Papahanaumokuakea Marine Monument Sea Surface Temperature 293 Megabytes Papa_PathFinder_SST_Day.nc.gz Sea Surface Temperature

Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is derived from polar-orbiting weather satellite data acquired by
multiple generations of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). Daytime SST
data are used for this application.

The long-term climate data record (CDR) is called Pathfinder Sea Surface Temperature V 5.2 and
can be found at: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/operationalcdrs.html

Period of Record: 08/24/1981 – 12/31/2010
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Spatial Resolution: 4.6 x 4.6 km

Information and Archive Location: www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/pathfinder4km/ ]]> Top of Clouds Temperature 821 Megabytes Papa_GridSat_Irwin.nc.gz Top of Cloud Brightness Temperature

Brightness Temperature (Tb) is the equivalent of radiance as seen by infrared channels (or windows)
of an imager, in the case in geostationary orbit.

These data are collected from multiple imagers in geostationary orbit spanning three decades. They
are processed consistently and gridded, as a climate data record (CDR) and can be found at:
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/operationalcdrs.html under the name GridSat-1B.

At sensor brightness temperature can be used to infer clouds in the 11 micron window (infrared).
A warmer at-sensor Tb indicates a brighter target in the window.

Period of Record: 01/01/1980 – 12/31/2010
Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly
Spatial Resolution: 0.07 x0.07 deg

Archive Location: data.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog.html?dataset=gridsat-physical ]]> MODIS Ocean Color 15 Megabytes Papa_Modis_OceanColor.nc.gz ]]> Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Sea Surface Height 669 Kilobytes Farallones_AltTideGage_SSH.nc.gz Sea Surface Height

Sea Surface Height (SSH) data are generated from polar-orbiting satellites and shuttle data from
the POSEIDON radar altimeters, along with tide gauge data for the grid fields close to shore.

Period of Record: 10/14/1992 - 11/4/2009
Temporal Resolution: Weekly
Spatial Resolution: 0.25 x 0.25 deg

Archive Location: podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/ALT_TIDE_GAUGE_L4_OST_SLA_US_WEST_COAST/

Journal Reference: Saraceno, M., P. T. Strub, and P. M. Kosro (2008), Estimates of sea surface
"height and near-surface alongshore coastal currents from combinations of altimeters and tide
gauges, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C11013, doi: 10.1029/2008JC004756 ]]> Sea Surface Temperature 72 Megabytes Farallones_PathFinder_SST.nc.gz Sea Surface Temperature

Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is derived from polar-orbiting weather satellite data acquired by
multiple generations of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). Daytime SST
data are used for this application.

The long-term climate data record (CDR) is called Pathfinder Sea Surface Temperature V 5.2 and
can be found at: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/operationalcdrs.html

Period of Record: 08/24/1981 – 12/31/2010
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Spatial Resolution: 4.6 x 4.6 km

Information and Archive Location: www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/pathfinder4km/ ]]> Top of Clouds Temperature 203 Megabytes Farallones_GridSat_Irwin.nc.gz Top of Cloud Brightness Temperature

Brightness Temperature (Tb) is the equivalent of radiance as seen by infrared channels (or windows)
of an imager, in the case in geostationary orbit.

These data are collected from multiple imagers in geostationary orbit spanning three decades. They
are processed consistently and gridded, as a climate data record (CDR) and can be found at:
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/operationalcdrs.html under the name GridSat-1B.

At sensor brightness temperature can be used to infer clouds in the 11 micron window (infrared).
A warmer at-sensor Tb indicates a brighter target in the window.

Period of Record: 01/01/1980 – 12/31/2010
Temporal Resolution: 3-hourly
Spatial Resolution: 0.07 x0.07 deg

Archive Location: data.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog.html?dataset=gridsat-physical ]]> SeaWifs Ocean Color 15 Megabytes Farallones_SeaWifs_OceanColor.nc.gz ]]> MODIS Ocean Color 15 Megabytes Farallones_Modis_OceanColor.nc.gz ]]>