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SST, VIIRS, Suomi-NPP, Day and Night, WN/Northwest US, Evaluation Data, 2014-present, 3-Day

Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

This is a 3-day composite of sea surface temperature (SST) data from the Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). VIIRS is a multi-disciplinary instrument that flies on the Suomi-NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) satellite. Suomi-NPP is the initial spacecraft in the JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite Systems) series of spacecraft. JPSS is our Nation's next generation polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite system. JPSS is a collaborative program between NOAA and its acquisition agent NASA. VIIRS is the successor to MODIS for Earth science data product generation. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT: intended strictly for scientific evaluation by professional marine scientists.

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Dates

Metadata Date September 4, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
Reference Date(s) September 4, 2022 (creation)
Frequency Of Update

Metadata Source

Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date September 4, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
Reference Date(s) September 4, 2022 (creation)
Responsible Party NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid erdVHsstaWN3day
Access Constraints
Bbox East Long -121.49619
Bbox North Lat 49.59063
Bbox South Lat 40.00687
Bbox West Long -135.0038
Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
Frequency Of Update
Harvest Object Id fbdd45ea-fb36-4559-8111-4ae31811e295
Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
Licence
Lineage erd.data@noaa.gov uses the CoastWatch Utilities to download the source data files from NOAA CoastWatch Central: /usr/local/cwf_3.3.0_54/bin/cwdownload --region wn --script=/ctera/query1.cgi vmcwsst3.nesdis.noaa.gov erd.data@noaa.gov generates a 3-day composite mean, with acspo_mask set to 0 or 2 (day and night values)
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-135.0038, 40.00687], [-121.49619, 40.00687], [-121.49619, 49.59063], [-135.0038, 49.59063], [-135.0038, 40.00687]]]}
Progress
Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2014-11-02T12:00:00Z
Temporal Extent End 2022-08-31T12:00:00Z

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