Array · collection · 2025
Terra MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped 11µm Daytime Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Data, version R2019.0
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
SST provides global sea surface temperature derived primarily from thermal infrared observations during daytime.
Description
Users apply SST to detect fronts and eddies, monitor marine heatwaves, drive ecosystem and habitat models (when paired with chlor_a, Kd_490, PAR), and provide boundary conditions for biogeochemical and climate analyses. Note that IR-based SST is sensitive to clouds, aerosols, and diurnal warming; for minimum diurnal effects, pair with NSST (nighttime SST) and refer to per-file flags before analysis.
Geophysical variables in this suite include: - sst — Sea Surface Temperature (°C) - qual_sst — Quality levels for Sea Surface Temperature (integer quality flag)
Links
Get the data
- NASA's Ocean Color Web - Data Distribution Site oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/directdataaccess/Level-3%20Mapped/Terra-MODIS ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C1615934288-OB_DAAC ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- nasa.github.io /oceandata-notebooks ↗
Satellite data procesing can be difficult. We're here to help! Visit the Oceandata Help Hub to navigate learning content for accessing visualizing, and analyzing data products.
documentation · from NASA CMR
- Terra Homepage earthdata.nasa.gov/data/platforms/space-based-platforms/Terra ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
- MODIS Homepage earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/MODIS ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
- oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov /files/atbd/legacy/atbd-obdaac-long-wave-sea-surface-temperatur… ↗
Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for 11µm Daytime Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
documentation · from NASA CMR
- View the version history of this product. oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/reprocessing ↗
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1615934288-OB_DAAC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov /opendap/MODIST/L3SMI ↗
OPeNDAP Site for Terra MODIS Standard Mapped Image (SMI) Product
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1615934288-OB_DAAC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
Related
Provenance · 1 source records, 12 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1615934288-OB_DAAC | 11 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:modis | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/oceans/ocean-temperature/sea-surface-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:terra | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |