Table · dataset · 2026
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Binned 11µm Nighttime Sea Surface Temperature (NSST) Data, version R2019.0
Listed in NASA Data Portal
NSST provides global nighttime sea surface temperature estimates derived from thermal infrared observations acquired during local night to minimize diurnal warming and sun glint.
Description
Nighttime SST is widely used to detect ocean fronts, support fisheries habitat models (when paired with chlor_a, Kd_490, PAR), and provide stable inputs for air–sea fluxes and climate analyses. As with all IR-based SST, uncertainties increase under thin clouds, heavy aerosols/dust, or strong thermal gradients—refer to per-file flags and documentation 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 search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1615905766-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/C1615905766-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-nighttime-sea-sur… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=daad7522-753a-4bd8-a31d-7298d6e08… ↗
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 |
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| NASA Data Portal | daad7522-753a-4bd8-a31d-7298d6e0898b | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
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| 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 |