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    • SST, VIIRS, Suomi-NPP, Day and Night, WS/California, 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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    Metadata Date September 4, 2022
    Metadata Created Date June 2, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) September 4, 2022 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 4, 2022
    Metadata Created Date June 2, 2022
    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 erdVHsstaWS3day
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long -114.74916
    Bbox North Lat 41.753895
    Bbox South Lat 30.860437
    Bbox West Long -128.25084
    Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id 3c8668ae-4151-4e2c-9376-99bc06de0366
    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 ws --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": [[[-128.25084, 30.860437], [-114.74916, 30.860437], [-114.74916, 41.753895], [-128.25084, 41.753895], [-128.25084, 30.860437]]]}
    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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