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Sea Surface Temperature Data Access and Tools
Sea surface temperature data from NASA range from near-real-time retrospective Level 4 datasets to biogeochemical ocean model data. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the data they need to learn more about sea surface temperatures and what they mean for weather, climate, and ocean habitats and wildlife.
Featured Sea Surface Temperature: VIIRS
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) and NOAA-20 platforms. VIIRS collects global visible and infrared imagery and other observations across Earth including over the ocean.
With the eventual retirement of the Terra and Aqua platforms, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments will take the lead in daily Earth observations.
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The public release of the NAVO GHRSST Level 4 K10-SST GDS2.0 product provides global daily analyzed SST at a 1-meter reference depth.
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will help ensure continuity of Earth observations after the upcoming retirement of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).
Join us to learn how to discover, subset, access and visualize both MODIS and VIIRS data products using a suite of user-friendly tools developed by NASA's ORNL DAAC.
Sea Surface Temperature Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISLSCP II Sea Surface Temperature | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1971-01-01 to 2000-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | Shapefile | |
| MASTER: Airborne Science, Western US, April, 2004 | NASA ER-2 | MASTER | 2004-04-01 to 2004-04-13 | COLORADO, UTAH, ARIZONA, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA | N: 45.089 S: 27.0591 E: -101.25 W: -129.375 | multiple |
| MASTER: Airborne Science, Western US, October, 2003 | NASA ER-2 | MASTER | 2003-10-03 to 2003-11-01 | CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO | N: 47.6461 S: 29.5352 E: -106.875 W: -126.913 | multiple |
| MASTER: Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling Campaign, 2007 | NASA ER-2 | MASTER | 2007-07-29 to 2007-08-18 | NICARAGUA, PANAMA, COSTA RICA, NEVADA, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS | N: 40.98 S: -6.49964 E: -78.6917 W: -118.551 | multiple |
| NRT AMSR2 Unified L2B Global Swath Ocean Products V1 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | 2020-06-01 | GLOBAL | N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 - HDF-EOS5 |
| REGIONAL AIR-SEA INTERACTION (RASI) GAP WIND AND COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS CLIMATOLOGY GULF OF PANAMA, PANAMA V1 | RASI | Computer | 1998-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | PANAMA | N: 9.13 S: 3.13 E: -77.88 W: -81.88 | netCDF-3 |
| REGIONAL AIR-SEA INTERACTION (RASI) GAP WIND AND COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS CLIMATOLOGY GULF OF PAPAGAYO, COSTA RICA V1 | RASI | Computer | 1998-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | COSTA RICA | N: 12.13 S: 7 E: -85.38 W: -93 | netCDF-3 |
| REGIONAL AIR-SEA INTERACTION (RASI) GAP WIND AND COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS CLIMATOLOGY GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC, MEXICO V1 | RASI | Computer | 1998-01-01 to 2011-12-31 | MEXICO | N: 16.38 S: 5 E: -93.38 W: -105 | netCDF-3 |
| Sea Surface Temperature (SST) CPEX | SATELLITES | Computer | 2017-05-23 to 2017-07-15 | N: 39.996 S: 5.004 E: 179.5 W: 178.896 | ||
| TCSP AEROSONDE V1 | AEROSONDE | BAROMETERS, GPS, HYGROMETERS, PYROMETERS, THERMISTORS | 2005-07-07 to 2005-07-22 | COSTA RICA | N: 10.3143 S: 7.49685 E: -84.3331 W: -87.5037 | ASCII |
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