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Summary
All AVHRR-derived SST fields (from the 5-channel AVHRR) were
composited into two day images. The northern edge of the Gulf
Stream defined by the large cold-to-warm SST gradient (moving
offshore) was then manually digitized from these images. The
resulting data set is a set of longitude, latitude pairs for
all cloud free locations in each composited image. The period
of coverage is April 1982 through December 1989. The area of
coverage is from the point at which the Gulf Stream leaves the
continental margin off the east coast of the United States
(approximately 35N) to the extent of coverage from the Wallops
Island Receiving Station (approximately 45W).

Related URL

Link: VIEW EXTENDED METADATA Description: Website for AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature Image Archive at University of Rhode Island

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 55.0

S: 35.0

E: -45.0

W: -77.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1982-04-01 Stop Date: 1989-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC REGION > MID-LATITUDE CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > Gulf Stream VERTICAL LOCATION > SEA SURFACE

Science Keywords

OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > EDDIES OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > FRONTS OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS > GULF STREAM OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites

Instrument

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Ancillary Keywords

GULF STREAM POSITION NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTHWEST ATLANTIC SST GRADIENT

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

URI/GSO

Data Center

Maewest, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island Data Center URL: http://maewest.gso.uri.edu/ Data Center Personnel Name: PETER CORNILLON Phone: (401) 874-6283 Fax: (401) 874-6728 Email: pcornillon at gso.uri.edu Contact Address: Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island South Ferry Road City: Narragansett Province or State: Rhode Island Postal Code: 02882 Country: USA

Personnel

PETER CORNILLON Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: (401) 874-6283 Fax: (401) 874-6728 Email: pcornillon at gso.uri.edu Contact Address: Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island South Ferry Road City: Narragansett Province or State: Rhode Island Postal Code: 02882 Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-10-16

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