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Description

A Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset for the Eastern Atlantic Region from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI) on the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-3) satellites (launched 5 July 2012).

The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT),
Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) is producing SST products in near real
time from MSG/SEVIRI. SEVIRI level 1.5 data are acquired at Meteo-France/Centre de
Meteorologie Spatiale (CMS) through the EUMETSAT/EUMETCAST system. SST is retrieved
from the SEVIRI infrared channels (10.8 and 12.0 micrometer) using a multispectral algorithm.
Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature from a numerical weather prediction model,
together with a radiatiave transfer model, are used to correct the multispectral algorithm for
regional and seasonal biases due to changing atmospheric conditions. Every 15 minutes slot is
processed at full satellite resolution. The operational products are then produced by remapping
over a 0.05 degree regular grid (60S-60N and 60W-60E) SST fields obtained by aggregating all 15
minute SST data available in one hour time, and the priority being given to the value the closest in
time to the product nominal hour. The product format is compliant with the GHRSST Data
Specification (GDS) version 2.

Product Summary

Platforms
MSG
Instruments
SEVIRI
Spatial Extent

N: 60 S: -60 E: 60 W: -60

Spatial Resolution
0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees
Location
BALTIC SEA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2004-06-01
Data Partner
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/PODAAC) ,
Satellite Application Facility on Ocean and Sea ice, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT/OSISAF)
Concept ID
C2036878243-POCLOUD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
190190
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Sea Surface Temperature

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

OSISAF. (2015). GHRSST Level 3C Atlantic Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on MSG-3 weather satellite (GDS2 version) [Data set]. NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/GHSEV-3CO01 Date Accessed: 2026-04-17

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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

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Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
quality_level These are the overall quality indicators and are used for all GHRSST SSTs N/A byte -128 N/A 1 N/A
satellite_zenith_angle The satellite zenith angle ath the time of the SST observations. angular_degree byte -128 -90 to 90 1 N/A
sea_surface_temperature Temperature of the subskin of the ocean kelvin short -32768 -300 to 4500 0.01 273.15
sses_bias Bias estimate derived using the techniques describet at http://www.ghrsst.org/SSES-Description-of-schemes.html kelvin byte -128 -127 to 127 0.01 N/A
sses_standard_deviation Standard deviation estimate derived using the techniques describet at http://www.ghrsst.org/SSES-Description-of-schemes.html kelvin byte -128 -127 to 127 0.01 1
sst_dtime time plus sst_dtime gives seconds after 00:00:00 UTC January 1, 1981 seconds int -2147483648 -2147483647 to 2147483647 1 N/A
time reference time of sst file seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00 int N/A N/A 1 N/A
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