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NESDIS 14 km sea surface temperature for North America, 1993 to 2016

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 06:50 AM | Dataset Last Updated: February 12, 2013 at 12:00 AM
This product presents local sea surface temperatures (degrees C). It is a composite gridded-image derived from 8-km resolution SST observations collected by Advanced High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and HIRS (High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder) instruments onboard NOAA and Metop-A satellites. It is generated every 48 hours for North America. SST is defined as the skin temperature of the ocean surface water. Data may be output as netCDF and other formats (GIF, ASCII, spreadsheet). The pixel resolution is .125 x .125 degrees.

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temporal 1999-03-09T00:00:00+00:00/2016-04-18T00:00:00+00:00
title NESDIS 14 km sea surface temperature for North America, 1993 to 2016

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