Source/sensor:Advanced Very-High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR).

Coverage: Aug 05, 2002 - current

Abstract: The NAVOCEANO MCSST Level 2 HRPT/LAC (High Resolution Picture Transmission and Local Area Coverage) product provides a 2.2 km sea surface temperature dataset (Level 2), available within hours after data collection. This permits the data to be used for near-real time applications. The 2.2km resolution allows the data to be used for coastal studies. Coverage areas include the East and West Coasts of the United States, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, and the Australian Coasts.

This data set is currently only available via anonymous FTP to: ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/sea_surface_temperature/avhrr/navoceano_hrpt_lac/

Read software in written in Interactive Data Language (IDL) and C are provided.

Further information is also available on the homepage through:

http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/hrpt_lac/

Further information on the algorithm used may be obtained directly from NAVOCEANO at:

http://www.navo.navy.mil/
and/or http://www.navo.navy.mil/cgi-bin/search.pl/0/metoc/*/110/*/63