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Description

High quality Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) maps derived from the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)-Polar Orbiting Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) have been available since 1981. The multichannel sea surface temperature algorithm (MCSST) has been used to routinely calculate SSTs using a split window approach. Currently this algorithm is applied by the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) to calculate SSTs at a near real-time rate.

Product Summary

Platforms
NOAA-14 ,
NOAA-16 ,
NOAA-17 ,
NOAA-19 ,
NOAA-20 ,
METOP-A
Instruments
AVHRR-2 ,
AVHRR-3
Projects
DOD>USNAVY>NAVOCEANO
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2001-08-29
Data Partner
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/PODAAC)
Concept ID
C2633203375-POCLOUD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
412
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Sea Surface Temperature

Citation

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NAVO. (2001). AVHRR NAVOCEANO Level 2 9km Multi-Channel SST Global Area Coverage [Dataset]. NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/NAVOC-2GAC1 Date Accessed: 2026-10-28

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