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Sea surface temperature data from NASA range from near-real-time retrospective Level 4 datasets to biogeochemical ocean model data. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the data they need to learn more about sea surface temperatures and what they mean for weather, climate, and ocean habitats and wildlife.

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
GHRSST Level 2P Western Atlantic Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) Imager on the GOES-13 satellite (GDS version 2) GOES-15 GOES-15 Imager 2013-08-01 to 2018-01-08 GLOBAL, ATLANTIC OCEAN netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 2P Western Pacific Regional Skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Multifunctional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2) (GDS version 2) MTSAT-2 MTSAT 2 Imager 2013-08-01 to 2015-12-04 WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C Atlantic sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on MSG at 0 degree longitude (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF MSG SEVIRI 2004-06-01 BALTIC SEA netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C Indian-Ocean (IO) sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) on MSG in GDS2 format produced by OSISAF MSG SEVIRI 2017-03-28 INDIAN OCEAN netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from Metop/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF METOP-B AVHRR-3 2016-01-06 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, BLACK SEA netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2013-11-11 to 2020-11-20 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, BLACK SEA netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) subskin Sea Surface Temperature from SNPP/VIIRS and Metop-A/AVHRR (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF METOP-A AVHRR-3 2013-06-04 to 2016-11-22 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, BLACK SEA netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C North Atlantic Regional Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on NOAA-19 (GDS2 version) NOAA-20 AVHRR-3 2013-06-04 to 2013-11-20 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, BLACK SEA netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3C sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES 13) Imager in East position (GDS V2) produced by OSI SAF GOES-13 GOES-13 Imager 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-14 BLACK SEA netCDF-4
GHRSST Level 3U Global Global Near-Real Subskin Sea Surface Temperature version 8.2 (v8.2) from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) on the GCOM-W satellite by REMSS GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2012-07-02 GLOBAL netCDF-4
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Featured Sea Surface Temperature: VIIRS
The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) and NOAA-20 platforms. VIIRS collects global visible and infrared imagery and other observations across Earth including over the ocean.
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True color corrected reflectance image of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the VIIRS instrument aboard the NOAA-21 satellite

From MODIS to VIIRS: Continuing the Legacy

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) will help ensure continuity of Earth observations after the upcoming retirement of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).

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