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SST, NOAA/OSU POES AVHRR, LAC, West US, Daytime, 1992-2012 (Hourly), Lon+/-180
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA CoastWatch provides sea surface temperature (SST) products derived from NOAA's Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES). This data is provided at high... -
Federal
Remote Sensing Reflectance at 667 nm, Aqua MODIS, NPP, East US, 2002-2012 (1 Day Composite), Lon0360
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
MODIS measures the remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) at 667nm. This can be used to view very high concentrations of phytoplankton in the very surface of the water. -
Federal
Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Material, Aqua MODIS, NPP, Gulf of Mexico, 2002-2012 (14 Day Composite), Lon0360
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
MODIS data is used to develop an index of the amount of chromophoric dissolved organic material (CDOM) in the surface waters. CDOM absorbs heavily in the blue... -
Federal
Wind Diffusivity Current, QuikSCAT SeaWinds, 0.125°, Global, Science Quality, 1999-2009 (Monthly)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA CoastWatch distributes science quality Ekman current (in zonal, meridional, and modulus sets) and Ekman upwelling data. This data begins with wind velocity... -
Federal
Diffuse Attenuation K490, Aqua MODIS, NPP, East US, 2002-2012 (8 Day Composite)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NASA distributes Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient at 490 nm Wavelength data from NASA's Aqua satellite. Measurements are gathered by the Moderate Resolution Imaging... -
Federal
Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, Gulf of Mexico, 2002-2012 (1 Day Composite)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
MODIS measures photosynthetically available radiation that may be used to mode primary productivity. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT: intended strictly for scientific... -
Federal
Wind Stress, Metop-A ASCAT, 0.25°, Global, Near Real Time, 2009-present (8 Day)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA CoastWatch distributes science quality wind stress data in zonal, meridional, modulus, and wind stress curl sets. This data begins with wind velocity... -
Federal
Wind, Metop-B ASCAT, 0.25°, Global, Near Real Time, 2013-present, Divergence and Modulus (14 Day)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA CoastWatch distributes near real time divergence and modulus wind data originating with wind velocity measurements from the ASCAT instrument onboard EUMETSAT's... -
Federal
SST, GOES Imager, Day and Night, Western Hemisphere, 2000-2020 (3 Day Composite), Lon+/-180
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA CoastWatch provides SST data from the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). Measurements are gathered by the GOES Imager, a multi-... -
Federal
Chlorophyll-a, Aqua MODIS, NPP, 0.0125°, West US, EXPERIMENTAL, 2002-present (8 Day Composite)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA CoastWatch distributes chlorophyll-a concentration data from NASA's Aqua Spacecraft. Measurements are gathered by the Moderate Resolution Imaging... -
Federal
Ice Coverage, Aqua AMSR-E, Near Real Time, Global, 2004-2011 (Monthly Composite)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Ice Coverage is measured by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) onboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft. -
Federal
SST, Terra MODIS, NPP, Global, Nighttime (11 microns), 2000-2013, Science Quality (Monthly Composite), Lon+/-180
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA CoastWatch provides SST data from NASA's Terra Spacecraft. Measurements are gathered by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) carried aboard... -
Federal
Wind Diffusivity Current, Metop-B ASCAT, 0.25°, Global, Near Real Time, 2013-present (3 Day)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
NOAA CoastWatch distributes science quality Ekman current (in zonal, meridional, and modulus sets) and Ekman upwelling data. This data begins with wind velocity... -
Federal
Cloudmask, CLAVR-1, POES AVHRR, Alaska, Daytime, 2005-2008 (Hourly), Lon+/-180
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The CLAVR-1 cloudmask (Stowe, 1999) is used to cloudmask AVHRR high resolution sea surface temperature products. The cloudmask runs a series of tests on each surface... -
Federal
Front Probability, GOES Imager, Western Hemisphere, 2001-2020, EXPERIMENTAL (Monthly Composite)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data indicates the probability of oceanic sea surface temperature fronts off the California coast. They were created using remote sensing sea surface temperature... -
Federal
Fluorescence Line Height, Aqua MODIS, NPP, Gulf of Mexico, 2002-2012 (3 Day Composite), Lon0360
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
MODIS measures chlorophyll fluorescence, which gives insight into the physiology of phytoplankton in the ocean. When phytoplankton are under stress, the rate at which... -
Federal
Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, Gulf of Mexico, 2002-2012 (1 Day Composite), Lon0360
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
MODIS measures photosynthetically available radiation that may be used to mode primary productivity. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT: intended strictly for scientific... -
Federal
Front Probability, GOES Imager, Western Hemisphere, 2001-2020, EXPERIMENTAL (Monthly Composite), Lon+/-180
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The data indicates the probability of oceanic sea surface temperature fronts off the California coast. They were created using remote sensing sea surface temperature... -
Federal
Photosynthetically Available Radiation, Aqua MODIS, NPP, Gulf of Mexico, 2002-2012 (8 Day Composite), Lon0360
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
MODIS measures photosynthetically available radiation that may be used to mode primary productivity. THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCT: intended strictly for scientific... -
Federal
Currents, Geostrophic, Aviso, 0.25 degrees, Global, 1992-2012 (1 Day Composite), Lon+/-180
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Aviso Zonal Geostrophic Current is inferred from Sea Surface Height Deviation, climatological dynamic height, and basic fluid mechanics.
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