PathFinder SST

Temporal coverage

Quality flags

Further info

Version 5.0, ~4km

1985-01-04 to 2009-12-31

NOAA-09 (NF)

NOAA-11 (NH)

NOAA-09 (NF)

NOAA-14 (NJ)

NOAA-16 (NL)

NOAA-17 (NM)

NOAA-18 (NN)

1985-01-04:1988-11-07 (1985004:1988312)

1988-11-08:1994-09-13 (1988313:1994256)

1994-09-14:1995-01-19 (1994257:1995019)

1995-01-20:2000-10-13 (1995020:2000287)

2000-10-14:2002-12-31 (2000288:2002365)

2003-01-01:2005-06-04 (2003001:2005155)

2005-06-05:2009-12-31 (2005156:2009365)

QF ≥ 4 [range 0:7; 0 low, 7 high]. "SST > -1.9°C" was also used
to choose valid pixels. (some SSTs < -1.9° even with QF≥4 criterion)

Version 6.0

future work

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Reference SST

Resolution

Coverage

Input

Ice bit

Further info

L4 (daily)

DOI_AV (Reynolds)

RTG_HR

OSTIA

CMC (2013 plan)

0.25º Daily

1/12º Daily

0.05º Daily

0.20º Daily

Sep-1981 on

Feb-2007 on

Apr-2006 on

Jan-2002 on

Insitu

Insitu SST Quality Monitor

point, 1min

Jan-1991 on

Ships, Drifters, Coastal & Tropical Moorings

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Geophysical data

Resolution

Coverage

Further info

NOAA NCDC sea wind

NOAA ESRL CDC TWP

0.25º, Daily avg

2.50º, Daily avg

Jul-1987 on

Jan-1979 on

  Match-up procedure

L4 SST,Geophysical data: Space:-Bilinear interpolation; Time:-Same day
Insitu-- iQUAM data with highest quality flag; Space:-same grid; Time: day/night
     [PF data are provided as day or night but w/o time. Insitu data are stratified by day(SZA <= 90) & night(SZA > 90) before matching-up.]

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