AVHRR (MetOp-1/2) Level 2/3

  1. Satellite Data Products
  2. Sea Surface Temperature
  3. NOAA Heritage
  4. AVHRR (MetOp-1/2) Level 2/3
Updated: November 16, 2020
Data are available through the following servers:
Service Resource Locator
HTML

http://coastwatch.noaa.gov/cw_html/NearRealTimeSearch.html?region=ALL&product=sst&sensor=AVHRR&daysback=1&desc=sat

FTP
(anonymous)

ftp://ftpcoastwatch.noaa.gov/pub/socd1/coastwatch/products/avhrr/L2/ [Swath]

ftp://ftpcoastwatch.noaa.gov/pub/socd1/coastwatch/products/avhrr/L3/ [Mapped Regions]

[Please acknowledge "NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch" when you use data from our site and cite the particular dataset DOI as appropriate.]

Mapped, Level 3 for "heritage" CoastWatch regions.

KeyDescription
Platform/Sensor

NOAA-18 / AVHRR -- discontinued February 1, 2021
NOAA-19 / AVHRR -- discontinued February 1, 2021
Metop-A / AVHRR
Metop-B / AVHRR
Measurement/Products

Measurement Oceans > Sea Surface Temperature > Sub-skin SST
DOI

n/a
Short Name

AVHRR_L2, AVHRR_L3
Sample Filename

2016_300_1446_n19_ax.hdf [YYYY_JJJ_HHMM_PPP_RR.[png, tif, hdf]
Dataset Type

n/a
Processing Level

L2 / L3
Spatial Coverage

CW Regions
Temporal Coverage

Near real-time + 3 days
Latency

Near real-time
Resolution

4km @Nadir; ~30km @swath edge
Projection

L2 Satellite native swath / WGS84
L3 Mapped Mercator / WGS84
Swath Width

~2,800 km
Sample Frequency

2 scan lines per 1 second
Temporal Repeat

Twice Daily
Orbital Period

Various
Orbit

101 Minutes
Data Provider

Creator: NOAA OSPO
Release Place: Suitland, MD, USA
Formats

PNG, TIFF, HDF
Keywords

NOAA, AVHRR, ACSPO, sea surface temperature, SST, CoastWatch