Table · dataset · 2026
Terra MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped 11µm Daytime Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Data, version R2019.0
Listed in NASA Data Portal
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
- Resource oceandata.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/MODIST/L3SMI ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1615934288-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%20Mapped/Terra-MODIS ↗
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- Resource earthdata.nasa.gov/data/platforms/space-based-platforms/Terra ↗
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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/C1615934288-OB_DAAC.iso19115 ↗
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/terra-modis-level-3-global-mapped-11m-daytime-sea-surf… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=d8358a27-d694-4da9-87e9-5517032b5… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Data Portal | d8358a27-d694-4da9-87e9-5517032b5bcf | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| title | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 |