Table · dataset · 2026
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Binned 4µm Day/Night Sea Surface Temperature (SST4) Data, version R2019.0
Listed in NASA Data Portal
SST4 provides sea surface temperature retrieved from the mid-wave IR bands near 4 µm (∼3.7–4.1 µm).
Description
These channels are typically used at night (to avoid solar contamination) and can offer reduced sensitivity to atmospheric water vapor compared with long-wave (11/12 µm) split-window SST, making SST4 a valuable complement in humid or tropical conditions. Geophysical variables in this suite include: - qual_sst4 — Quality levels for 4 µm Sea Surface Temperature (integer quality flag) – “qual_sst4” is used to output quality for SST4. - sst4 — 4 µm Sea Surface Temperature (°C) – skin SST product from short-wave IR bands.
Links
Get the data
- Resource search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1615905768-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-short-wave-sea-surface-temperatu… ↗
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- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1615905768-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-4m-nighttime-sea-surf… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=4bba3cca-4d7d-48ba-8a28-2b08d0509… ↗
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 | 4bba3cca-4d7d-48ba-8a28-2b08d0509b9b | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
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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 |