Pacific Coast Sea Surface Temperature Statistics from Sentinel-3

April-September 2017 data provides Sea Surface Temperature (SST) statistics for five marine regions along Canada's Pacific coast. The dataset includes fifteen GeoTIFFs, with mean, maximum, and standard deviation values for each region, resampled to a 20-meter resolution. It was created by Fisheries and Oceans Canada from Sentinel-3 satellite data to support marine environmental analysis.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional SST patterns by comparing the mean, maximum, and standard deviation GeoTIFFs across the five marine regions.
• Incorporate the 20-meter resolution SST statistics into species distribution models for the nearshore environment.
• Use the land-masked, spatially aligned GeoTIFF stacks for direct analytical processing in marine GIS applications.

Strengths

• Provides three distinct statistical measures (mean, max, standard deviation) of SST for each of five marine regions.
• Data is resampled to a consistent 20-meter resolution and spatially aligned within each regional set for direct analytical use.
• Derived from Sentinel-3 satellite data, part of the EU's Copernicus Programme, ensuring a standardized source.

Limitations

• Limited temporal coverage to a single season (April-September 2017), restricting analysis of annual or long-term trends.
• The dataset's utility is geographically specific to five regions along Canada's Pacific coast.
• As raster imagery, the data requires geospatial software (e.g., GIS) for analysis, unlike tabular data.

Provenance

Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, derived from Sentinel-3 satellite data.

Collection Method

Processed from Sentinel-3 SLSTR instrument data, resampled to 20m resolution with a land mask applied.

Time Range

April-September 2017.

Freshness

Data is from 2017, but the record was last updated in March 2026.

Geography

Five marine regions along Canada's Pacific coast.