Latest S/W version:

SQUAM ver 10.0 May-2013

Program code and other S/W:

IDL ver. 6.0 and onwards; Cron tasks of bash scripts under LINUX/UNIX environment; Javascript; Imagemagick freeware; DYGraph visualization

Browser compatibiltiy:

Requires Javascript option enabled in your browser Windows: Mozilla Firefox v8.0, MS Internet Explorer v7.0, Apple Safari v4.0 beta, Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.1.15, Opera 9.6 onwards Linux: Mozilla Firefox v5.0 onwards

Year

Month

Version

Additions and modifications

2013

May

Apr

Mar

Feb

10.0

9.0

8.7

8.7

In situ validation of daily ACSPO AVHRR GAC SSTs included

Analyses of ACSPO GAC reprocessed data for long-term record developed; module is fully automated and is being tested

SQUAM presented in the poster session 2013 NOAA Satellite Conference (PPT, ~2.9mb)

Comparison of High-Res SST in SQUAM presented at MeteoFrance, Lannnion meeting; preliminary analyses of correlatred errors

More deep-dive analyses of IDPS VIIRS SST (offline)

2012

Nov

Oct

Sep

Aug

Jul

Jun

May

Apr

Mar

Feb

Jan

8.7

8.6

8.6

8.6

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.4

8.3

8.2

8.1

Validation of PathFinder v5.0 against insitu val included

Analyses of IDPS VIIRS SST to diagnose the cause of increasing std dev against any reference, IDPS deep-dive: ice-mask issue

Presentations at EUMETSAT/GSICS (PPT, ~3.3mb), Sopot, Poland 2012;     GOES-R SST Val ATBD

Analyses of IDPS VIIRS SST to better understand QFs (IDPS VIIRS QF analyses), continuing work as required

SQUAM representation in GHRSST XIII Science meeting (ST-VAL, IC-TAG, AUS-TAG)

Initial feedback to Polar-geo 5km blended L4 SST in (test page) L4-SQUAM

JPL MUR comparison against selected L4s (MUR-L4) included in L4-SQUAM

NPP VIIRS (IDPS)comparison against L4 fields included in SQUAM High Res  || L4-SQUAM paper proof-read sent to DSR-II (DOI)

Functionality of ACSPO-GAC changed to maintain a combination between modules; Hovmoeller added || extensive sensitivity check of IDPS masks

Functionality of L4-SQUAM was changed, allowing to maintain a particular combination of L4s between different modules

NPP VIIRS, Aqua MODIS, Terra MODIS (from ACSPO) included in Experimental High Resolution (against L4s and insitu)

2011

Oct

Aug

May

May

Mar

8.0

7.1

7.0

6.4

Validation of High Resolution SST against in situ included

FRAC data were regrouped under High Resolution data and provision made for MODIS & VIIRS SSTs

L4-SQUAM intercomparison community paper submiited in DSR-II, Special issue for climate studies

OSTIA reanalysis (1985-2007) included L4-SQUAM (ice mask not analyzed)

Ice-masks were applied in L4-SQUAM when ice bit-mask is available; analyses performed in two ways: ice included, ice excluded

Australian BOM GAMSSA (pdf) SSTs included in L4 analyses

2010

Dec

Nov

Oct

Sep

Aug

Jul

Jun

May

Apr

Mar

Feb

6.3

6.2

6.1

6.0

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.1

5.0

4.0

3.1

Validation of Level-4 SSTs against iQUAM insitu data (ships, drifters, coastal & tropical moorings) implemented in L4-SQUAM

NASA JPL G1SST 1km SSTs included in L4 analyses. Website redesigned (classified under 3 major categories: L2, L3, L4)

Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC) 0.2º SSTs included in L4 analyses

PathFinder v5.0 AVHRR SSTs were added (compare against L4 fields)

POES-GOES Blended SSTs included in L4 analyses

GHRSST Median Product Ensemble (GMPE) SSTs included in L4 analyses

NAVO K10 L4 SSTs included in L4 analyses

NESDIS ACSPO SST included in the FRAC analyses

Meteo France O&SI SAF AVHRR SST added to FRAC

NAVO AVHRR GAC SST were added

Interactive timeseries added for L4, MUT, andACSPO

2009

Nov

Aug

Jun

Apr

Jan

3.0

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.0

L4 intercomparisons added:difference maps, histograms and time series

Hovmöller diagrams added to L4 comparisons

Dependence Plots ("SATSST - L4" vs. correlating parameters) overlayed for all platforms.

Datebars to navigate to individual satellite retreival datestamps implemented for all products

SQUAM presented at GOES-R and IPO Cal/Val meetings in the previous month.

NOAA-19 AVHRR SST monitoring included in SQUAM MUT and ACSPO.

SQUAM presented at GHRSST meeting: Highlights.

Cross platform double differences added: MUT  ACSPO.

Day - Night double differences added: Above links; different radio buttons.

Cross L4 double differences added: MUT  ACSPO.

Newer web design implemented with CSS/JS/Txt editor only (previous web design with MS Frontpage/Expression discarded).

Smooth navigation; All major modules reachable from each page.

Modularization to allow adding new products with minimal effort.

2008

Sep

Jun

Feb

β

β

test

SQUAM upgraded to handle ACSPO HDF4.2 granules

Beta version SQUAM for MUT on the web

Several presentations on initial MUT SST analyses including PSDI/NDE Critical Design Review. SQUAM initially established and tested internally

2007

Jan

test

SQUAM concept defined. MUT data archive established. I/O, statistical & plotting tools developed