MODIS Aqua L2P SST
JPL-L2P-MODIS_A
Aqua
MODIS
CF-1.0
GHRSST Data Processing Specification v1.6
NASA/JPL/OBPG/RSMAS
Ed Armstrong, JPL PO.DAAC, edward.m.armstrong@jpl.nasa.gov
v1r1.5
3.5
Mon Sep 17 18:16:18 2007
Quicklook MODIS L2P created at the GHRSST Global Data Assembly Center (GDAC)
1
1km
2007-09-17 UTC
00:00:07 UTC
2007-09-17 UTC
00:05:06 UTC
-57.8004341
-82.0740280
42.1725082
-44.6674767
1
L2P Core without DT analysis or other ancillary fields; Night
degrees_north
latitude
-999.000000
degrees_east
longitude
-639.000000
reference time of sst file
seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00
sea surface temperature
-32767
-1000
8000
0.00499999989
273.149994
kelvin
lon lat
NASA and University of Miami
sea surface temperature from thermal IR (11 um) channels
time difference from reference time
-32768
-32767
32767
1.00000000
0.00000000
second
lon lat
proximity confidence value
-128
0
6
1.00000000
0.00000000
dimensionless
lon lat
thermal IR SST proximity confidence value; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value
SSES bias error based on proximity confidence flags
-128
-127
127
0.150000006
0.200000003
kelvin
lon lat
thermal IR SST bias error; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value
SSES standard deviation error based on proximity confidence flags
-128
-127
127
0.150000006
0.200000003
kelvin
lon lat
thermal IR SST standard deviation error; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value
rejection_flag
none
lon lat
b0 : 1 = SST out of range, b1 : 1 = Cosmetic value, b2 : 1 = IR cloudy, b3 : 1 = MW rain, b4 : 1 = ice, b5 : 1 = MW wind, b6 : 1 = Land, b7 : 1 = spare
confidence_flag
none
lon lat
b0 : 1 = potential side lobe contamination; b1 : 1 = relaxed rain contamination suspected; b2 : 1 = TMI SST retrieved in SST < 285K; b3 : 1 = high wind speed retrieval; b4 : 1 = sea ice retrieval for MW data; b5 : 1 = sun glint; b6 : 1 = L2 native bias and standard deviation; b7 : 1 = L2 native confidence value
sea surface temperature
-32767
-1000
8000
0.00499999989
273.149994
kelvin
lon lat
sea surface temperature from mid-IR (4 um) channels; non L2P core field
proximity confidence value
0
0
6
1.00000000
0.00000000
dimensionless
lon lat
mid-IR SST proximity confidence value; non L2P core field; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value
SSES bias error based on proximity confidence flags
-128
-127
127
0.150000006
0.200000003
kelvin
lon lat
mid-IR SST bias error; non L2P core field; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value
SSES standard deviation error based on proximity confidence flags
-128
-127
127
0.150000006
0.200000003
kelvin
lon lat
mid-IR SST standard deviation error; non L2P core field; signed byte array: WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value