NOAA CDR WHOI: Sea Surface Temperature, Version 2

  • The NOAA CDR SST_WHOI/V2 dataset provides a Climate Data Record (CDR) of sea surface temperature over ice-free oceans from 1988 to 2021.

  • The dataset utilizes a diurnal warming correction model combined with AVHRR observations to derive sea surface temperature values.

  • It offers global coverage at a 27830-meter resolution and includes quality control flags for data reliability.

  • This dataset is freely available for research, education, and non-profit use through the Google Earth Engine platform.

  • NOAA's National Climatic Data Center is the official source and distributor, ensuring open access and data management in accordance with US open data policies.
NOAA/CDR/SST_WHOI/V2
Dataset Availability
1988-01-01T00:00:00Z–2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("NOAA/CDR/SST_WHOI/V2")
Cadence
3 Hours
Tags
atmospheric cdr hourly noaa ocean oceans oisst osb 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

Pixel Size
27830 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Pixel Size Description
sea_surface_temperature °C -1.79* 35* meters

Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST), with a diurnal warming correction
fill_missing_qc meters

Quality control flags
* 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 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.

DOIs

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Code Editor (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');
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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,ocean,oceans,oisst,osb,sst
1988-01-01T00:00:00Z/2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
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