Dataset
ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (SST_cci): GHRSST Multi-Product ensemble (GMPE), v2.0
Abstract
The European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative Sea Surface Temperature project (ESA SST_cci) has accurately determined the surface temperature of the global oceans over the period 1981 to 2016 using observations from many satellites. The data provide independently quantified sea surface temperatures (SSTs) to a quality suitable for climate research. This GHRSST (Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature) Multi-Product Ensemble (GMPE) dataset was produced by the ESA SST_cci project to facilitate comparison of its own spatially complete analyses with other level 4 SST analysis products. It provides the median and standard deviation of the ensemble of input analyses, differences between the individual analyses and the median, and gradients in the input data and the median. The outputs are provided on a 0.25˚ regular latitude-longitude grid. The product extends from 1 September 1981 to 31 December 2016.
The product was generated using the following inputs: ESA SST_cci Analysis version 2.0; ESA SST_cci Analysis version 1.1; E.U. Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) SST information (the Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) Reprocessing); National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Optimal Interpolation (OI) Global Blended SST Analysis; Canada Meteorological Center (CMC) 0.2-degree Global Foundation SST Analysis; Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature (HadISST) Analysis version 2.2.0.0 (10 realisations); Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Merged satellite and in-situ Data Global Daily SST (MGDSST) Analysis. Full details of the data used to generate this product are provided in the associated documentation.
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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: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/esacci_sst_terms_and_conditions.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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Data were processed by the ESA CCI SST project team and supplied to CEDA in the context of the CCI Open Data Portal project. |
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Data are as provided by the CCI SST project team
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Data are in NetCDF format
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Related Documents
Process overview
| Title | ESA CCI Sea Surface Temperature Multi-Product Ensemble, v2.0 |
| Abstract | The Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSS) multi-product ensemble (GMPE) product allows comparison of different spatially complete SST analyses. This version compares seven long historical datasets: ESA SST CCI Analysis version 2.0; ESA SST CCI Analysis version 1.1; Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) Reprocessing; National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Optimal Interpolation (OI) Global Blended SST Analysis; Canada Meteorological Center (CMC) 0.2-degree Global Foundation SST Analysis; Hadley Centre Sea Ice and Sea Surface Temperature (HadISST) Analysis version 2.2.0.0 (10 realisations); Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Merged satellite and in-situ Data Global Daily SST (MGDSST) Analysis. The GMPE includes the median and standard deviation of the input data, differences between each input and the median, and the horizontal gradients in each of the input products and the median. Data are provided on a 0.25 degree regular latitude-longitude grid and cover 1 September 1981 to 31 December 2016, although some of the input products do not cover the full period. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
- units: kelvin
- long_name: Anomaly of input analyses from the ensemble median
- var_id: anomaly_fields
- names: Anomaly of input analyses from the ensemble median
- long_name: Fields number
- var_id: fields
- names: Fields number
- long_name: Fields number plus one
- var_id: fieldsp1
- names: Fields number plus one
- units: kelvin m-1
- long_name: Horizontal SST gradients of input analyses
- var_id: gradient_fields
- names: Horizontal SST gradients of input analyses
- long_name: Index of analysis which is the ensemble median
- var_id: median_type
- names: Index of analysis which is the ensemble median
- long_name: Length of string array for names of inputs
- var_id: field_name_length
- names: Length of string array for names of inputs
- long_name: Number of contributing analyses
- var_id: analysis_number
- names: Number of contributing analyses
- units: kelvin
- long_name: Standard deviation of input analyses
- var_id: standard_deviation
- names: Standard deviation of input analyses
- units: kelvin
- long_name: median SST from GMPE
- standard_name: sea_surface_foundation_temperature
- var_id: analysed_sst
- names: median SST from GMPE, sea_surface_foundation_temperature
- long_name: name of the contributing L4 analyses
- var_id: field_name
- names: name of the contributing L4 analyses
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: lat
- names: latitude
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: lon
- names: longitude
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- long_name: reference time of sst field
- names: time, reference time of sst field
Temporal Range
1981-09-01T00:00:00
2016-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |