Table · dataset · 2026
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Binned 11µm Datime Sea Surface Temperature(SST) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version R2019.0
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The Ocean Biology DAAC produces near real-time (NRT) products using the best-available combination of ancillary data from meteorological and ozone data.
Description
As such, the inputs and the calibration used are less than optimal. Near real-time products provide a snapshot of the data during a short time period within a single orbit.
SST provides global sea surface temperature derived primarily from thermal infrared observations during daytime. 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.
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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
- Resource search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1641945804-OB_DAAC ↗
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- Resource oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/reprocessing ↗
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- PDF oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/files/obdaac-ancillary-data-sources.pdf ↗
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- Resource oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/directdataaccess/Level-3%20Binned/Aqua-MODIS ↗
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- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/data/platforms/space-based-platforms/Aqua ↗
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- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/MODIS ↗
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- Resource nasa.github.io/oceandata-notebooks ↗
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- PDF oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/files/atbd/legacy/atbd-obdaac-long-wave-sea-surface-temperatur… ↗
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- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1641945804-OB_DAAC.iso19115 ↗
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/aqua-modis-level-3-global-binned-11m-day-night-sea-sur… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=6cfdf4ce-5662-4182-8c51-d6249ab24… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Oceanography 69%
Provenance · 1 source records, 11 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| NASA Data Portal | 6cfdf4ce-5662-4182-8c51-d6249ab244d0 | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3708 | enrichment · data nasa gov | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /notes |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
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