Dataset
ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (SST_cci): Climatology product, version 3.0
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
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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)
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File Format: |
netCDF-4 classic following: Climate and Forecast (CF) metadata conventions, GHRSST Data Specification 2.0, and SST CCI Product Specification.
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Related Documents
Process overview
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.
Temporal Range
1991-01-01T00:00:00
2020-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |