBPG for the MODIS Aqua sensor. These have been reformatted to GHRSST GDS specifications by the JPL PO.DAAC |
| references: | GHRSST Data Processing Specification v2r5 |
| institution: | NASA/JPL/OBPG/RSMAS |
| history: | MODIS L2P created at JPL PO.DAAC |
| comment: | L2P Core without DT analysis or other ancillary fields; Night, Start Node:Descending, End Node:Descending; WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value; Refined |
| license: | GHRSST and PO.DAAC protocol allow data use as free and open. |
| id: | MODIS_A-JPL-L2P-v2019.0 |
| naming_authority: | org.ghrsst |
| product_version: | 2019.0 |
| uuid: | f6e1f61d-c4a4-4c17-8354-0c15e12d688b |
| gds_version_id: | 2.0 |
| netcdf_version_id: | 4.1 |
| date_created: | 20200520T145256Z |
| file_quality_level: | 3 |
| spatial_resolution: | 1km |
| start_time: | 20100619T062001Z |
| time_coverage_start: | 20100619T062001Z |
| stop_time: | 20100619T062500Z |
| time_coverage_end: | 20100619T062500Z |
| northernmost_latitude: | 45.1491013 |
| southernmost_latitude: | 23.8318005 |
| easternmost_longitude: | -49.2583008 |
| westernmost_longitude: | -79.7043991 |
| source: | MODIS sea surface temperature observations for the OBPG |
| platform: | Aqua |
| sensor: | MODIS |
| metadata_link: | http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/ws/metadata/dataset/?format=iso&shortName=MODIS_A-JPL-L2P-v2019.0 |
| 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_lat_resolution: | 0.00999999978 |
| geospatial_lon_units: | degrees_east |
| geospatial_lon_resolution: | 0.00999999978 |
| acknowledgment: | The MODIS L2P sea surface temperature data are sponsored by NASA |
| creator_name: | Ed Armstrong, JPL PO.DAAC |
| creator_email: | edward.m.armstrong@jpl.nasa.gov |
| creator_url: | http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov |
| project: | Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
| publisher_name: | The GHRSST Project Office |
| publisher_url: | http://www.ghrsst.org |
| publisher_email: | ghrsst-po@nceo.ac.uk |
| processing_level: | L2P |
| cdm_data_type: | swath |
| startDirection: | Descending |
| endDirection: | Descending |
| day_night_flag: | Night |
| lat: | Array of 32 bit Reals [nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: latitude standard_name: latitude units: degrees_north _FillValue: -999.000000 valid_min: -90.0000000 valid_max: 90.0000000 comment: geographical coordinates, WGS84 projection coverage_content_type: coordinate |
| lon: | Array of 32 bit Reals [nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: longitude standard_name: longitude units: degrees_east _FillValue: -999.000000 valid_min: -180.000000 valid_max: 180.000000 comment: geographical coordinates, WGS84 projection coverage_content_type: coordinate |
| time: | Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0] long_name: reference time of sst file standard_name: time units: seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00 comment: time of first sensor observation coverage_content_type: coordinate |
| sea_surface_temperature: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: sea surface temperature standard_name: sea_surface_skin_temperature units: kelvin _FillValue: -32767 valid_min: -1000 valid_max: 10000 comment: sea surface temperature from thermal IR (11 um) channels scale_factor: 0.00499999989 add_offset: 273.149994 source: NASA and University of Miami coordinates: lon lat coverage_content_type: physicalMeasurement |
| sst_dtime: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: time difference from reference time units: seconds _FillValue: -32768 valid_min: -32767 valid_max: 32767 comment: time plus sst_dtime gives seconds after 00:00:00 UTC January 1, 1981 coordinates: lon lat coverage_content_type: referenceInformation |
| quality_level: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: quality level of SST pixel _FillValue: -128 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 5 comment: thermal IR SST proximity confidence value; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value coordinates: lon lat flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 flag_meanings: no_data bad_data worst_quality low_quality acceptable_quality best_quality coverage_content_type: qualityInformation |
| sses_bias: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: SSES bias error based on proximity confidence flags units: kelvin _FillValue: -128 valid_min: -127 valid_max: 127 comment: thermal IR SST bias error; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value scale_factor: 0.157480314 add_offset: 0.00000000 coordinates: lon lat coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation |
| sses_standard_deviation: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: SSES standard deviation error based on proximity confidence flags units: kelvin _FillValue: -128 valid_min: -127 valid_max: 127 comment: thermal IR SST standard deviation error; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value scale_factor: 0.0787401572 add_offset: 10.0000000 coordinates: lon lat coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation |
| l2p_flags: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: L2P flags valid_min: 0 valid_max: 16 comment: These flags can be used to further filter data variables coordinates: lon lat flag_meanings: microwave land ice lake river flag_masks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 coverage_content_type: qualityInformation |
| sea_surface_temperature_4um: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: sea surface temperature units: kelvin _FillValue: -32767 valid_min: -1000 valid_max: 10000 comment: sea surface temperature from mid-IR (4 um) channels; non L2P core field scale_factor: 0.00499999989 add_offset: 273.149994 coordinates: lon lat coverage_content_type: physicalMeasurement |
| quality_level_4um: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: quality level of SST pixel _FillValue: -128 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 5 comment: mid-IR SST proximity confidence value; non L2P core field; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value coordinates: lon lat flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 flag_meanings: no_data bad_data worst_quality low_quality acceptable_quality best_quality coverage_content_type: qualityInformation |
| sses_bias_4um: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: SSES bias error based on proximity confidence flags units: kelvin _FillValue: -128 valid_min: -127 valid_max: 127 comment: mid-IR SST bias error; non L2P core field; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value scale_factor: 0.157480314 add_offset: 0.00000000 coordinates: lon lat coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation |
| sses_standard_deviation_4um: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: SSES standard deviation error based on proximity confidence flags units: kelvin _FillValue: -128 valid_min: -127 valid_max: 127 comment: mid-IR SST standard deviation error; non L2P core field; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value scale_factor: 0.0787401572 add_offset: 10.0000000 coordinates: lon lat coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation |
| wind_speed: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: 10m wind speed standard_name: wind_speed units: m s-1 _FillValue: -128 valid_min: -127 valid_max: 127 comment: Wind at 10 meters above the sea surface scale_factor: 0.200000003 add_offset: 25.0000000 source: TBD. Placeholder. Currently empty coordinates: lon lat grid_mapping: TBD time_offset: 2.00000000 height: 10 m coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation |
| dt_analysis: | Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][nj = 0..2029][ni = 0..1353] long_name: deviation from SST reference climatology units: kelvin _FillValue: -128 valid_min: -127 valid_max: 127 comment: TBD scale_factor: 0.100000001 add_offset: 0.00000000 source: TBD. Placeholder. Currently empty coordinates: lon lat coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation |