One month of consecutive night-time periods provides sea surface temperature (SSTskin) data derived from VIIRS and AVHRR sensors on multiple satellite platforms. The Australian Ocean Data Network offers this product as a 0.02-degree resolution grid covering 70E to 170W, 20N to 70S. Each grid cell contains the one-month average of the highest quality SSTs weighted by overlap area.
Use Cases
- Analyzing nighttime sea surface temperature patterns based on multi-sensor satellite composites
- Monitoring ocean thermal anomalies over a one-month period using quality-weighted averages
- Studying regional SST variability across the Australian and surrounding ocean regions
Strengths
- Multi-sensor composite from VIIRS and AVHRR satellites increases data coverage
- 0.02-degree spatial resolution provides detailed geographic mapping
- Quality-weighted averaging uses Sensor Specific Error Statistics (SSES) for accuracy
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Derived from satellite remote sensing retrievals and composited using quality remapping.
- Time Range
- One month of consecutive night-time periods
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 23:19:46.995837; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- 70E to 170W, 20N to 70S (covering Australia and surrounding oceans)