Dataset Information

id: RAMSSA_09km-ABOM-L4-AUS-v01
Conventions: CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, ISO 8601
title: RAMSSA v1.1 Analysed high resolution foundation sea surface temperature over Australian region
summary: AMSR2-JAXA nobs=****** obsesd: avg=0.693 min=0.700 max= 0.700, AVHRRMTB_G-NAVO nobs=187421 obsesd: avg=0.549 min=0.550 max= 0.550, VIIRS_NPP_OSPO nobs= 25872 obsesd: avg=0.400 min=0.400 max= 0.400, VIIRS_N20_OSPO nobs= 25282 obsesd: avg=0.380 min=0.380 max= 0.380, IN_SITU-GTS_BUOYS nobs= 4228 obsesd: avg=0.400 min=0.400 max= 0.400, IN_SITU-GTS_BATHY nobs= 2 obsesd: avg=1.200 min=1.200 max= 1.200, IN_SITU-GTS_SHIP nobs= 440 obsesd: avg=1.200 min=1.200 max= 1.200, IN_SITU-GTS_TESAC nobs= 50 obsesd: avg=1.200 min=1.200 max= 1.200, Univariate Statistical Interpolation Package, SIANAL v13, background correlation length scale = 50 km, observation correlation length scale = 12 km, observation correlation time scale = 0.5 days
source: AMSR2-JAXA,AVHRRMTB_G-NAVO,VIIRS_NPP_OSPO,VIIRS_N20_OSPO,IN_SITU-GTS_BUOYS,IN_SITU-GTS_BATHY,IN_SITU-GTS_SHIP,IN_SITU-GTS_TESAC,ACCESS-G-WSP,NCEP-ICE
references: Beggs H., A. Zhong, G. Warren, O. Alves, G. Brassington and T. Pugh (2011) RAMSSA An Operational, High-Resolution, Multi-Sensor Sea Surface Temperature Analysis over the Australian Region, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 61, 1-22. http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/papers.php?year=2011
institution: ABOM
comment: This is a Bureau of Meteorology experimental research product originally developed for the BLUElink> Ocean Forecasting Australia Project. WARNING: some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If byte values >127 are encountered, subtract 256 from this reported value.
license: GHRSST protocol describes data use as free and open
naming_authority: org.ghrsst
product_version: 1.0
program: IMOS
uuid: 173cfc34-763e-4b20-9796-fc0cdc55e535
gds_version_id: 2.0r5
netcdf_version_id: 4.3
spatial_resolution: 1/12 degree
platform: GCOM-W,MetOpB,N20,NPP
sensor: AMSR2,AVHRR_GAC,VIIRS
Metadata_Link: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/ws/metadata/dataset/?format=iso&shortName=RAMSSA_09km-ABOM-L4-AUS-v01
keywords: Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
platform_vocabulary: GHRSST Data Specification (GDS)2.0, https://www.ghrsst.org/documents/q/category/gds-documents/operational/
keywords_vocabulary: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
standard_name_vocabulary: NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention
geospatial_lat_units: degrees_north
geospatial_lon_units: degrees_east
geospatial_lat_resolution: 0.0833000019
geospatial_lon_resolution: 0.0833000019
history: Modified format and attributes of 20231108-ABOM-L4fnd-AUS-v01-fv01.nc using file_convert_RAMSSA,version 1.0 to match the GDS2.0 rev 5 specification
acknowledgment: Any use of these data requires the following acknowledgment: Experimental near real-time sea surface temperature analysis produced by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and provided in GHRSST GDS2.0 format as a contribution to the Integrated Marine Observing System – IMOS is a national collaborative research infrastructure, supported by the Australian Government.
creator_name: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
creator_email: ghrsst@bom.gov.au
creator_url: http://www.bom.gov.au
creator_type: Institution
creator_institution: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
project: Integrated Marine Observing System
publisher_name: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
publisher_email: ghrsst@bom.gov.au
publisher_url: http://www.bom.gov.au
publisher_institution: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
publisher_type: Institution
processing_level: L4
cdm_data_type: Grid
date_created: 20231109T120000Z
date_modified: 20231109T120000Z
date_metadata_modified: 20231109T120000Z
date_issued: 20231109T120000Z
start_time: 20231108T000000Z
time_coverage_start: 20231108T000000Z
stop_time: 20231109T000000Z
time_coverage_end: 20231109T000000Z
time_coverage_duration: P1D
time_coverage_resolution: P1D
file_quality_level: 3
contributor_name: Helen Beggs
contributor_role: IMOS PI
geospatial_bounds_crs: EPSG:4326
easternmost_longitude: -170.0000000000000
westernmost_longitude: 60.00000000000000
northernmost_latitude: 20.00000000000000
southernmost_latitude: -70.00000000000000
geospatial_lon_max: -170.000000
geospatial_lon_min: 60.0000000
geospatial_lat_max: 20.0000000
geospatial_lat_min: -70.0000000
geospatial_bounds: POLYGON(-70 60, 20 60, 20 -170, -70 -170, -70 60)
Unlimited_Dimension: time


Variables in this Dataset

lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..1560]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
axis: X
comment: Longitudes for locating data
coverage_content_type: coordinate
long_name: longitude
standard_name: longitude
units: degrees_east
valid_max: 180.000000
valid_min: -180.000000
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
_FillValue: -2147483647
long_name: reference time of SST field
standard_name: time
axis: T
units: seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00
comment: Nominal time because observations are from different sources and are made at different times of the day
coverage_content_type: coordinate
calendar: Standard
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..1080]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
long_name: latitude
standard_name: latitude
axis: Y
comment: Latitudes for locating data
valid_min: -90.0000000
valid_max: 90.0000000
units: degrees_north
coverage_content_type: coordinate
sea_ice_fraction: Grid
add_offset: 0.000000000000000
scale_factor: 0.01000000000000000
_FillValue: -128
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 100
units: 1
long_name: sea ice area fraction
standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
comment: Fractional sea ice cover from NCEP-ICE product (Grumbine, 1996) .
source: SSMI-NCEP-Analysis-ICE-5min
coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation
coordinates: time lat lon
grid_mapping: crs
sea_ice_fraction: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][lat = 0..1080][lon = 0..1560]
add_offset: 0.000000000000000
scale_factor: 0.01000000000000000
_FillValue: -128
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 100
units: 1
long_name: sea ice area fraction
standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
comment: Fractional sea ice cover from NCEP-ICE product (Grumbine, 1996) .
source: SSMI-NCEP-Analysis-ICE-5min
coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation
coordinates: time lat lon
grid_mapping: crs
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
_FillValue: -2147483647
long_name: reference time of SST field
standard_name: time
axis: T
units: seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00
comment: Nominal time because observations are from different sources and are made at different times of the day
coverage_content_type: coordinate
calendar: Standard
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..1080]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
long_name: latitude
standard_name: latitude
axis: Y
comment: Latitudes for locating data
valid_min: -90.0000000
valid_max: 90.0000000
units: degrees_north
coverage_content_type: coordinate
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..1560]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
axis: X
comment: Longitudes for locating data
coverage_content_type: coordinate
long_name: longitude
standard_name: longitude
units: degrees_east
valid_max: 180.000000
valid_min: -180.000000
analysed_sst: Grid
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 273.1500000000000
scale_factor: 0.01000000000000000
valid_min: -300
valid_max: 4500
units: kelvin
long_name: analysed sea surface temperature
standard_name: sea_surface_foundation_temperature
comment: Optimally interpolated analysis of SST observations.
source: AMSR2-JAXA,AVHRRMTB_G-NAVO,VIIRS_NPP_OSPO,VIIRS_N20_OSPO,IN_SITU-GTS_BUOYS,IN_SITU-GTS_BATHY,IN_SITU-GTS_SHIP,IN_SITU-GTS_TESAC,ACCESS-G-WSP,NCEP-ICE
coverage_content_type: physicalMeasurement
grid_mapping: crs
coordinates: time lat lon
analysed_sst: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][lat = 0..1080][lon = 0..1560]
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 273.1500000000000
scale_factor: 0.01000000000000000
valid_min: -300
valid_max: 4500
units: kelvin
long_name: analysed sea surface temperature
standard_name: sea_surface_foundation_temperature
comment: Optimally interpolated analysis of SST observations.
source: AMSR2-JAXA,AVHRRMTB_G-NAVO,VIIRS_NPP_OSPO,VIIRS_N20_OSPO,IN_SITU-GTS_BUOYS,IN_SITU-GTS_BATHY,IN_SITU-GTS_SHIP,IN_SITU-GTS_TESAC,ACCESS-G-WSP,NCEP-ICE
coverage_content_type: physicalMeasurement
grid_mapping: crs
coordinates: time lat lon
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
_FillValue: -2147483647
long_name: reference time of SST field
standard_name: time
axis: T
units: seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00
comment: Nominal time because observations are from different sources and are made at different times of the day
coverage_content_type: coordinate
calendar: Standard
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..1080]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
long_name: latitude
standard_name: latitude
axis: Y
comment: Latitudes for locating data
valid_min: -90.0000000
valid_max: 90.0000000
units: degrees_north
coverage_content_type: coordinate
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..1560]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
axis: X
comment: Longitudes for locating data
coverage_content_type: coordinate
long_name: longitude
standard_name: longitude
units: degrees_east
valid_max: 180.000000
valid_min: -180.000000
analysis_error: Grid
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 0.000000000000000
scale_factor: 0.01000000000000000
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 32765
units: kelvin
long_name: estimated error standard deviation of analysed_sst
comment: Calculated as analysis field error in OI analysis system and a function of the age and estimated standard deviation of all observations used to form analysed_sst value. See Beggs et al (2011) in http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/papers.php?year=2011.
coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation
coordinates: time lat lon
grid_mapping: crs
analysis_error: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][lat = 0..1080][lon = 0..1560]
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 0.000000000000000
scale_factor: 0.01000000000000000
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 32765
units: kelvin
long_name: estimated error standard deviation of analysed_sst
comment: Calculated as analysis field error in OI analysis system and a function of the age and estimated standard deviation of all observations used to form analysed_sst value. See Beggs et al (2011) in http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/papers.php?year=2011.
coverage_content_type: auxiliaryInformation
coordinates: time lat lon
grid_mapping: crs
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
_FillValue: -2147483647
long_name: reference time of SST field
standard_name: time
axis: T
units: seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00
comment: Nominal time because observations are from different sources and are made at different times of the day
coverage_content_type: coordinate
calendar: Standard
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..1080]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
long_name: latitude
standard_name: latitude
axis: Y
comment: Latitudes for locating data
valid_min: -90.0000000
valid_max: 90.0000000
units: degrees_north
coverage_content_type: coordinate
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..1560]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
axis: X
comment: Longitudes for locating data
coverage_content_type: coordinate
long_name: longitude
standard_name: longitude
units: degrees_east
valid_max: 180.000000
valid_min: -180.000000
mask: Grid
_FillValue: -128
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 8
long_name: sea/land/lake/ice field composite mask
comment: b0: 1 = grid cell is open sea water, b1: 1 = land is present in this grid cell, b2: 1 = lake surface is present in this grid cell, b3: 1 = sea ice is present in this grid cell, b4-b7: reserved for future grid mask data
source: NAVOCEANO 1/120 deg land-sea mask. See https://www.ghrsst.org/products-and-services/tools/navo-ghrsst-pp-land-sea-mask/.
flag_meanings: water land optional_lake_surface sea-ice
grid_mapping: crs
coordinates: time lat lon
flag_masks: 1, 2, 4, 8
mask: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][lat = 0..1080][lon = 0..1560]
_FillValue: -128
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 8
long_name: sea/land/lake/ice field composite mask
comment: b0: 1 = grid cell is open sea water, b1: 1 = land is present in this grid cell, b2: 1 = lake surface is present in this grid cell, b3: 1 = sea ice is present in this grid cell, b4-b7: reserved for future grid mask data
source: NAVOCEANO 1/120 deg land-sea mask. See https://www.ghrsst.org/products-and-services/tools/navo-ghrsst-pp-land-sea-mask/.
flag_meanings: water land optional_lake_surface sea-ice
grid_mapping: crs
coordinates: time lat lon
flag_masks: 1, 2, 4, 8
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
_FillValue: -2147483647
long_name: reference time of SST field
standard_name: time
axis: T
units: seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00
comment: Nominal time because observations are from different sources and are made at different times of the day
coverage_content_type: coordinate
calendar: Standard
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..1080]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
long_name: latitude
standard_name: latitude
axis: Y
comment: Latitudes for locating data
valid_min: -90.0000000
valid_max: 90.0000000
units: degrees_north
coverage_content_type: coordinate
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..1560]
_FillValue: 9.96920997e+36
axis: X
comment: Longitudes for locating data
coverage_content_type: coordinate
long_name: longitude
standard_name: longitude
units: degrees_east
valid_max: 180.000000
valid_min: -180.000000
crs: 32 bit Integer
long_name: coordinate reference system
grid_mapping_name: latitude_longitude
semi_major_axis: 6379137.00
inverse_flattening: 298.2572235630000
epsg_code: EPSG:4326