NOAA-11, NOAA-12 AVHRR MULTI-CHANNEL SST (MCSST) IMAGES

W. Emery (CU, USA)

Announced availability: 1 June 1993
Last modified: 18 October 1995.

Data Access

Satellite Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST) maps are available on-line from the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research via anonymous FTP to bilbo.colorado.edu. Data files are located in subdirectory /pub/coare/mcsst. Data are also available upon request from NOAA's National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) in Washington, D.C.

Background

The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is a five-channel scanning radiometer that was installed on the NOAA-11 and NOAA-12 Polar Orbiting Satellites. The radiometer provides day and night imaging in the visible (VIS) and infrared (IR), sea surface temperature (SST) determination, estimation of heat budget components and identification of snow and sea ice. The near-IR channel (channel 3: 3.55-3.99 um) and the two IR channels (channel 4: 10.2-11.5 um; channel 5: 11.5-12.5 um) are used to compute SST. Satellite Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST) maps are available from the University of Colorado.

Data File Information

Number of data files: 60
Data volume: 12 MB

mcsst	    - 	indicates a multi-channel sea surface temperature map 
1.14.27     - 	dates covered by the image.  
		The format is (year.)month.day.(month.)day; if no year 
		is present the image is from the 92-93 TOGA COARE project.
img.con     - 	indicates a raw image with overlayed contours
img.enh     -	indicates a raw image without overlayed contours
img.con.smo - 	indicates a smoothed image with overlayed contours

For more information, please contact:

Phil Mislinski
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
Campus Box 431
Boulder, CO 80309
USA

email: mislinsk@smaug.colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 492-8868
FAX: (303) 492-2825

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