GHRSST Level 2P Gridded Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from WindSat polarimetric radiometer on the Coriolis satellite (GDS version 1)

Description

This dataset contains sea surface temperature derived from observations made by the WindSat Polarimetric Radiometer developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and launched on 6 January 2003 aboard the Department of Defense Coriolis satellite. This radiometer is well-calibrated and contains the lower frequency channels required for SST retrievals. The radiometer operates in 5 discrete bands: 6.8, 10.7, 18.7, 23.8 and 37.0 GHz. The 10.7, 18.7 and 37.0 GHz bands are fully polarimetric whereas the 6.8 and 23.8 GHz bands have only dual polarization. The feedhorns of each frequency band trace out different arcs along the bench, therefore the Earth Incidence Angles (EIA) are different for each frequency band. Unlike previous radiometers, the WindSat sensor takes observations during both the forward and aft looking scans. This makes the WindSat geometry of the earth view swath quite different and significantly more complicated than the other passive microwave sensors. The Remote Sensing Systems (RSS, or REMSS) WindSat dataset is the only one available that uses both the fore and aft look directions which results in a wider swath and more complicated swath geometry visible in the provided maps. RSS produces these SST data for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Project. In the data processing chain, a first stage produces a near-real-time (NRT) dataset (identified with a "rt" within the file name) which is made as available as soon as possible. A later second stage produces a final dataset (identified by "v7" within the file name) that contains more data than the NRT version. In this dataset, both ascending (evening time) and descending (morning time) gridded orbital passes are packaged into the same daily file.Although the product designation is "L2P_GRIDDED" it is in actuality a Level 3 Collated (L3C) product as defined in the GHRSST Data Processing Specification (GDS) version 2.0. Its "L2P_GRIDDED" name derives from a deprecated specification in the early Pilot Project phase of GHRSST (pre 2008) and has remained for file naming continuity.

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0 Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). https://data.noaa.gov/onestop/collections/granules/AWbxL1mvmm6hJphmMEPr
0 Institution web page https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
14 Institution web page http://www.remss.com
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0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Report https://doi.org/10.25923/y015-qk70
0 Institution web page https://library.noaa.gov/
33 Online document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222/data/0-data/user-guides/GHRSSTUserGuidev91.pdf
33 Online document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222/data/0-data/project-documents/GDS20r5.pdf
0 chapter in book https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_2
33 online document http://images.remss.com/papers/windsat/WindSat_stability.pdf
21 REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-WSAT https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1653649480-PODAAC.html
0 conference proceedings https://doi.org/10.1109/oceans.2005.1639750
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-WSAT
21 These data are available through a variety of services via a THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) Data Server (TDS). Depending on the dataset, the TDS can provide WMS, WCS, DAP, HTTP, and other data access and metadata services as well. For more information on the TDS, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/tds/. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds-ocean/catalog/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/catalog.html
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0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/
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0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-WSAT
0 Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). https://data.noaa.gov/onestop/collections/granules/AWbxL1mvmm6hJphmMEPr
21 These data are available through a variety of services via a THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) Data Server (TDS). Depending on the dataset, the TDS can provide WMS, WCS, DAP, HTTP, and other data access and metadata services as well. For more information on the TDS, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/tds/. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds-ocean/catalog/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/catalog.html
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.remss.com/
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0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Report https://doi.org/10.25923/y015-qk70
33 Online document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222/data/0-data/user-guides/GHRSSTUserGuidev91.pdf
33 Online document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222/data/0-data/project-documents/GDS20r5.pdf
0 conference proceedings https://doi.org/10.1109/oceans.2005.1639750
0 chapter in book https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_2
33 online document http://images.remss.com/papers/windsat/WindSat_stability.pdf
21 REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-WSAT https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1653649480-PODAAC.html
0 project documentation https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). https://data.noaa.gov/onestop/collections/granules/AWbxL1mvmm6hJphmMEPr
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.remss.com/
0 Institution web page https://www.remss.com/
0 Institution web page https://www.remss.com/
0 Institution web page https://www.remss.com/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Report https://doi.org/10.25923/y015-qk70
33 Online document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222/data/0-data/user-guides/GHRSSTUserGuidev91.pdf
33 Online document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222/data/0-data/project-documents/GDS20r5.pdf
0 conference proceedings https://doi.org/10.1109/oceans.2005.1639750
0 chapter in book https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_2
33 online document http://images.remss.com/papers/windsat/WindSat_stability.pdf
21 REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-WSAT https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1653649480-PODAAC.html
0 project documentation https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-WSAT
21 These data are available through a variety of services via a THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) Data Server (TDS). Depending on the dataset, the TDS can provide WMS, WCS, DAP, HTTP, and other data access and metadata services as well. For more information on the TDS, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/tds/. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds-ocean/catalog/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/catalog.html
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Search for data granules belonging to this collection (a granule is the smallest aggregation of data that can be independently described and retrieved). https://data.noaa.gov/onestop/collections/granules/AWbxL1mvmm6hJphmMEPr
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/
0 Institution web page https://www.remss.com/
0 Institution web page https://www.remss.com/
0 Institution web page https://www.remss.com/
0 Institution web page https://www.remss.com/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
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0 NOAA Central Library: Technical Report https://doi.org/10.25923/y015-qk70
33 Online document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222/data/0-data/user-guides/GHRSSTUserGuidev91.pdf
33 Online document https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222/data/0-data/project-documents/GDS20r5.pdf
0 conference proceedings https://doi.org/10.1109/oceans.2005.1639750
0 chapter in book https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_2
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/GHRSST-REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-WSAT
33 online document http://images.remss.com/papers/windsat/WindSat_stability.pdf
0 project documentation https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0123222
21 These data are available through a variety of services via a THREDDS (Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services) Data Server (TDS). Depending on the dataset, the TDS can provide WMS, WCS, DAP, HTTP, and other data access and metadata services as well. For more information on the TDS, see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/thredds/current/tds/. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds-ocean/catalog/ghrsst/L2P_GRIDDED/WSAT/REMSS/catalog.html
21 REMSS-L2P_GRIDDED_25-WSAT https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1653649480-PODAAC.html

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