![NOAA/CDR/SST_WHOI/V2](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/images/NOAA/NOAA_CDR_SST_WHOI_V2_sample.png)

Dataset Availability
:   1988-01-01T00:00:00Z--2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Dataset Producer
:


    [NOAA](https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/climate-data-records/sea-surface-temperature-whoi)

Cadence
:   3 Hours

Tags
:
    [atmospheric](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/atmospheric) [cdr](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/cdr) [hourly](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/hourly) [noaa](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/noaa) [oceans](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/oceans) [oisst](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/oisst) [osb](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/osb) [sst](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/tags/sst) whoi

#### Description

The Sea Surface Temperature - WHOI dataset is part of the NOAA Ocean Surface
Bundle (OSB) and provides a high quality Climate Data Record (CDR) of sea
surface temperature over ice-free oceans.

The SST values are found through modeling the diurnal variability in
combination with AVHRR observations of sea surface temperature.

### Bands

**Bands**

Pixel size: 27830 meters (all bands)

| Name | Units | Min | Max | Pixel Size | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `sea_surface_temperature` | °C | -1.79\* | 35\* | 27830 meters | Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST), with a diurnal warming correction |
| `fill_missing_qc` |   |   |   | 27830 meters | Quality control flags |
| Bitmask for fill_missing_qc - Bits 0-2: Quality control flags - 0: Pixel values from neural network - 1: Unused flag - 2: Snow/ice - 3: Over land - 4: Over lake - 5: SST missing, SST unresolved ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

\* estimated min or max value

### Terms of Use

**Terms of Use**

The NOAA CDR Program's official distribution point for CDRs is NOAA's
National Climatic Data Center which provides sustained, open access and
active data management of the CDR packages and related information in
keeping with the United States' open data policies and practices as
described in the President's Memorandum on "Open Data Policy" and pursuant
to the Executive Order of May 9, 2013, "Making Open and Machine Readable
the New Default for Government Information". In line with these policies,
the CDR data sets are nonproprietary, publicly available, and no
restrictions are placed upon their use. For more information, see the
[Fair Use of NOAA's CDR Data Sets, Algorithms and Documentation](https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/sds/cdr/CDRs/Aerosol_Optical_Thickness/UseAgreement_01B-04.pdf)
pdf.

### Citations

Citations:

- Clayson, Carol Anne, Brown, Jeremiah, and NOAA CDR Program (2016). NOAA
  Climate Data Record Ocean Surface Bundle (OSB) Climate Data Record (CDR) of
  Sea Surface Temperature - WHOI, Version 2. \[indicate subset used\]. NOAA
  National Climatic Data Center. [doi:10.7289/V5FB510W](https://doi.org/10.7289/V5FB510W).

### DOIs

- <https://doi.org/10.7289/V5FB510W>

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### Code Editor (JavaScript)

```javascript
var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('NOAA/CDR/SST_WHOI/V2')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2018-03-01', '2018-03-14'));
var seaSurfaceTemperature = dataset.select('sea_surface_temperature');
var visParams = {
  min: 0.0,
  max: 30.0,
  palette: [
    '040274', '040281', '0502a3', '0502b8', '0502ce', '0502e6',
    '0602ff', '235cb1', '307ef3', '269db1', '30c8e2', '32d3ef',
    '3be285', '3ff38f', '86e26f', '3ae237', 'b5e22e', 'd6e21f',
    'fff705', 'ffd611', 'ffb613', 'ff8b13', 'ff6e08', 'ff500d',
    'ff0000', 'de0101', 'c21301', 'a71001', '911003'
  ],
};
Map.setCenter(-4.92, -21.09, 2);
Map.addLayer(seaSurfaceTemperature, visParams, 'Sea Surface Temperature');
```
[Open in Code Editor](https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=Examples:Datasets/NOAA/NOAA_CDR_SST_WHOI_V2) [NOAA CDR WHOI: Sea Surface Temperature, Version 2](https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/NOAA_CDR_SST_WHOI_V2) The Sea Surface Temperature - WHOI dataset is part of the NOAA Ocean Surface Bundle (OSB) and provides a high quality Climate Data Record (CDR) of sea surface temperature over ice-free oceans. The SST values are found through modeling the diurnal variability in combination with AVHRR observations of sea surface ... NOAA/CDR/SST_WHOI/V2, atmospheric,cdr,hourly,noaa,oceans,oisst,osb,sst 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z/2021-08-31T00:00:00Z -90 -180 90 180 Google Earth Engine https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets

- [https://doi.org/10.7289/V5FB510W](https://doi.org/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/climate-data-records/sea-surface-temperature-whoi)
- [https://doi.org/10.7289/V5FB510W](https://doi.org/https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets/catalog/NOAA_CDR_SST_WHOI_V2)