A long-term record of blended satellite and in situ sea-surface temperature for climate monitoring, modeling and environmental studies

This paper describes a blended sea-surface temperature (SST) data set that is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Data Record (CDR) program product suite. Using optimum interpolation (OI), in situ and satellite observations are combined on a daily and 0.25° spa...

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Main Authors: V. Banzon, T. M. Smith, T. M. Chin, C. Liu, W. Hankins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Earth System Science Data
Online Access:http://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/8/165/2016/essd-8-165-2016.pdf