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U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC)'s Ocean QC MCSST Products

Entry ID: FNMOC_MCSST

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Summary

Abstract: The AVHRR multichannel sea surface temperature (MCSST) retrieval data from the FNMOC Ocean QC (Quality Control) process are posted in near real-time to the USGODAE server. These files contain all of the unclassified in-situ data used to initialize the US Navy NOGAPS model, and all of the climate and background (forecast) values used in the QC process.

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: HTTP and FTP data access

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -54.48

S: -54.78

E: 158.95

W: 158.77

Data Set Citation

Dataset Release Date: 2005-03-10

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-09-01

Stop Date: 1997-11-30

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES > BOUNDARY SURVEYS

ISO Topic Category

BOUNDARIES

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

Quality The walking track data have been formatted according to the Scar Feature Catalogue which includes data quality information (refer to the link below). Data quality information for each feature can be found by using the Qinfo number of the feature in the Quality Information search.

Walking track data usually mapped to a Universal Transverse Mercator projection, Zone 57.

Access Constraints These data are available for download from the URLs given below.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=macca_su... when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

GIS

GPS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Australian Antarctic Division

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 129 kb

Distribution Format: shapefile

Fees: free

Personnel

HENK BROLSMA

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 6232 3528

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: mapping at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

DAVID T. SMITH

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3577

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: gis at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-03-10

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-20

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