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    • SST, POES AVHRR, GAC, Global, Day and Night, 2003-2016 (Monthly Composite)

    Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

    NOAA CoastWatch provides sea surface temperature (SST) products derived from NOAA's Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES). This data provides global area coverage at 0.1 degrees resolution. Measurements are gathered by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument, a multiband radiance sensor carried aboard the NOAA POES satellites.

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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 September 1, 2022
    Metadata Created Date July 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) May 3, 2016 (creation), May 3, 2016 (issued)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 1, 2022
    Metadata Created Date July 21, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) May 3, 2016 (creation), May 3, 2016 (issued)
    Responsible Party NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid erdAGsstamday
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 180.0
    Bbox North Lat 75.0
    Bbox South Lat -75.0
    Bbox West Long -180.0
    Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id 75eb6abd-b71f-4602-b940-5f516a40c0a0
    Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
    Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
    Licence
    Lineage NOAA NESDIS OSDPD 2016-05-03T20:00:15Z NOAA CoastWatch (West Coast Node) and NOAA SFSC ERD
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -75.0], [180.0, -75.0], [180.0, 75.0], [-180.0, 75.0], [-180.0, -75.0]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2003-08-16T12:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2016-05-16T12:00:00Z

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