Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis
Original (non-English) name
Acronym
OSTIA
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Abstract
The Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Ice Analysis (OSTIA) system produces high resolution analysis and intercomparison products for the sea surface temperature (SST) of the global ocean from satellite and and insitu data. Products include foundation SST (the SST from which the diurnal cycle grows), hourly skin SST and the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST) Multi-Product Ensemble (GMPE). Data are made available in netCDF file format following the GHRSST data specification. Near real time and historical reprocessings are available. More about the different types of SST, GMPE and the GHRSST file specification can be found at the GHRSST website (external link).