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Dataset

 

ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (SST_cci): Climatology product, version 3.0

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2024-04-08
DOI Publication Date: 2024-04-09
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 365 Files | 14GB

Abstract

This dataset provides daily climatological mean sea surface temperature (SST) on a global 0.05° latitude-longitude grid, derived from the SST CCI analysis data for the period 1991 to 2020 (30 years).

The dataset has been produced as part of the version 3 Climate Data Record (CDR) produced by the European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Sea Surface Temperature project (ESA SST_cci). The CDR accurately maps the surface temperature of the global oceans over the period 1980 to 2021 using observations from many satellites, with a high degree of independence from in situ measurements. The data provide independently quantified SSTs to a quality suitable for climate research.

This CDR Version 3.0 product supersedes the CDR v2.2 product. Compared to the previous version the major changes are:

* Longer time series: 1980 to 2021 (previous CDR was Sept 1981 to 2016)
* Improved retrieval to reduce systematic biases using bias-aware optimal methods (for single view sensors)
* Improved retrieval with respect to desert-dust aerosols
* Addition of dual-view SLSTR data from 2016 onwards
* Addition of early AVHRR/1 data in 1980s, and improved AVHRR processing to reduce data gaps in 1980s
* Use of full-resolution MetOp AVHRR data (previously used ‘global area coverage’ Level 1 data)
* Inclusion of L2P passive microwave AMSR data

Data are made freely and openly available under a Creative Commons License by Attribution (CC By 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

When citing this dataset please also cite the associated data paper:

Embury, O., Merchant, C.J., Good, S.A., Rayner, N.A., Høyer, J.L., Atkinson, C., Block, T., Alerskans, E., Pearson, K.J., Worsfold, M., McCarroll, N., Donlon, C. Satellite-based time-series of sea-surface temperature since 1980 for climate applications. Scientific Data 11, 326 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03147-w

Citable as:  Embury, O.; Good, S.A. (2024): ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (SST_cci): Climatology product, version 3.0. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 09 April 2024. doi:10.5285/62800d3d2227449085b430b503d36b01. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/62800d3d2227449085b430b503d36b01
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ESA, CCI, SST, Climatology, Level 4

Details

Previous Info:
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Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_sst_terms_and_conditions_v2.pdf
When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were processed by the ESA CCI SST project team and supplied to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for archiving.

Data Quality:
For information on data quality see the linked Product Validation and Intercomparison report (PVIR) and the Climate Assessment Report (CAR)
File Format:
netCDF-4 classic following: Climate and Forecast (CF) metadata conventions, GHRSST Data Specification 2.0, and SST CCI Product Specification.

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

Derivation of the CCI SST Climatology v3 product

Abstract

The ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative: Climatology, v3 product was derived from the SST CCI analysis data for the period 1991 to 2020 (30 years).

For more information see the SST CCI project documentation

Input Description

None

Output Description

None

Software Reference

None

No variables found.

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1991-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
2020-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
 
Related parties
Funders (1)