JPL-L2P-MODIS_A GHRSST L2P Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the NASA Aqua satellite JPL/OBPG/RSMAS MODIS Aqua L2P swath SST data set MODIS Aqua SST 20060630T000000Z Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA, USA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1.0 Product created jointly by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) and University of Miami Rosential School of Atmospheric and Marine Science (RSMAS) Earth Science Oceans Ocean Temperature Sea Surface Temperature Skin Sea Surface Temperature MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Aqua NASA Earth Observing System Aqua 20060630T000000Z -90.00 90.00 -180.00 180.00 Global Ocean Satellite native swath Geolocation information included for each pixel 1.0 km 1.0 km Revisit ~twice each day (night and daytime passes) None None Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL PODAAC Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov http://ghrsst.jpl.nasa.gov MODIS_A Technical Contact Edward Armstrong edward.m.armstrong@jpl.nasa.gov 818-393-6710 818-393-2718

JPL, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA

Investigator Kay Kilpatrick KKilpatrick@rsmas.miami.edu 305-421-4615 305-421-4622

University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149-1098, USA

Information on the the MODIS SST algorithm can be found in the following documents: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod25.pdf and http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/DOCS/modis_sst/

The production of the MODIS L2P data is a joint collaboration between JPL, OBPG and RSMAS. RSMAS is responsible for sea surface temperature algorithm development, error statistics and quality flagging, while the OBPG is NASA ground data system for production of daily MODIS ocean products in HDF file format. JPL acquires MODIS ocean granules from the OBPG and reformats them to the GHRSST L2P specification with complete metadata. Data consists of global coverage at 1 km resolution with approximately 288 five minute observation granules per day. For nighttime data both SST from the 11 and 4 um bands are available. Ocean chlorophyll and K490 diffuse attenuation coefficient are also available for daytime periods as non standard L2P core fields.

Reference Materials http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/atbd/atbd_mod25.pdf Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document Reference Materials http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/DOCS/modis_sst/ Description of MODIS SST Project Home Page http://www.ghrsst-pp.org GHRSST Project homepage Get Data http://ghrsst.jpl.nasa.gov Portal to the GHRSST Global Data Assembly Center and data access Get Service http://ghrsst.jpl.nasa.gov Portal to the GHRSST Global Data Assembly Center and user services 1.0 20060630T000000Z 20060630T000000Z 2006-06-30 E. Armstrong: Original