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Full resolution Metop Sea Surface Temperature metagranules
| IDENTIFICATION |
| Description | Metop/AVHRR full resolution (1 km at nadir) sub-skin Sea Surface Temperature granules. Granules are disseminated every 3 minutes. |
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| Product type | Near real time product |  |
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| Status | Operational |
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| Identifier | OSI-204-b |
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| Acronym | MGR SST |
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| Acronym for EDC (APNM) | MGR SST |
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| Product navigator reference | EO:EUM:DAT:METOP:MGR-SST |
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| CHARACTERISTICS |
| Processing level | L2P |
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| Satellite input | Metop-B/AVHRR |
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| Other input | ECMWF outputs (temperature, humidity and aerosols profiles) |
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| Frequency | 480 per day (each 3min) |
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| Timeliness | 4h |
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| Spatial coverage | Global |
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| Spatial sampling | 1km |
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| Projection | Swath |
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| Characteristics & methods | Subskin temperature; multispectral algorithm + use of NWP output |
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| ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS |
| Thresold accuracy | monthly bias : 1°c, Sdt Deviation : 1,5°c |
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| Target accuracy | monthly bias : 0,5°c, Sdt Deviation : 0,8°c |
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| Optimal accuracy | monthly bias : 0,1°c, Sdt Deviation : 0,3°c |
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| Verification/validation method | routine comparison with drifting buoy measurements |
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| VIEW MORE |
DOCUMENTATION |
| Product User Manual | PUM |
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| Live production status | Status | Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document | ATBD |
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| Last products at a glance | Quicklook | Scientific Validation Report | SVR |
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| Continuous monitoring | Quality |
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| HISTORY, COMMENTS |
This product format is compliant with the Data Specification (GDS) version 2 from the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperatures (GHRSST).
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| Authorised to be operational/released | 28/06/2011 |
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| Declared operational/released | 28/06/2011 |
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| On EUMETCast since | 28/06/2011 |
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