Dataset Information

Title: AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder Equal Angle
Data_Center: NASA/PO.DAAC AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder
Station: NOAA/NESDIS
Mission: AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder
Mission_Characteristics: NOAA/NASA AVHRR Oceans Pathfinder
Sensor: NOAA polar orbiter data
Sensor_Characteristics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Polar Orbiter
Product_name: Equal Angle Map HDF
Quality_type: Best SST
Binning_period: DAILY
Pass: Ascending
Processing_control: Algorithm: V4.0 pathfinder flagtree 26aug96
Data_start_time: 4/14/1990 00:00:00
Data_end_time: 4/14/1990 23:59:59
Data_processing_time: Thu Jun 26 18:02:09 1997
Start_year: 1990
End_year: 1990
Start_day: 104
End_day: 104
Start_millisec: 53143
End_millisec: 53143
Number_of_rows: 2048
Number_of_columns: 4096
Map_projection: Equirectangular projection
Parameter_name: Sea Surface Temperature
Orbit: 8007.000000
Maximum_Latitude: 89.95605469
Minimum_Latitude: -89.95605469
Maximum_Longitude: 179.9560547
Minimum_Longitude: -179.9560547


Variables in this Dataset

Sea_Surface_Temperature: Array of 32 bit Integers [Longitude = 0..4095][Latitude = 0..2047]
long_name: Sea Surface Temperature
scale_factor: 0.15000000596046448
scale_factor_err: 0.0000000000000000
add_offset: -3.0000000000000000
add_offset_err: 0.0000000000000000
calibrated_nt: 20
Slope: 0.1500000060
Intercept: -3.000000000
Unit: Degree in Celsius
Equation: SST (Celsius) = DN * .15 - 3.0
Number_of_Observations_per_Bin: Array of 32 bit Integers [fakeDim2 = 0..4095][fakeDim3 = 0..2047]
long_name: Number of Observations per Bin
Band_Name: Number of Observations per Bin