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NOAA CoastWatch / OceanWatch / PolarWatch produces Level 3 sea surface temperature datasets using the VIIRS sensor aboard the SNPP satellite.
Data Access
Product Overview
Product Details
| Short Names |
VIIRS_L3
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| Temporal Coverage |
Near real-time + 3 days |
| Product Families |
Sea Surface Temperature
|
| Measurements |
Sea Surface Temperature - Polar-orbiting
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| Processing Levels |
Level 3
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| Latency Groups |
0 Hours <= 24 Hours (NRT)
|
| Latency Details |
Less than 24 hours |
| Spatial Resolution Groups |
100m < 2km
|
| Spatial Resolution Details |
750m @ Nadir; ~1.7km at swath edge |
| Data Providers |
NOAA
NESDIS
STAR
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Spatial Coverage
CoastWatch US Regions
| Description |
Also known as the CoastWatch Regional Nodes: OceanWatch Central Pacific, PolarWatch, Great Lakes, East Coast, Atlantic OceanWatch - Caribbean - Gulf of America, WaterWatch (inland rivers), West Coast |
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