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Grid DAP Data | Sub- set | Table DAP Data | Make A Graph | W M S | Source Data Files | Title | Sum- mary | FGDC, ISO, Metadata | Back- ground Info | RSS | Institution | Dataset ID |
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data | graph | Sea Surface Temperature, S-NPP VIIRS, Near Real-Time, Daily Merge, ~1km, Gulf of America (mercator) | ![]() | M | background![]() | ![]() | NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO | noaacwNPPnightsstgm05 |
Row Type | Variable Name | Attribute Name | Data Type | Value |
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attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cdm_data_type | String | Grid |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | Conventions | String | CF-1.10, COARDS, ACDD-1.3 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_email | String | veronica.lance at noaa.gov |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_name | String | Veronica Lance |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_type | String | person |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | creator_url | String | http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov![]() |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | crs_wkt | String | PROJCS["WGS 84 / World Mercator",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Mercator_1SP"],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3395"]] |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cw_pass_type | String | day/night |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cw_polygon_latitude | double | 31.011202805616843, 31.011202805616843, 31.011202805616843, 31.011202805616843, 31.011202805616843, 27.657400535179807, 24.19634433947558, 20.637649649963503, 16.992721384236127, 16.992721384236127, 16.992721384236127, 16.992721384236127, 16.992721384236127, 20.637649649963503, 24.19634433947558, 27.657400535179807, 31.011202805616843 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cw_polygon_longitude | double | -99.0148528479077, -94.00835761487637, -89.00186238184503, -83.9953671488137, -78.98887191578237, -78.98887191578237, -78.98887191578237, -78.98887191578237, -78.98887191578237, -83.9953671488137, -89.00186238184503, -94.00835761487637, -99.0148528479077, -99.0148528479077, -99.0148528479077, -99.0148528479077, -99.0148528479077 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cw_projection | String | Mercator |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cw_satellite | String | S-NPP |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cw_sensor | String | VIIRS |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cw_software_name | String | ACSPO |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cw_software_version | String | 2.80 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | cw_swath_sync_lines | int | 1, 1, 1, 1 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | date_created | String | 2025-04-07T07:37:26Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_bounds | String | POLYGON((-99.014853 31.011203,-94.008358 31.011203,-89.001862 31.011203,-83.995367 31.011203,-78.988872 31.011203,-78.988872 27.657401,-78.988872 24.196344,-78.988872 20.63765,-78.988872 16.992721,-83.995367 16.992721,-89.001862 16.992721,-94.008358 16.992721,-99.014853 16.992721,-99.014853 20.63765,-99.014853 24.196344,-99.014853 27.657401,-99.014853 31.011203)) |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_vertical_max | double | 0.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_vertical_min | double | 0.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_vertical_positive | String | up |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | geospatial_vertical_units | String | m |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_crs_wkt | String | PROJCS["WGS 84 / World Mercator",GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]],PROJECTION["Mercator_1SP"],PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],PARAMETER["false_easting",0],PARAMETER["false_northing",0],UNIT["metre",1,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9001"]],AXIS["Easting",EAST],AXIS["Northing",NORTH],AUTHORITY["EPSG","3395"]] |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_false_easting | double | 0.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_false_northing | double | 0.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_inverse_flattening | double | 298.257223563 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_longitude_of_projection_origin | double | 0.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_name | String | mercator |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_proj4text | String | +proj=merc +lon_0=0 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_semi_major_axis | double | 6378137.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_srid | String | EPSG:3395 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | grid_mapping_standard_parallel | double | 0.0 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | history | String | [cwutils 4.0.1.7 20240513_133416] cwcomposite --pedantic --coherent sea_surface_temperature/latitude --optimal satellite_zenith_angle/minabs --method optimal --inputs - --match ^(sses_bias|latitude|satellite_zenith_angle|longitude|sses_standard_deviation|l2p_flags|sea_surface_temperature)$ /home/pub/svc_cwatch/aps/aps_a/browse/lvl4/modis/coastwatch/hdf/VSSTNCW_B2025096_C2_065001_083000_GM05_mixed_seasurfacetemperature.hdf [cwutils 4.0.1.7 20240513_133416] cwgraphics /home/pub/svc_cwatch/aps/aps_a/browse/lvl4/modis/coastwatch/hdf/VSSTNCW_B2025096_C2_065001_083000_GM05_mixed_seasurfacetemperature.hdf |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | infoUrl | String | http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov![]() |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | institution | String | NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | instrument | String | VIIRS |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | keywords | String | altitude, bias, cols, daily, data, day, deviation, earth, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature, environmental, error, estimate, flags, graphics, imager, imager/radiometer, imaging, information, infrared, l2p, l2p_flags, latitude, longitude, merge, national, nesdis, noaa, npp, ocean, oceans, office, operations, optical, optical properties, orbiting, osdpd, ospo, overlay, partnership, planes, polar, polar-orbiting, product, properties, quality, radiometer, rows, s-npp, satellite, science, sea, sea_surface_subskin_temperature, sea_surface_temperature, seasurfacetemperature, sensor, service, single, skin, sses, sses_bias, sses_standard_deviation, sst, standard, statistics, sub, sub-skin, subskin, suite, surface, swath_latitude, swath_longitude, temperature, time, viirs, visible |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | keywords_vocabulary | String | GCMD Science Keywords |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | license | String | GHRSST protocol describes data use as free and open |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | naming_authority | String | org.ghrsst |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | OBSERVED_PROPERTY | String | sea_surface_temperature |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | platform | String | S-NPP |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | processing_level | String | L2P |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | proj4text | String | +proj=merc +lon_0=0 +k=1 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | project | String | Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_email | String | ghrsst-po at nceo.ac.uk |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_name | String | The GHRSST Project Office |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_type | String | group |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | publisher_url | String | https://www.ghrsst.org![]() |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | source | String | S-NPP_VIIRS_seasurfacetemperature |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | sourceUrl | String | (local files) |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | srid | String | EPSG:3395 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | standard_name_vocabulary | String | CF Standard Name Table v79 |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | summary | String | Sea surface temperature retrievals produced by NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) office from Visible and Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | testOutOfDate | String | now-5days |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_end | String | 2025-04-06T07:45:00Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | time_coverage_start | String | 2022-03-23T07:59:59Z |
attribute | NC_GLOBAL | title | String | Sea Surface Temperature, S-NPP VIIRS, Near Real-Time, Daily Merge, ~1km, Gulf of America (mercator) |
dimension | time | double | nValues=953, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=1 day 3h 58m 59s | |
attribute | time | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Time |
attribute | time | actual_range | double | 1.6480223995E9, 1.7439255E9 |
attribute | time | axis | String | T |
attribute | time | calendar | String | gregorian |
attribute | time | ioos_category | String | Time |
attribute | time | long_name | String | Centered Time |
attribute | time | standard_name | String | time |
attribute | time | time_origin | String | 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00 |
attribute | time | units | String | seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z |
dimension | altitude | double | nValues=1, onlyValue=0.0 | |
attribute | altitude | _CoordinateAxisType | String | Height |
attribute | altitude | _CoordinateZisPositive | String | up |
attribute | altitude | actual_range | double | 0.0, 0.0 |
attribute | altitude | axis | String | Z |
attribute | altitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
attribute | altitude | long_name | String | Altitude |
attribute | altitude | positive | String | up |
attribute | altitude | standard_name | String | altitude |
attribute | altitude | units | String | m |
dimension | rows | double | nValues=2045, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=-0.8340000000000001 | |
attribute | rows | actual_range | double | 1907.497, 3612.193 |
attribute | rows | axis | String | Y |
attribute | rows | ioos_category | String | Location |
attribute | rows | long_name | String | Northing of Pixel Centers |
attribute | rows | standard_name | String | projection_y_coordinate |
attribute | rows | units | String | km |
dimension | cols | double | nValues=2674, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=0.8339999999999997 | |
attribute | cols | actual_range | double | -11022.283, -8793.001 |
attribute | cols | axis | String | X |
attribute | cols | ioos_category | String | Location |
attribute | cols | long_name | String | Easting of Pixel Centers |
attribute | cols | standard_name | String | projection_x_coordinate |
attribute | cols | units | String | km |
variable | l2p_flags | short | time, altitude, rows, cols | |
attribute | l2p_flags | _FillValue | short | 32767 |
attribute | l2p_flags | colorBarMaximum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | l2p_flags | colorBarMinimum | double | -15000.0 |
attribute | l2p_flags | flag_masks | short | 1, 2, 4, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, -16384 |
attribute | l2p_flags | flag_meanings | String | microwave land ice invalid day land twilight glint ice probably_clear_or_cloudy_or_undefined |
attribute | l2p_flags | ioos_category | String | Quality |
attribute | l2p_flags | long_name | String | L2P flags |
attribute | l2p_flags | valid_max | short | 32767 |
attribute | l2p_flags | valid_min | short | -32768 |
variable | swath_latitude | float | time, altitude, rows, cols | |
attribute | swath_latitude | _FillValue | float | NaN |
attribute | swath_latitude | colorBarMaximum | double | 90.0 |
attribute | swath_latitude | colorBarMinimum | double | -90.0 |
attribute | swath_latitude | cw_fraction_digits | int | 4 |
attribute | swath_latitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
attribute | swath_latitude | long_name | String | Latitude |
attribute | swath_latitude | missing_value | float | NaN |
attribute | swath_latitude | units | String | degrees_north |
variable | swath_longitude | float | time, altitude, rows, cols | |
attribute | swath_longitude | _FillValue | float | NaN |
attribute | swath_longitude | colorBarMaximum | double | 180.0 |
attribute | swath_longitude | colorBarMinimum | double | -180.0 |
attribute | swath_longitude | cw_fraction_digits | int | 4 |
attribute | swath_longitude | ioos_category | String | Location |
attribute | swath_longitude | long_name | String | Longitude |
attribute | swath_longitude | missing_value | float | NaN |
attribute | swath_longitude | units | String | degrees_east |
variable | sea_surface_temperature | double | time, altitude, rows, cols | |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | _FillValue | double | -327.67999877929685 |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | colorBarMaximum | double | 32.0 |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | cw_atmospheric_correction | String | Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO)-VIIRS |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | cw_fraction_digits | int | 14 |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | ioos_category | String | Temperature |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | long_name | String | sea surface sub-skin temperature |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | missing_value | double | -327.67999877929685 |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | source | String | NOAA |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | standard_name | String | sea_surface_subskin_temperature |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | units | String | degree_C |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | valid_max | double | 327.66998657248917 |
attribute | sea_surface_temperature | valid_min | double | -2.0000060588121187 |
variable | sses_bias | double | time, altitude, rows, cols | |
attribute | sses_bias | _FillValue | double | -2.0480000972747803 |
attribute | sses_bias | colorBarMaximum | double | 5.0 |
attribute | sses_bias | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | sses_bias | cw_fraction_digits | int | 15 |
attribute | sses_bias | ioos_category | String | Statistics |
attribute | sses_bias | long_name | String | SSES bias estimate |
attribute | sses_bias | missing_value | double | -2.0480000972747803 |
attribute | sses_bias | units | String | degree_C |
attribute | sses_bias | valid_max | double | 2.032000096514821 |
attribute | sses_bias | valid_min | double | -2.032000096514821 |
variable | sses_standard_deviation | double | time, altitude, rows, cols | |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | _FillValue | double | -0.2799999713897705 |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | colorBarMaximum | double | 5.0 |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | cw_fraction_digits | int | 15 |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | ioos_category | String | Statistics |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | long_name | String | SSES standard deviation |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | missing_value | double | -0.2799999713897705 |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | units | String | degree_C |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | valid_max | double | 2.269999971613288 |
attribute | sses_standard_deviation | valid_min | double | -0.2699999716132879 |
variable | graphics | ubyte | time, altitude, rows, cols | |
attribute | graphics | _FillValue | ubyte | 0 |
attribute | graphics | colorBarMaximum | double | 20.0 |
attribute | graphics | colorBarMinimum | double | 0.0 |
attribute | graphics | ioos_category | String | Optical Properties |
attribute | graphics | long_name | String | graphics overlay planes |
attribute | graphics | missing_value | ubyte | 0 |
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