Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Skip to content

Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Average Annual Frequency of Anomalies, 1985-2018 - American Samoa

Metadata Updated: October 7, 2023

Sea surface temperature (SST) plays an important role in a number of ecological processes and can vary over a wide range of time scales, from daily to decadal changes. SST influences primary production, species migration patterns, and coral health. If temperatures are anomalously warm for extended periods, drastic changes in the surrounding ecosystem can result, including harmful effects such as coral bleaching. This layer represents the annual average frequency of anomalies of SST from 1985-2018, with values presented as fraction of a year.

These SST dataset are derived from CoralTemp 5-km gap-free analyzed blended sea surface temperature over the global ocean. CoralTemp is derived from three different but related 5-km daily gap-free SST data sets and provides an internally consistent SST product that stretches from 1985 to present. 1) Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) Sea Surface Temperature Reanalysis (1985-2002). 2) Geo-Polar Blended Night-Only Sea Surface Temperature Reanalysis (2002-2016). 3) Geo-Polar Blended Night-Only Sea Surface Temperature Near Real-Time (2017 to present). The 8-day composites are generated from daily Coral Reef Watch (CRW) files by OceanWatch Central Pacific.

The SST average annual frequency of anomalies was calculated by taking the average number of weeks that exceeded the maximum monthly climatological SST value from 1985-2018 for each pixel.

Data source: https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/CRW_sst_v1_0_8day.graph

Access & Use Information

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.

Downloads & Resources

Dates

Metadata Date September 7, 2021
Metadata Created Date October 7, 2023
Metadata Updated Date October 7, 2023
Reference Date(s) September 7, 2021 (creation), September 7, 2021 (issued), September 7, 2021 (revision)
Frequency Of Update

Metadata Source

Harvested from ioos

Graphic Preview

Sample image.

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date September 7, 2021
Metadata Created Date October 7, 2023
Metadata Updated Date October 7, 2023
Reference Date(s) September 7, 2021 (creation), September 7, 2021 (issued), September 7, 2021 (revision)
Responsible Party NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid as_noaa_all_sst_anom_freq
Access Constraints
Bbox East Long -168.0506784409112
Bbox North Lat -10.953779999999998
Bbox South Lat -14.657328684459463
Bbox West Long -171.17569
Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
Frequency Of Update
Graphic Preview Description Sample image.
Graphic Preview File http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/as_noaa_all_sst_anom_freq.png
Harvest Object Id 26958c8c-3881-4ff9-acbe-b9e5b83ff3f9
Harvest Source Id 54e15a6e-6dde-4c9c-a8f0-345cc0dfccfb
Harvest Source Title ioos
Licence
Lineage 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to optimize these capabilities.
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-171.17569, -14.657328684459463], [-168.0506784409112, -14.657328684459463], [-168.0506784409112, -10.953779999999998], [-171.17569, -10.953779999999998], [-171.17569, -14.657328684459463]]]}
Progress
Spatial Data Service Type Open Geospatial Consortium Web Coverage Service (WCS)
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True

Didn't find what you're looking for? Suggest a dataset here.