Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
NOAA CoastWatch provides SST data from NASA's Aqua Spacecraft. Measurements are gathered by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) carried aboard the spacecraft.
Citation
Title SST, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, Day time (11 microns), 2002-present (1 Day Composite)
creation  Date   2018-11-15
issued  Date   2018-11-15
cited responsible party - originator
individual Name
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Addresserd.data@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Background Information
URL:https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MW_sstd_las.html
protocol information
link function information
Description Background information from the source
target application profile  web browser
cited responsible party - contributor
individual Name
organisation Name  NASA GSFC (OBPG)
Topic Category:  geoscientificInformation
Theme keywords (theme):
aqua
coast
coastwatch
data
day
degrees
imaging
microns
moderate
modis
MWsstd
national
noaa
node
npp
ocean
oceans
orbiting
partnership
polar
polar-orbiting
resolution
sea
spectroradiometer
sst
surface
temperature
US
wcn
west
Theme keywords (theme):
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
thesaurus name >
Title GCMD Science Keywords
project Keywords
CoastWatch (https://coastwatch.noaa.gov/)
Theme keywords (theme):
time
altitude
latitude
longitude
sea_surface_temperature
thesaurus name >
Title CF Standard Name Table v55
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:52 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:52 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:52 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:52 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Satellites
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:52 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:52 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Chemical
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:52 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 19:41:52 UTC 2018
Resource language:  eng
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
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.
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
extent Type Code  1
westBoundLongitude  -155.0
eastBoundLongitude  -105.0
northBoundLatitude  51.0
southBoundLatitude  22.0
Temporal Extent
seconds 2002-06-24T12:00:00Z 2018-11-14T12:00:00Z
Vertical Extent
bottom 0.0
top 0.0
Credits:
NOAA NESDIS COASTWATCH, NOAA SWFSC ERD
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Addresserd.data@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Background Information
URL:https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MW_sstd_las.html
protocol information
link function information
Description Background information from the source
target application profile  web browser
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Service Identification information: 1

Resource Abstract:
NOAA CoastWatch provides SST data from NASA's Aqua Spacecraft. Measurements are gathered by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) carried aboard the spacecraft.
Citation
Title SST, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, Day time (11 microns), 2002-present (1 Day Composite)
creation  Date   2018-11-15
issued  Date   2018-11-15
cited responsible party - originator
individual Name
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Addresserd.data@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Background Information
URL:https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MW_sstd_las.html
protocol information
link function information
Description Background information from the source
target application profile  web browser
cited responsible party - contributor
individual Name
organisation Name  NASA GSFC (OBPG)
Service type: ERDDAP griddap
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
extent Type Code  1
westBoundLongitude  -155.0
eastBoundLongitude  -105.0
northBoundLatitude  51.0
southBoundLatitude  22.0
Temporal Extent
seconds 2002-06-24T12:00:00Z 2018-11-14T12:00:00Z
Vertical Extent
bottom 0.0
top 0.0
Coupling between service and dataset:  tight
Service operations:
Operation name: ERDDAPgriddapDatasetQueryAndAccess
Linkage for online resource
name ERDDAP-griddap
URL:http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMWsstd1day
protocol ERDDAP:griddap
link function download
Description 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.
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Service Identification information: 1

Resource Abstract:
NOAA CoastWatch provides SST data from NASA's Aqua Spacecraft. Measurements are gathered by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) carried aboard the spacecraft.
Citation
Title SST, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125 , West US, Day time (11 microns), 2002-present (1 Day Composite)
creation  Date   2018-11-15
issued  Date   2018-11-15
cited responsible party - originator
individual Name
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC ERD
Contact information
Address
electronic Mail Addresserd.data@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Background Information
URL:https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/infog/MW_sstd_las.html
protocol information
link function information
Description Background information from the source
target application profile  web browser
cited responsible party - contributor
individual Name
organisation Name  NASA GSFC (OBPG)
Service type: OPeNDAP
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
extent Type Code  1
westBoundLongitude  -155.0
eastBoundLongitude  -105.0
northBoundLatitude  51.0
southBoundLatitude  22.0
Temporal Extent
seconds 2002-06-24T12:00:00Z 2018-11-14T12:00:00Z
Vertical Extent
bottom 0.0
top 0.0
Coupling between service and dataset:  tight
Service operations:
Operation name: OPeNDAPDatasetQueryAndAccess
Linkage for online resource
name OPeNDAP
URL:http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMWsstd1day
protocol OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP
link function download
Description An OPeNDAP service for gridded data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes.
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Grid spatial representation

number of grid dimensions: 4
Grid axis property:
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  column
Dimension Size 4001
resolution
Distance 0.0125 deg{east}
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  row
Dimension Size 2321
resolution
Distance 0.0125 deg{north}
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  vertical
Dimension Size 1
Grid Dimension
Dimension Name:  temporal
Dimension Size 5884
resolution
Distance 87927.38398776135 s
cell geometry type:  area
transformation parameter availability:
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Band
descriptor Sea Surface Temperature
sequence Identifier
name sst
attribute Type
Name float
units

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name Bob Simons
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 831-420-3666
Address
99 Pacific St, Suite 255A, Monterey, CA, 93940 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressbob.simons@noaa.gov
Format
Format name OPeNDAP
Format version DAP/2.0
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Data Subset Form
URL:http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMWsstd1day.html
protocol order
link function download
Description 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.
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Make-A-Graph Form
URL:http://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/erdMWsstd1day.graph
protocol order
link function mapDigital
Description 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.
Metadata data stamp:  2018-11-15
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:
notes: This record was created from dataset metadata by ERDDAP Version 1.82
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Bob Simons
organisation Name  NOAA NMFS SWFSC Environmental Research Division
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 831-420-3666
Address
99 Pacific St, Suite 255A, Monterey, CA, 93940 Country USA
electronic Mail Addressbob.simons@noaa.gov
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata scope code  service
Metadata language  eng
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  erdMWsstd1day

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)