CoastWatch Regional AVHRR and VIIRS 'Heritage' Products - change in distribution

Updated: February 17, 2021

On March 1, 2021, legacy/heritage CoastWatch regional AVHRR and VIIRS products in HDF format will no longer be distributed by vmcwsst3 [or accessible using the 'cwdownload' utility]. [Note, NOAA-18 and NOAA-19 products ceased production 03FEB2021]

These products will continue to be processed and available to users through the following outlets:

A To-Be-Announced website hosted by the Office of Satellite Products and Distribution
NOAA CoastWatch FTP/HTTPS services:
- L2 AVHRR:
  - FTP: ftp://ftpcoastwatch.noaa.gov/pub/socd1/coastwatch/products/avhrr/L2/hdf/
  - HTTPS: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/data/socd3/coastwatch/products/legacy_sst/avhrr/ [shared with L3]
- L3
  - AVHRR:
    - FTP: ftp://ftpcoastwatch.noaa.gov/pub/socd1/coastwatch/products/avhrr/L3/hdf/
    - HTTPS: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/data/socd3/coastwatch/products/legacy_sst/avhrr/ [shared with L2]
  - VIIRS:
    - FTP: ftp://ftpcoastwatch.noaa.gov/pub/socd1/coastwatch/products/viirs/L3/hdf/
    - HTTPS: https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/data/socd3/coastwatch/products/legacy_sst/viirs/
CoastWatch's website: https://coastwatch.noaa.gov Near-real-time SST