ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (ESA SST CCI): Analysis long term product version 1.0

The ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (ESA SST CCI) dataset accurately maps the surface temperature of the global oceans over the period 1991 to 2010, using observations from many satellites. The data provides an independently quantified SST to a quality suitable for climate research.

The ESA SST CCI Analysis Long Term Product consists of daily, spatially complete fields of sea surface temperature (SST), obtained by combining the orbit data from the AVHRR and ATSR ESA SST CCI Long Term Products, using optimal interpolation to provide SSTs where there were no measurements. These data cover the period between 09/1991 and 12/2010.

This dataset is cited in: Merchant, C. J., Embury, O., Roberts-Jones, J., Fiedler, E., Bulgin, C. E., Corlett, G. K., Good, S., McLaren, A., Rayner, N., Morak-Bozzo, S. and Donlon, C. (2014), Sea surface temperature datasets for climate applications from Phase 1 of the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative (SST CCI). Geoscience Data Journal. doi: 10.1002/gdj3.20

Please note that this dataset has now been superseded by the version 1.1 product, available from http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/c65ce27928f34ebd92224c451c2a8bed

Date (Publication): 2014-06-26T12:13:16

Date (Creation): 2014-06-26T12:13:16

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/916986a220e6bad55411d9407ade347c

Identifier: NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) / 916986a220e6bad55411d9407ade347c

Identifier: doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/878bef44-d32a-40cd-a02d-49b6286f0ea4

Author

Unavailable - Merchant, Christopher J. ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Embury, Owen ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Roberts-Jones, J. ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Fiedler, E. K. ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Bulgin, C.E. ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Corlett, Gary K. ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Good, S.A. ( author )

Author

Unavailable - McLaren, A. ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Rayner, Nick A. ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Donlon, Craig ( author )

Custodian

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - custodian

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Distributor

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - distributor

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

pointofContact

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - point_of_contact

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Publisher

NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) - publisher

NERC - Earth Observation Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Maintenance and update frequency: notPlanned Not planned

Update scope: dataset Dataset

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

orthoimagery

Access constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: otherRestrictions Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_sst_terms_and_conditions.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: grid Grid

Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 1991-09-01T00:00:00

End date: 2010-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Data availability and file format

The Analysis Product consists of daily, spatially complete fields of SST, obtained by combining the orbit

data from the AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) and ATSR (Along Track Scanning Radiometer) Long Term products, using optimal interpolation to provide SSTs where

there were no measurements (a single file per day; 0.05° regular latitude-

longitude grid). These data start in September 1991.

The SSTs correspond approximately to the daily average of the temperature

of the water at 20 cm depth. Uncertainty estimates are provided for

each value.

The data are stored in NetCDF-4 format files. Data arrays in NetCDF files are

known as ‘variables’ and each variable has metadata stored with it. Please read the ESA CCI SST Product User Guide, available here before using the data. There is also a Quick Start Guide here.

Access to the ESA SST CCI Analysis long term product is available through our data browser here or via ftp at /neodc/esacci_sst/data/lt/Analysis

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