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National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 2024: 1998 Average Monthly Sea Surface Temperature for California, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39561.

Item Identification

Title: 1998 Average Monthly Sea Surface Temperature for California
Short Name: sst_1998
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2005-12
Abstract:

The NOAA/ NASA AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder sea surface temperature data are derived from the 5-channel Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers (AVHRR) on board the NOAA -7, -9, -11, -14, -16 and -17 polar orbiting satellites. Daily, 8-day and monthly averaged data for both the ascending pass (daytime) and descending pass (nighttime) are available on equal-angle grids of 8192 pixels/360 degrees (nominally referred to as the 4km resolution, 4096 pixels/360 degrees (nominally referred to as the 9km resolution), 2048 pixels/360 degrees (nominally referred to as the 18km resolution), and 720 pixels/360 degrees (nominally referred to as the 54km resolution or 0.5 degree resolution).The monthly averaged daytime data was converted to an ESRI GRID format and the 12 monthly grid files were combined into one annual grid with a attribute field for each month.

Purpose:

The NODC/RSMAS (version 5.0) and the NOAA/NASA (version 4.1) Pathfinder Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) SST product is a high quality dataset derived from the NOAA polar-orbiting series of satellites that start with the NOAA-9 in 1985. This dataset represents a historical reprocessing of the entire AVHRR time series using consistent SST algorithms, improved satellite and inter-satellite calibration, quality control and cloud detection. Version 5.0 data are available from 1985 to the present at several different temporal resolutions. A complete collection may be accessed at the National Oceanographic Data Center's web site at http://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov or through the their FTP site at ftp://data.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/pathfinder. Data may also be accessed and subsetted through the PO.DAAC interface at http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/poet or global files downloaded from the ftp site at ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov. Where possible all users are encouraged to use Version 5.0 data. Version 4.1 is being kept on-line only to facilitate the transition because of different file structures and formats. Phasing out of Version 4.1 is expected to occur in 2005. Version 4.1 data are available through June of 2003 at daily, 8-day and monthly averages and 9km, 18km, and 54km resolutions. Data gaps occur primarily due to cloud cover because of the inability of the infrared sensor to detect ocean temperatures in these conditions. Quality flag information is available that allows the user to apply various levels of cloud masking. For Version 4.1 a separate product is available that has applied quality flags to define a best_sst field. Quality flags were developed by the algorithm team, headed by Professor Robert Evans, at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Current plans include extending this data at a near-real rate. Error estimates for this dataset range from 0.3 degrees Celsius to 0.5 degrees Celsius Further information and documentation on this data product is available through http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/. A Pathfinder-derived 9km 5-day (pentad) JPL derived climatology, along with the NSIPP/Casey, Cornillon pentad and monthly climatologies, are available that allows the user to apply a high resolution climatology suitable for climate studies. Both these climatologies are derived from the Pathfinder dataset, with more information available through http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/.

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Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY DYNAMICS > COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > USE/FEEDING HABITATS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Service Keywords
EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > DYNAMIC VEGETATION/ECOSYSTEM MODELS
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
UNCONTROLLED
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
NOS Data Explorer Topic Category Environmental Monitoring
None Advanced Very-High-Resolution Radiometer
None AVHRR
None Pathfinder
None Sea surface temperature
None SST

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > CALIFORNIA
UNCONTROLLED
None Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
None US West Coast

Physical Location

Organization: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
Distribution Liability:

None assumed

Data Set Credit: NOAA/NASA

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 475043
Date Effective From: 2005-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 475045
Date Effective From: 2005-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 475046
Date Effective From: 2005-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 475044
Date Effective From: 2005-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Principal Investigator

CC ID: 475047
Date Effective From: 2005-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Clark, Randy
Address: 1021 Balch Blvd
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Email Address: randy.clark@noaa.gov
Phone: 228-688-3732

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 475050
W° Bound: -130.517578
E° Bound: -109.959647
N° Bound: 41.572266
S° Bound: 20.917969

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 475049
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1998-01-01
End: 1998-12-31

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Grid: Yes

Grid Representation 1

CC ID: 585914
Dimension Count: 3
Cell Geometry: Area
Transformation Parameters Available?: No

Axis Dimension 1

Dimension Type: Row
Size: 643

Axis Dimension 2

Dimension Type: Column
Size: 640

Axis Dimension 3

Dimension Type: Vertical
Size: 1

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

None

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 475051
Download URL: http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/cinms/Chap_2_Data/SST.zip
Distributor:
Description:

Downloadable Data

File Type (Deprecated): ESRI grid
Distribution Format: ESRI ARC/INFO GRID
File Size: 1.507
Application Version: ArcGIS 9
Compression: Uncompressed

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 475039
URL: http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/datasets/ccma/biogeo/cinms/Chap_2_Data/SST.zip
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 2

CC ID: 475040
URL: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/products/biogeography/cinms/data/
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 3

CC ID: 475041
URL: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/sanctuaries/chanisl_nms/
URL Type:
Online Resource

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 475062
Activity Date/Time: 2014-03-19
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 475061
Activity Date/Time: 2017-04-05
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 585912
Activity Date/Time: 2017-09-13
Description:

Partial upload of Spatial Info section only.

Activity Log 4

CC ID: 601716
Activity Date/Time: 2017-11-01
Description:

Replaced entire Lineage section to populate new Source Contribution field.

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Data Quality

Completeness Report:

All data downloaded was used in the preparation of the final ESRI grid

Conceptual Consistency:

None

Lineage

Sources

AVHRR oceans Pathfinder global equal-angle all SST values (NOAA, NASA)

CC ID: 601717
Contact Name: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Extent Type: Range
Extent Start Date/Time: 1985-01-01
Extent End Date/Time: 2003-05
Citation URL: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
Source Contribution:

Source data was downloaded from http://poet.jpl.nasa.gov/ and converted into ESRI grid format | Source Geospatial Form: remote-sensing image | Type of Source Media: online

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 601718
Description:

Individual GeoTIFF files downloaded from http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/poet

Process Step 2

CC ID: 601719
Description:

GeoTIFFs converted to ESRI GRID format and renamed tMonth (tJanuary, tFebruary, etc)

Process Step 3

CC ID: 601720
Description:

Monthly GRID data combined into single annual GRID using the following Avenue script:theView = av.GetActiveDocIsFirst = TruetheRest = {}for each aGTheme in {"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"} theGTheme = theView.FindTheme("t"+aGTheme) theGGrid = theGTheme.GetGrid theIGrid = (theGGrid + 0.5).Int theIGrid.rename(aGTheme.AsFileName) theITheme = GTheme.Make(theIGrid) if (IsFirst) then theFirstGrid = theITheme.GetGrid IsFirst = False else theRest.Add(theITheme.GetGrid) endendtheNewGrid = theFirstGrid.Combine(theRest)theNewGTheme = GTheme.Make(theNewGrid)theName = "Combine_1"theBaseName = "Combine_"theCounter = 1while ((theView.FindTheme(theName) = nil).Not) theCounter = theCounter+1 theName = theBaseName+theCounter.AsStringendtheNewGTheme.SetName(theName)theView.AddTheme(theNewGTheme)

Process Date/Time: 2005-12-01 00:00:00

Child Items

Rubric scores updated every 15m

Rubric Score Type Title
Entity sst_1998

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 39561
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39561
Metadata Record Created By: Tyler Christensen
Metadata Record Created: 2017-04-05 12:53+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-10-17 16:12+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2018-07-12
Owner Org: NCCOS
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2018-07-12
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2019-07-12