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GHRSST Level 2P Central Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) Imager on the GOES-15 satellite (GDS versions 1 and 2)

Metadata Updated: February 1, 2024

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) support weather forecasting, severe storm tracking, meteorology and oceanography research. Generally there are several GOES satellites in geosynchronous orbit at any one time viewing different earth locations including the GOES-15 launched 4 March 2010. The radiometer aboard the satellite, The GOES N-P Imager, is a five channel (one visible, four infrared) imaging radiometer designed to sense radiant and solar reflected energy from sampled areas of the earth. The multi-element spectral channels simultaneously sweep east-west and west-east along a north-to-south path by means of a two-axis mirror scan system returning telemetry in 10-bit precision. For this Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) dataset, skin sea surface temperature (SST) measurements are calculated from the far IR channels of GOES-15 at full resolution on a half hourly basis. In native satellite projection, vertically adjacent pixels are averaged and read out at every pixel. L2P datasets including Single Sensor Error Statistics (SSES) are then derived following the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2.0. The full disk image is subsetted into granules representing distinct northern and southern regions.

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Metadata Date 2023-10-20T12:24:20Z
Metadata Created Date December 4, 2020
Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2024
Reference Date(s) August 21, 2012 (publication), September 4, 2022 (revision)
Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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Metadata Date 2023-10-20T12:24:20Z
Metadata Created Date December 4, 2020
Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2024
Reference Date(s) August 21, 2012 (publication), September 4, 2022 (revision)
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Access Constraints Cite as: Maturi, Eileen; Sapper, John F.; Harris, Andy; Mittaz, Jonathan; Koner, Prabhat (2012). GHRSST Level 2P Central Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) Imager on the GOES-15 satellite (GDS versions 1 and 2). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/v5xg9p6p. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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Bbox North Lat 72.76774
Bbox South Lat -49.20636
Bbox West Long -179.3708
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Temporal Extent Begin 2012-03-08
Temporal Extent End 2020-03-02

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