Dataset Information

HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: H5_GLOBAL
Conventions: CF-1.5
title: Daily MUR SST, Final product
summary: A merged, multi-sensor L4 Foundation SST analysis product from JPL.
references: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/Multi-scale_Ultra-high_Resolution_MUR-SST
institution: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
history: created at nominal 4-day latency; replaced nrt (1-day latency) version.
comment: MUR = "Multi-scale Ultra-high Reolution"
license: These data are available free of charge under data policy of JPL PO.DAAC.
id: MUR-JPL-L4-GLOB-v04.1
naming_authority: org.ghrsst
product_version: 04.1
uuid: 27665bc0-d5fc-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66
gds_version_id: 2.0
netcdf_version_id: 4.1
date_created: 20150819T103504Z
start_time: 20020602T090000Z
stop_time: 20020602T090000Z
time_coverage_start: 20020601T210000Z
time_coverage_end: 20020602T210000Z
file_quality_level: 1
source: AMSRE-REMSS, AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.2-NODC_day, AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.2-NODC_night, MODIS_T-JPL, iQUAM-NOAA/NESDIS, Ice_Conc-OSISAF
platform: Aqua, DMSP, NOAA-POES, Suomi-NPP, Terra
sensor: AMSR-E, AVHRR, MODIS, SSM/I, VIIRS, in-situ
Metadata_Conventions: Unidata Observation Dataset v1.0
metadata_link: http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/ws/metadata/dataset/?format=iso&shortName=MUR-JPL-L4-GLOB-v04.1
keywords: Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
keywords_vocabulary: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
standard_name_vocabulary: NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention
southernmost_latitude: -90.
northernmost_latitude: 90.
westernmost_longitude: -180.
easternmost_longitude: 180.
spatial_resolution: 0.01 degrees
geospatial_lat_units: degrees north
geospatial_lat_resolution: 0.01 degrees
geospatial_lon_units: degrees east
geospatial_lon_resolution: 0.01 degrees
acknowledgment: Please acknowledge the use of these data with the following statement: These data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program.
creator_name: JPL MUR SST project
creator_email: ghrsst@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov
creator_url: http://mur.jpl.nasa.gov
project: NASA Making Earth Science Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program
publisher_name: GHRSST Project Office
publisher_url: http://www.ghrsst.org
publisher_email: ghrsst-po@nceo.ac.uk
processing_level: L4
cdm_data_type: grid


Variables in this Dataset

/time: Array of 32 bit Integers [ = 0..0]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /time
CLASS: DIMENSION_SCALE
NAME: time
long_name: reference time of sst field
standard_name: time
axis: T
units: seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
comment: Nominal time of analyzed fields
/lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..17998]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /lat
CLASS: DIMENSION_SCALE
NAME: lat
long_name: latitude
standard_name: latitude
axis: Y
units: degrees_north
valid_min: -90.
valid_max: 90.
comment: none
/lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [ = 0..35999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /lon
CLASS: DIMENSION_SCALE
NAME: lon
long_name: longitude
standard_name: longitude
axis: X
units: degrees_east
valid_min: -180.
valid_max: 180.
comment: none
/analysed_sst: Array of 16 bit Integers [ = 0..0][ = 0..17998][ = 0..35999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /analysed_sst
long_name: analysed sea surface temperature
standard_name: sea_surface_foundation_temperature
units: kelvin
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 298.14999999999998
scale_factor: 0.001
valid_min: -32767
valid_max: 32767
comment: "Final" version using Multi-Resolution Variational Analysis (MRVA) method for interpolation
coordinates: lon lat
source: AMSRE-REMSS, AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.2-NODC_day, AVHRR_Pathfinder-PFV5.2-NODC_night, MODIS_T-JPL, iQUAM-NOAA/NESDIS, Ice_Conc-OSISAF
/analysis_error: Array of 16 bit Integers [ = 0..0][ = 0..17998][ = 0..35999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /analysis_error
long_name: estimated error standard deviation of analysed_sst
units: kelvin
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 0.
scale_factor: 0.01
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 32767
comment: none
coordinates: lon lat
/mask: Array of 16 bit Integers [ = 0..0][ = 0..17998][ = 0..35999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /mask
long_name: sea/land field composite mask
_FillValue: -128
valid_min: 1
valid_max: 31
flag_masks: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16
flag_values: 1, 2, 5, 9, 13
flag_meanings: 1=open-sea, 2=land, 5=open-lake, 9=open-sea with ice in the grid, 13=open-lake with ice in the grid
comment: mask can be used to further filter the data.
coordinates: lon lat
source: GMT "grdlandmask", ice flag from sea_ice_fraction data
/sea_ice_fraction: Array of 16 bit Integers [ = 0..0][ = 0..17998][ = 0..35999]
HDF5_OBJ_FULLPATH: /sea_ice_fraction
long_name: sea ice area fraction
standard_name: sea ice area fraction
units: fraction (between 0 and 1)
_FillValue: -128
add_offset: 0.
scale_factor: 0.01
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 100
source: EUMETSAT OSI-SAF, copyright EUMETSAT
comment: ice data interpolated by a nearest neighbor approach.
coordinates: lon lat