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Title: MODIS Aqua L2P swath SST data set for 2010-10-02 (NODC Accession 0068351)
Abstract: The production of the MODIS L2P data is a joint collaboration between JPL, OBPG and RSMAS. RSMAS is responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging, while the OBPG is NASA ground data system for production of daily MODIS ocean products in HDF file format. JPL acquires MODIS ocean granules from the OBPG and reformats them to the GHRSST L2P specification with complete metadata. Data consists of global coverage at 1 km resolution with approximately 288 five minute observation granules per day. For nighttime data both SST from the 11 and 4 um bands are available. Ocean chlorophyll and K490 diffuse attenuation coefficient are also available for daytime periods as non standard L2P core fields.
Date received: 20101104
Start date: 20101002
End date: 20101002
Seanames: World-Wide Distribution
West boundary: -179.966
East boundary: 178.276
North boundary: 89.998
South boundary: -89.994
Observation types: satellite data
Instrument types: MODIS
Datatypes: SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Armstrong, Edward M.
Submitting institution: US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
Collecting institutions: US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
Contributing projects: GHRSST
Platforms: Aqua (33V4)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Entry ID: JPL-L2P-MODIS_A
Projection_Information:
Projection Type: Satellite native swath
Ellipsoid_Type:
Other Projection Details: Geolocation information included for each pixel

Data Resolution:
Latitude resolution: 1.0 km
Longitude resolution: 1.0 km
The temporal resolution: Revisit ~twice each day (night and daytime passes)

This metadata record was generated from an original data set description (DSD) record in DIF format: http://www.ghrsst-pp.org

Reference: Information on the the MODIS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod25.pdf and http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/DOCS/modis_sst/
Sources:
Aqua
NASA Earth Observing System Aqua

Sensors:
MODIS
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Availability date:
Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2010-11-04 19:23:09+00
Editdate: 2010-11-04 19:29:18+00