Meteosat Sea Surface Temperature
| IDENTIFICATION |
| Product type | Near real time product |  |
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| Status | Operational |
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| Identifier | OSI-206-a |
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| Acronym | MET SST |
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| Acronym for EDC (APNM) | MET SST, OSIHSST |
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| Product navigator reference | EO:EUM:DAT:METEOSAT:OSIHSST |
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| CHARACTERISTICS |
| Processing level | L3C |
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| Satellite input | Meteosat-11/SEVIRI |
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| Other input | NWP outputs (temperature and humidity profiles, aerosols optical depth), Sea Surface Temperature analysis (OSTIA), cloud mask |
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| Frequency | 24 per day |
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| Timeliness | 3h |
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| Spatial coverage | East Atlantic, West Indian: 60N-60S 60W-60E |
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| Spatial sampling | 0.05° Lat-Lon |
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| Projection | cylindrical equidistant |
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| Characteristics & methods | Subskin temperature; multispectral algorithms + bias correction |
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| ACCURACY REQUIREMENTS |
| Thresold accuracy | monthly bias : 1 K, Sdt Deviation : 1.5 K |
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| Target accuracy | Bias : 0.5 K, sdt Deviation : 1 K |
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| Optimal accuracy | monthly bias : 0.1 K, Sdt Deviation : 0.5 K |
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| Verification/validation method | routine comparison with drifting buoy measurements |
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| VIEW MORE |
DOCUMENTATION |
| Product web page | Description | 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 |
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| Continuous monitoring | Quality |
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| HISTORY, COMMENTS |
- Replaced OSI-206 based on Meteosat-10 input on 20 February 2018
- Using cloud mask from NWC SAF software v2016
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| Declared operational/released | 20/02/2018 |
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| On EUMETCast since | 20/02/2018 |
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| In EDC since | 20/02/2018 |
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| First product date | 20/02/2018 |
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