Satellite Oceanography at NODC

***ANNOUNCEMENT 09 September 2011: NODC Releases AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5.2***

The NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) is pleased to release the AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5.2 (PFV52) sea surface temperature data set. This new version of Pathfinder includes substantial updates to the data format, content, and metadata. While previous versions of Pathfinder, including V5.0 and V5.0, were in HDF-SDS format, the new Version 5.2 is in CF-compliant netCDF-4, conforming to the GHRSST Data Specification Version 2 (GDS2.0). See http://pathfinder.nodc.noaa.gov for more information. To keep abreast of all Pathfinder news, subscribe to the Pathfinder RSS feed.

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Welcome to the Satellite Oceanography Group at the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The primary goal of the NODC satellite group is to provide scientific stewardship of satellite-derived oceanographic datasets and analyses. The group pursues this goal by developing consistently-processed, satellite-based climate data records and applying them to various scientific problems. The satellite group at NODC focuses on three of the key functions of satellite data stewardship: (1) Generating authoritative long-term records through satellite data reprocessing efforts; (2) Using those climate data records to place the current state of the environment in its proper historical perspective; and (3) Insuring the data are properly archived and easily accessed by a wide range of users.

If you know what you are looking for already, follow these links to access our Pathfinder, GHRSST and Jason-2/OSTM products (and other datasets managed by NODC, like Argo floats, the World Ocean Atlas, and more!) via http, ftp, OPeNDAP or THREDDS:

• HTTP: http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/
• FTP: ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/
• OPeNDAP http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap/
• THREDDS http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/thredds/

Otherwise, please follow the links below for more information and access to current NODC Satellite data products and activities:

4 km AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5.2 SST Group for High-Resolution SST (GHRSST) Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM) Archive Geosat Exact Repeat Mission (ERM) 9-Track Tape Altimetry SDR Data Recovery Ocean Color Archive Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) Satellite Data Animations Satellite Climatologies NODC Satellite Group Job Openings NODC Satellite Group Data Formats NODC Satellite Group RSS Feeds