erdPH2ssta8day_Lon0360 eng UTF8 dataset service Roy Mendelssohn NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division +1 831-420-3666 110 McAllister Road Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA erd.data@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-03-06 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 3 column 8640 0.04166667111355481 row 4320 0.04166666821023385 temporal 8888 87848.5878249128 area SST, Pathfinder Ver 5.2 (L3C), Day and Night, Global, 0.0417°;, 1981-2006, Science Quality (8 Day Composite), Lon0360 2017-03-17 creation coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov erdPH2ssta8day_Lon0360 NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD erd.data@noaa.gov https://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Kenneth Casey contributor This dataset contains sea surface temperature (SST) data produced as part of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder SST Project, created using Version 5.2 of the Pathfinder algorithm and the dataset. Multi-day composites and composites of day and night datasets were generated by the Environmental Research Division (NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD). Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statement: These data were provided by GHRSST and the US National Oceanographic Data Center. This project was supported in part by a grant from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program for satellites. The data were downloaded from NOAA CoastWatch-West Coast Regional Node and Southwest Fisheries Science Center's Environmental Research Division. To cite these data in a paper, please follow the instructions in the license and at this link: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/information.html#citeDataset NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD erd.data@noaa.gov https://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information pointOfContact 10m advanced aerosol analysis area atmosphere atmospheric avhrr bias center centers climate collated composite cryosphere data day deviation difference distribution dynamic environmental error estimate extent fisheries flag flags fraction global high ice ice distribution indicator information l2p l3-collated l3c marine measurement national ncei night nmfs noaa nodc ocean oceanographic oceans pathfinder quality radiometer record reference resolution science science quality sea sensor service single skin southwest speed sses sst standard statistics surface swfsc temperature version very vhrr wind winds theme Earth Science > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature Earth Science > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds theme GCMD Science Keywords Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (source data) project time latitude longitude sea_surface_skin_temperature sea_ice_area_fraction wind_speed theme CF Standard Name Table v29 These data are available for use without restriction. Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statement: "These data were provided by GHRSST and the US National Oceanographic Data Center. This project was supported in part by a grant from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program for satellites." and cite the following publication: Casey, K.S., T.B. Brandon, P. Cornillon, and R. Evans (2010). "The Past, Present and Future of the AVHRR Pathfinder SST Program", in Oceanography from Space: Revisited, eds. V. Barale, J.F.R. Gower, and L. Alberotanza, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_16. which is available at https://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov/OFS_21_Cas_09Dec2009.pdf The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. 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Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (source data) largerWorkCitation project Unidata Common Data Model Grid largerWorkCitation project eng geoscientificInformation 1 -180.0 180.0 -89.97916 89.97918 seconds 1981-11-04T00:00:00Z 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z SST, Pathfinder Ver 5.2 (L3C), Day and Night, Global, 0.0417°;, 1981-2006, Science Quality (8 Day Composite), Lon0360 2017-03-17 creation NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD erd.data@noaa.gov https://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Kenneth Casey contributor This dataset contains sea surface temperature (SST) data produced as part of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder SST Project, created using Version 5.2 of the Pathfinder algorithm and the dataset. Multi-day composites and composites of day and night datasets were generated by the Environmental Research Division (NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD). ERDDAP griddap 1 -180.0 180.0 -89.97916 89.97918 seconds 1981-11-04T00:00:00Z 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z tight ERDDAPgriddapDatasetQueryAndAccess https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdPH2ssta8day_Lon0360 ERDDAP:griddap ERDDAP-griddap ERDDAP's griddap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download SST, Pathfinder Ver 5.2 (L3C), Day and Night, Global, 0.0417°;, 1981-2006, Science Quality (8 Day Composite), Lon0360 2017-03-17 creation NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD erd.data@noaa.gov https://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Kenneth Casey contributor This dataset contains sea surface temperature (SST) data produced as part of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder SST Project, created using Version 5.2 of the Pathfinder algorithm and the dataset. Multi-day composites and composites of day and night datasets were generated by the Environmental Research Division (NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD). OPeNDAP 1 -180.0 180.0 -89.97916 89.97918 seconds 1981-11-04T00:00:00Z 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z tight OPeNDAPDatasetQueryAndAccess https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdPH2ssta8day_Lon0360 OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP OPeNDAP An OPeNDAP service for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download SST, Pathfinder Ver 5.2 (L3C), Day and Night, Global, 0.0417°;, 1981-2006, Science Quality (8 Day Composite), Lon0360 2017-03-17 creation NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD erd.data@noaa.gov https://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Kenneth Casey contributor This dataset contains sea surface temperature (SST) data produced as part of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder SST Project, created using Version 5.2 of the Pathfinder algorithm and the dataset. Multi-day composites and composites of day and night datasets were generated by the Environmental Research Division (NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/ERD). Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) 1 -180.0 180.0 -89.97916 89.97918 seconds 1981-11-04T00:00:00Z 2006-08-01T00:00:00Z tight GetCapabilities https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/wms/erdPH2ssta8day_Lon0360/request?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities OGC:WMS OGC-WMS Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS) download physicalMeasurement sea_surface_temperature double Sea Surface Skin Temperature sea_ice_fraction double Sea Ice Fraction wind_speed byte 10m Wind Speed l2p_flags short L2P Flags Roy Mendelssohn NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division +1 831-420-3666 110 McAllister Road Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA erd.data@noaa.gov distributor OPeNDAP DAP/2.0 https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdPH2ssta8day_Lon0360.html order Data Subset Form ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types. download https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdPH2ssta8day_Lon0360.graph order Make-A-Graph Form ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data. mapDigital dataset 2014-02-11 The entire Pathfinder Version 5.2 dataset (daily daytime and nighttime files) was downloaded from https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/pathfinder/Version5.2 to NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD. 2017-03-17 Data from daytime and nighttime Pathfinder Version 5.2 L3-Collated files for each day were averaged, pixel-by-pixel, to create a daily file that contains mean daily values. 2017-03-17 Multi-day composites were created by averaging, pixel by pixel, data from the daily files. This record was created from dataset metadata by ERDDAP Version 2.29.0