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GHRSST-PP L2P Near Atlantic Regional (NAR) Sea Surface Temperature (SST-sub-skin)

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Medspiration: Meteo France/Meteo France, Centre de Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS), Lannion, 22303 Lannion, cedex, France; EUMETSAT EUMETSAT-Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI-SAF)

Publication_Date: 20041202

Title: GHRSST-PP L2P Near Atlantic Regional (NAR) Sea Surface Temperature (SST-sub-skin)

Edition: 1.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form:

Series_Information:

Series_Name: North Atlantic Regional (NAR) Sea Surface Temperature L2P produced by Medspiration
Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Plouzane (Brest), France
Publisher: Medspiration, IFREMER/CERSAT

Other_Citation_Details:

Data are produced by the ESA (funded by the ESA-DUE)

Online_Linkage: ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/valmedspi

Description:

Abstract:: A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the North Atlantic Region (NAR) from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA-17 platform (launched on 24 Jun 2002). This particular dataset is produced by the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) in France. The AVHRR is a space-borne scanning sensor on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) family of Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) having a operational legacy that traces back to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N (TIROS-N) launched in 1978. AVHRR instruments measure the radiance of the Earth in 5 (or 6) relatively wide spectral bands. The first two are centered around the red (0.6 micrometer) and near-infrared (0.9 micrometer) regions, the third one is located around 3.5 micrometer, and the last two sample the emitted thermal radiation, around 11 and 12 micrometers, respectively. The legacy 5 band instrument is known as AVHRR/2 while the more recent version, the AVHRR/3 (first carried on the NOAA-15 platform), acquires data in a 6th channel located at 1.6 micrometer. Typically the 11 and 12 micron channels are used to derive sea surface temperature (SST) sometimes in combination with the 3.5 micron channel. The highest ground resolution that can be obtained from the current AVHRR instruments is 1.1 km at nadir. The NOAA platforms are sun synchronous generally viewing the same earth location twice a day (latitude dependent) due to the relatively large AVHRR swath of approximately 2400 km. The NAR products are SST fields derived from direct broadcast High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT) AVHRR data that are re-mapped onto a stereopolar grid to produce mosaics at 2 km resolution. An operational AVHRR cloud mask is applied based on a multi-spectral thresholding algorithm (Derrien and Le Gleau 1999). Some refinements specific to the marine conditions have been introduced including the use of fine scale climatology and a fine gradiant climatology to assist in the detection of clouds in areas characterised by strong thermal gradients. L2P data products are then derived following the GHRSST-PP Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 1.5 including Single Sensor Error Statistics (SSES). Although the dataset designation is "L2P" it is actually a "L3C" dataset (gridded Level 3 collated) as defined by the GHRSST Data Processing Specification version 2.0. This dataset was originally produced for the GHRSST Pilot Project (GHRSST-PP), the precursor to GHRSST, by the Medspiration Regional Data Assembly Center (RDAC) in Europe. As one of the first datasets produced as a prototype for the GHRSST-PP it assumed an incorrect designation of "L2P".
Purpose:: Not Available
Supplemental_Information:: REFERENCE: Robinson I., Leborgne P., Piolle J.F., Larnicol G. 2004 Medspiration products user manual v1.02

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20050131
Ending_Date: 20100322

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -45.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 79.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 20.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE > BULK SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: NOAA-17 > NATIONAL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION-17
Theme_Keyword: AVHRR-3 > ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER-3
Theme_Keyword: CWIC > CEOS WGISS INTEGRATED CATALOG
Theme_Keyword: GHRSST > GROUP FOR HIGH RESOLUTION SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: Sea Surface Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Avhrr > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Theme_Keyword: Aatsr
Theme_Keyword: Amsr-e
Theme_Keyword: Tmi
Theme_Keyword: Seviri
Theme_Keyword: Satellite Data
Theme_Keyword: 326s - Satellite
Theme_Keyword: Group For High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Medspiration
Theme_Keyword: Us National Aeronautic And Space Administration; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
Theme_Keyword: Earth Science
Theme_Keyword: Ocean Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Sea Surface Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Climatologymeteorologyatmosphere
Theme_Keyword: Oceans
Theme_Keyword: Environment
Theme_Keyword: Biota
Theme_Keyword: Ghrsst Protocol Describes Data Use As Open
Theme_Keyword: North Atlantic
Theme_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Theme_Keyword: OCEANS
Theme_Keyword: GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Temporal_Keyword: Twice Daily (nominally)

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

None

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: KENNETH S. CASEY

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JEAN-FRANCOIS PIOLLE

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: PIERRE LEBORGNE

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SYLVIE POULIQUEN

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center SSMC3, 4th Floor, Room 4853, Route: E/OC1 1315 East-West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: Maryland
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Departement d'Oceanographie Spatiale
Address: IFREMER BP 70
City: Plouzane
Postal_Code: 29280
Country: FRANCE

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (301) 713-3272 x133

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +33-2-98224691

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +33 2 96 05 67 52

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +33 2 98 22 44 92

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: FAX: (301) 713-3300

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +33-2-98224533

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +33 2 96 05 67 37

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +33 2 98 22 45 33

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Kenneth.Casey@noaa.gov

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jfpiolle@ifremer.fr

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pierre.leborgne@meteo.fr

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sylvie.pouliquen@ifremer.fr

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Not Available

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.018
Longitude_Resolution: 0.018
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact_Person: NODC CUSTOMER SERVICE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1 301 7133277

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 1 301 7133302

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: NODC.Services@noaa.gov

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: FR/IFREMER/CERSAT > Centre ERS d'Archivage et de Traitement, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, France
Contact_Person: JEAN-FRANCOIS PIOLLE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +33-2-98224691

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +33-2-98224533

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jfpiolle@ifremer.fr

Resource_Description: NAR17_SST

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: Not Available

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.ifremer.fr/cersat/index.html

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/ghrsst/L...

Access_Instructions:

Data may be directly downloaded from the NODC via the THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) server at the URL listed in this metadata record. For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL: http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/ghrsst/L2P/NAR17...

Access_Instructions:

These data are also served using OPeNDAP (formerly DODS) server. The base URL is: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/ghrsst/. For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL:http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/. For a listing of OPeNDAP clients which may be used to access OPeNDAP-enabled data sets, please see the OPeNDAP web site at URL: http://opendap.org/

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/ghrsst/L2P/N...

Access_Instructions:

Direct FTP access: Navigate to ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/ghrsst using any FTP client to begin downloading data. For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL: http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/ghrsst/L2P/NAR17_SST/EUR...

Access_Instructions:

Simple Web access: Using any web browser, navigate to URL: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/ghrsst and begin browsing through the file hierarchy. Clicking on any of the files will prompt you to download that file or will launch any application associated with netCDF files. For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL: http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search/

Access_Instructions:

Data may be directly downloaded through the NODC Ocean Archive System at: URL: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search/. NODC can be contacted directly for custom orders. (When requesting data from the NODC, a data set may be referred to by a 7-digit accession number assigned to individual data sets, see the NODC Ocean Archive System at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search/.) For more information see the NODC GHRSST project web site: URL: http://ghrsst.nodc.noaa.gov/

Fees: Not Available

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20110918

Metadata_Review_Date: 20121107

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office
Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Not Available
City: Lanham
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20706
Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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