erdGAssta3day

Name: SST, GOES Imager, Day and Night, Western Hemisphere, 2000-2020 (3 Day Composite)
Creator: NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Published: 2020-03-04
License: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
data			graph			public	SST, GOES Imager, Day and Night, Western Hemisphere, 2000-2020 (3 Day Composite)		F I M	background			NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD	erdGAssta3day

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acknowledgement	String	NOAA NESDIS COASTWATCH, NOAA SWFSC ERD
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Grid
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	composite	String	true
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_name	String	NOAA NESDIS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_role	String	Source of level 2 data.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	erd.data at noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.pfeg.noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2020-03-04
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_issued	String	2020-03-04
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	329.975
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	59.975
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	-44.975
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_resolution	double	0.05
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	329.975
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	180.025
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_resolution	double	0.05
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_max	double	0.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_min	double	0.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_positive	String	up
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_vertical_units	String	m
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	history	String	NOAA NESDIS 2020-03-04T06:15:06Z NOAA CoastWatch (West Coast Node) and NOAA SFSC ERD
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/GA_ssta_las.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	3-day, coastwatch, day, degrees, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature, goes, hemisphere, imager, night, noaa, ocean, oceans, sea, sea_surface_temperature, sst, surface, temperature, wcn, western
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	naming_authority	String	gov.noaa.pfeg.coastwatch
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	59.975
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	origin	String	NOAA NESDIS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	processing_level	String	3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	CoastWatch (https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projection	String	geographic
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projection_type	String	mapped
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_email	String	erd.data at noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_name	String	NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	publisher_url	String	https://www.pfeg.noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	references	String	NOAA GOES satellites: https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/goes_sst_overview.html . NOAA GOES satellites: http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/index.htm . Processing reference: Wu, X., W. P. Menzel, and G. S. Wade (1999). Estimation of sea surface temperatures using GOES-8/9 radiance measurements. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 1127-1138. Processing reference: Maturi, E., C. Merchant, A. Harris, X. Li, and B. Potash. Geostationary Sea Surface Temperature Product Validation and Methodology. Poster Presentation at the American Meteorological Society's 13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography (P5.16). Norfolk, VA; 19-23 Sept., 2004. http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/79202.pdf .
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	satellite	String	GOES
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sensor	String	Imager
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	source	String	satellite observation: GOES, Imager
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	https://oceanwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/satellite/GA/ssta/3day
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	-44.975
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	NOAA CoastWatch provides SST data from the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). Measurements are gathered by the GOES Imager, a multi-channel radiometer carried aboard the satellite. SST is available for hourly Imager measurements, or in composite images of various durations.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2020-03-03T12:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	2000-12-02T12:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	SST, GOES Imager, Day and Night, Western Hemisphere, 2000-2020 (3 Day Composite)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	180.025
dimension	time		double	nValues=6923, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=1 day 0h 22m 41s
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	9.757584E8, 1.5832368E9
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	fraction_digits	int	0
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Centered Time
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
dimension	altitude		double	nValues=1, onlyValue=0.0
attribute	altitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Height
attribute	altitude	_CoordinateZisPositive	String	up
attribute	altitude	actual_range	double	0.0, 0.0
attribute	altitude	axis	String	Z
attribute	altitude	fraction_digits	int	0
attribute	altitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	altitude	long_name	String	Altitude
attribute	altitude	positive	String	up
attribute	altitude	standard_name	String	altitude
attribute	altitude	units	String	m
dimension	latitude		double	nValues=2100, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.05
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	actual_range	double	-44.975, 59.975
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	coordsys	String	geographic
attribute	latitude	fraction_digits	int	3
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	point_spacing	String	even
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
dimension	longitude		double	nValues=3000, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.05
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	actual_range	double	180.025, 329.975
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	coordsys	String	geographic
attribute	longitude	fraction_digits	int	3
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	point_spacing	String	even
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	sst		float	time, altitude, latitude, longitude
attribute	sst	_FillValue	float	-9999999.0
attribute	sst	colorBarMaximum	double	32.0
attribute	sst	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	sst	coordsys	String	geographic
attribute	sst	fraction_digits	int	1
attribute	sst	ioos_category	String	Temperature
attribute	sst	long_name	String	Sea Surface Temperature
attribute	sst	missing_value	float	-9999999.0
attribute	sst	standard_name	String	sea_surface_temperature
attribute	sst	units	String	degree_C

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