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    • 1998 Average Monthly Sea Surface Temperature for California

    Metadata Updated: March 15, 2024

    The NOAA/ NASA AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder sea surface temperature data are derived from the 5-channel Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers (AVHRR) on board the NOAA -7, -9, -11, -14, -16 and -17 polar orbiting satellites. Daily, 8-day and monthly averaged data for both the ascending pass (daytime) and descending pass (nighttime) are available on equal-angle grids of 8192 pixels/360 degrees (nominally referred to as the 4km resolution, 4096 pixels/360 degrees (nominally referred to as the 9km resolution), 2048 pixels/360 degrees (nominally referred to as the 18km resolution), and 720 pixels/360 degrees (nominally referred to as the 54km resolution or 0.5 degree resolution).The monthly averaged daytime data was converted to an ESRI GRID format and the 12 monthly grid files were combined into one annual grid with a attribute field for each month.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2005-12 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOS NCCOS

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date February 29, 2024
    Metadata Created Date July 28, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) 2005-12 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39561
    Access Constraints Cite As: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, [Date of Access]: 1998 Average Monthly Sea Surface Temperature for California [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39561., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: None, Distribution Liability: None assumed
    Bbox East Long -109.959647
    Bbox North Lat 41.572266
    Bbox South Lat 20.917969
    Bbox West Long -130.517578
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id ba86d7c9-be58-432b-b45b-ef9b7e1fa199
    Harvest Source Id 9594655d-43d5-48eb-bc7d-86f579a54e78
    Harvest Source Title NOS NCCOS
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
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    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-130.517578, 20.917969], [-109.959647, 20.917969], [-109.959647, 41.572266], [-130.517578, 41.572266], [-130.517578, 20.917969]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1998-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 1998-12-31

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