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Sea Surface Temperature (14 KM North America)

Published by DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD > Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 06:56 AM | Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 1986 at 12:00 AM
Product shows local sea surface temperatures (degrees C). It is a composite gridded-image derived from 8-km resolution SST Observations. It is generated every 48 hours for North America. SST is defined as the skin temperature of the ocean surface water.

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CoRIS_Metadata SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE HABITAT SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer continuous physical satellite data

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