GHRSST Level 4 MUR North America Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 1)
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A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Level 4 sea surface temperature analysis produced as a retrospective dataset at the JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC) using wavelets as basis functions in an optimal interpolation approach on a regional 0.011 degree grid over the oceans off North and Central America (62N - 20S, 165W - 30W). The Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) L4 analysis is based upon nighttime GHRSST L2P skin and subskin SST observations from several instruments such as: the NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSRE), and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua and Terra platforms. The ice concentration data are from the archives at the EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) High Latitude Processing Center.
This dataset is funded by the NASA MEaSUREs program (http://earthdata.nasa.gov/our-community/community-data-system-programs/measures-projects), and created by a team led by Dr. Toshio Chin from JPL.
- Cite as: US NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (JPL PO.DAAC) (2011). GHRSST Level 4 MUR North America Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 1). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-JPL-L4UHfnd-NCAMERICA-MUR. Accessed [date].
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- netCDF (Version: netCDF-3)
- File Specification: GDS-1.0r1.6, CF-1.5
- File Compression: gzip
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 NCEI.Info@noaa.gov
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2008-04-01 to 2010-03-31 |
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West: -165
East: -30
South: -20
North: 62
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Associated Resources |
- Ionin, Raisa; Luquire, Katy. Data Stewardship Maturity Report for GHRSST Level 4 MUR North America Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 1). NOAA Technical Information Series NESDIS DSMR-00265. 2021. https://doi.org/10.25923/bpmh-fy56
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- On “Gridless” Interpolation and Subgrid Data Density
- Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) analysis fields inter-comparisons—Part 2: Near real time web-based level 4 SST Quality Monitor (L4-SQUAM)
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Publication Dates |
- publication: 2011-10-30
- revision: 2013-02-13
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This collection includes data from the following product(s): GHRSST Level 4 MUR North America Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (JPL-L4UHfnd-NCAMERICA-MUR). |
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- Cite as: US NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (JPL PO.DAAC) (2011). GHRSST Level 4 MUR North America Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 1). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-JPL-L4UHfnd-NCAMERICA-MUR. Accessed [date].
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- Cite as: US NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (JPL PO.DAAC) (2011). GHRSST Level 4 MUR North America Regional Foundation Sea Surface Temperature Analysis (GDS version 1). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-JPL-L4UHfnd-NCAMERICA-MUR. Accessed [date].
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- Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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- 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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