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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.

Sea Surface Temperature Datasets

Dataset Sort descending Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L3 Global Weekly Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V001 1 Aqua, GCOM-W1 AMSR-E, AMSR2 2002-06-02 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS5
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Global Swath Ocean Products derived from Wentz Algorithm V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS2, ASCII
AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Ascending/Descending .25x.25 deg Ocean Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-01

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
Aqua MODIS Level-2 Regional 11µm Day/Night Sea Surface Temperature (SST) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version R2019.0 R2019.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-2 Regional 4µm Day/Night Sea Surface Temperature (SST4) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version R2019.0 R2019.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-2 Regional 4µm Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature (SST4) Data, version R2019.0 R2019.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Binned 11µm Day/Night Sea Surface Temperature (SST) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version R2019.0 R2019.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Binned 11µm Daytime Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Data, version R2019.0 R2019.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Binned 11µm Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature (NSST) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version R2019.0 R2019.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
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Sea Surface Temperature Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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