| Summary: | Retrievals of skin Sea-Surface Temperature (SST<sub>skin</sub>) from the measurements of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite are presented and discussed. The algorithms used to derive the SST<sub>skin</sub> from the radiometric measurements are given in detail. A number of approaches to assess the accuracy and stability of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) SST<sub>skin </sub>retrievals are reported, and factors including latitude and season, and physical processes in the atmosphere and at the surface are discussed. We conclude that the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) VIIRS is capable of matching and improving upon the accuracies of SST<sub>skin</sub> from the MODISs on <i>Terra</i> and <i>Aqua</i>, and that the VIIRS SST<sub>skin</sub> fields have the potential to contribute to the extension of the satellite-derived Climate Data Records of SST into the future.
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