Microwave/Infrared Satellite-Derived 9km Sea Surface Temperature Data


1.0 General Description

This data set contains daily 9km Sea Surface Temperature data derived from microwave 
(AMSR-E, TMI, WindSAT) and infrared (MODIS) satellite observations over the
globe.  The data are in NetCDF format.  These data were provided by Remote Sensing
Systems (REMSS).


2.0 Data Format Description 


These data are in NetCDF format.  For more information on NetCDF:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/

There is one file for each day.


3.0 File Naming Convention


The data files are named as follows:

yyyymmdd-remss-l4lrfnd-glob-v01-fv03-tmi_amsre_oi.nc.gz

where
yyyy is the year
mm is the month
dd is the day of month


4.0 Notes

These data are part of the Multi-sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature for
GODAE (MISST) project led by REMSS, NESDIS and NRL.


Additional information about these data is available at the MISST web site:
http://www.misst.org/

The REMSS web site also has some information:
http://www.remss.com/sst/microwave_oi_sst_browse.html


5.0 Terms of Data Use from REMSS


The following is from the REMSS web site
(http://www.remss.com/terms_of_data_use/terms_of_data_use.html).

Permission is granted to use these data and images in research and
publications when accompanied by the appropriate instrument or product
specific statement. 

TMI data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by the NASA
Earth Science MEaSUREs DISCOVER Project. Data are available at www.remss.com.

AMSR-E data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by the NASA
Earth Science MEaSUREs DISCOVER Project and the AMSR-E Science Team. Data are
available at www.remss.com.

WindSat data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by the NASA
Earth Science MEaSUREs DISCOVER Project and the NASA Earth Science Physical
Oceanography Program. RSS WindSat data are available at www.remss.com. 

Microwave OI SST data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by
National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), the NASA Earth Science
Physical Oceanography Program, and the NASA MEaSUREs DISCOVER Project. Data
are available at www.remss.com.

Remote Sensing Systems would also like to receive notice when these data or
images are used in publications. Please email a note to Deborah Smith Contact
RSS, informing us of the journal and expected publication date. It would be
greatly appreciated if you could send a preprint to:

Remote Sensing Systems
444 Tenth Street, Suite 200
Santa Rosa, CA 95401, USA
	

5.0 References


http://www.misst.org/
http://www.remss.com/SST/microwave_oi_sst_browse.html
http://www.remss.com/SST/microwave_oi_sst_data_description.html