OW NOAA Pathfinder v5.0 & v5.1

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Data Set (DS) | ID: 5700 | Published / External
Created: 2007-10-22   |   Last Modified: 2022-10-20

Parent: PIFSC OceanWatch (OW) Metadata Portfolio
Project (PRJ) | ID: 2664

ID: 5700
Data Set (DS)

* Discovery
• First Pass
» Metadata Rubric

Item Identification

* » Title OW NOAA Pathfinder v5.0 & v5.1
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* Status Completed
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• Publication Date  
* » Abstract

The dataset is a reanalysis of historical data from the AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) sensor onboard the NOAA polar orbiting satellite constellation, that have been improved using extensive calibration, validation and other information to yield a consistent research quality time series for global climate studies. At 0.05 degrees per pixel (approximately 4 km/pixel), this dataset provides a global spatial coverage ranging from October 1981 - 2009. Our data holdings include descending passes (nighttime).

The data is available as monthly and weekly composites, as well as a monthly climatology, at a spatial resolution of 0.05 degrees. The geographic coverage extends for the entire globe.
* Purpose

To provide users with global historical sea-surface temperature data.
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Other Citation Details
• Supplemental Information

Ownership: PIFSC

Spatial Resolution: 0.05 degree

Spatial Keywords: Degrees

Temporal Resolution: Monthly

Types of Data Collected: Satellite-based ocean sea-surface temperature

Collection Method: Satellite remote sensing

Recording Media: Digital

Collection Standards of the Data or Creation Standards of the Data Product: Available

Validation and QC Procedures: Available

QC Standards: Available

Automated QC Procedures: Available

Storage Location: NOAA OceanWatch - Central Pacific

Storage Media: Server

Storage Format: NetCDF

Security and Integrity Plans: Available

Backups: Available

Storage and Security Documentation: Available

Privileges: Open

Restrictions: None

Request Protocol: Via NOAA OceanWatch - Central Pacific Web Site (http://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov)

Contact: OceanWatch Coordinator (http://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov)

Data Distribution Methods: Via NOAA OceanWatch - Central Pacific Web Site (http://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov)

Format of Data/Product on Web Server: NetCDF

Metadata Depository Location: NOAA OceanWatch - Central Pacific

Metadata Description Standard: FGDC (Federal Geographic Data Committee)

Metadata Description Format: NetCDF
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)  
DOI Registration Authority  
DOI Issue Date  

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
None AVHRR
None ow
None Pathfinder
None pifsc
None remote sensing
None satellite
None sea surface temperature
None SST
   
   
   

Temporal Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
None Monthly
None weekly
   
   
   

* Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
None Global
   
   
   

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Instrument Keywords

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Physical Location

• » Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
• » City Honolulu
• » State/Province HI
• Country USA
• » Location Description

Data Set Information

* Data Set Scope Code Data Set
• Data Set Type  
• Maintenance Frequency As Needed
Maintenance Note
» Data Presentation Form Table (digital)
• Entity Attribute Overview

Satellite-derived sea-surface temperature measurements
Entity Attribute Detail Citation
Entity Attribute Detail URL  
Distribution Liability
Data Set Credit  

Support Roles

» At least one Distributor Org, one Metadata Contact, one Point of Contact, and one Data Steward should be listed.
* » Support Role Data Steward
* » Date Effective From 2017-01-09
Date Effective To
Person Howell, Evan A
Address 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address evan.howell@noaa.gov
Phone  
Fax  
Mobile  
URL  
Business Hours  
Contact Instructions
* » Support Role Data Steward
* » Date Effective From 2015-12-09
Date Effective To
Person Abecassis, Melanie GA
Address 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address melanie.abecassis@noaa.gov
Phone (808)725-5569
Fax  
Mobile  
URL  
Business Hours  
Contact Instructions
* » Support Role Data Steward
* » Date Effective From 2012-08-13
Date Effective To 2015
Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone 808-725-5360
Fax  
Mobile  
URL https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Contact Instructions

Contact OceanWatch Coordinator (http://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov)
* » Support Role Distributor
* » Date Effective From 2012
Date Effective To
Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone 808-725-5360
Fax  
Mobile  
URL https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Contact Instructions
* » Support Role Metadata Contact
* » Date Effective From 2015-12-09
Date Effective To
Person Abecassis, Melanie GA
Address 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address melanie.abecassis@noaa.gov
Phone (808)725-5569
Fax  
Mobile  
URL  
Business Hours  
Contact Instructions
* » Support Role Metadata Contact
* » Date Effective From 2012
Date Effective To 2015
Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone 808-725-5360
Fax  
Mobile  
URL https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Contact Instructions

Contact OceanWatch Coordinator (http://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov)
* » Support Role Point of Contact
* » Date Effective From 2015-12-09
Date Effective To
Person Abecassis, Melanie GA
Address 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address melanie.abecassis@noaa.gov
Phone (808)725-5569
Fax  
Mobile  
URL  
Business Hours  
Contact Instructions
* » Support Role Point of Contact
* » Date Effective From 2012-08-13
Date Effective To 2015
Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)
Address 1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu, HI 96818
USA
Email Address pifsc.info@noaa.gov
Phone 808-725-5360
Fax  
Mobile  
URL https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Business Hours 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Contact Instructions

Contact OceanWatch Coordinator (http://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov)
* » Support Role
* » Date Effective From
Date Effective To
* » Contact
* Contact Instructions
* » Support Role
* » Date Effective From
Date Effective To
* » Contact
* Contact Instructions
* » Support Role
* » Date Effective From
Date Effective To
* » Contact
* Contact Instructions

Extents

Currentness Reference Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Description

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

* » W° Bound -180
* » E° Bound 180
* » N° Bound 90
* » S° Bound -90
* » Description

Global

Extent Group 1 / Vertical Extent

EPSG Code
Vertical Minimum
Vertical Maximum

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

* » Time Frame Type Range
* » Start 1982-08-29
End 2009-12-28
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Alternate End As Of Info  
Description

Spatial Information

Spatial Resolution

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Text / Table Representation Used?  
TIN Representation Used?  
Stereo Model Representation Used?  
Video Representation Used?  

Grid Representation

Dimension Count
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Axis Dimension
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Size
Resolution
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Description

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Description

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Reference Direction
Reference Meridian

Vertical Resolution
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Vertical Resolution
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Access Information

Data License  
Data License URL  
Data License Statement
* » Security Class Unclassified
* Security Classification System
Security Handling Description
• Data Access Policy
» Data Access Procedure

Via NOAA OceanWatch - Central Pacific Web Site (http://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov)
• » Data Access Constraints

None
• Data Use Constraints
Metadata Access Constraints
Metadata Use Constraints

Distribution Information

Start Date  
» Download URL http://pifsc-oceanwatch.irc.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/OceanWatch_pf5_sst_monthly.html
Distributor
File Name Monthly data
Description
File Date/Time  
File Type (Deprecated)  
Distribution Format  
File Size  
Application Version  
Compression  
Review Status  
Start Date
End Date
» Download URL
Distributor
File Name
Description
File Date/Time
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» Download URL
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» Download URL
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Archive Information

Location
File Identifier
File Name
URL
Description
DOI
Archive Date
Archive Update Frequency
Location
File Identifier
File Name
URL
Description
DOI
Archive Date
Archive Update Frequency
Location
File Identifier
File Name
URL
Description
DOI
Archive Date
Archive Update Frequency

URLs

URL http://pifsc-oceanwatch.irc.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/OceanWatch_pf5_sst_monthly.html
Name  
URL Type  
File Resource Format  
Description

Monthly SST data
URL http://pifsc-oceanwatch.irc.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/OceanWatch_pf5_sst_weekly.html
Name  
URL Type  
File Resource Format  
Description

Weekly SST data
URL http://pifsc-oceanwatch.irc.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/OceanWatch_pf5_sst_clim.html
Name  
URL Type  
File Resource Format  
Description

Monthly SST climatology data
URL
Name
URL Type
File Resource Format
Description
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Name
URL Type
File Resource Format
Description
URL
Name
URL Type
File Resource Format
Description

Activity Log

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Description
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Description

Issues

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Issue
Issue Date
Author
Issue

Technical Environment

Description  
 

Data Quality

Representativeness
Accuracy
Analytical Accuracy
Horizontal Positional Accuracy
Vertical Positional Accuracy
Quantitation Limits
Bias
Comparability
Completeness Measure
Precision
Analytical Precision
Field Precision
Sensitivity
Detection Limit
Completeness Report
Conceptual Consistency
» Quality Control Procedures Employed

Quality control is done by the source of the data (NOAA).

Data Management

» Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified? Yes
» Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management Unknown
» Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive? Yes
» Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver? No
» If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate  
» Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination 1 year
» If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed
» Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location Unable to Archive
» If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain

Data volume is too large to archive externally.
» Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving 1 year
» How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?

PIFSC ITS conducts regularly scheduled backups and security checks

Lineage

» Lineage Statement

Data is received from NOAA and processed to make it into a format compatible with the Live Access Server and the THREDDS server.

Sources

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Process Steps

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» Description
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» Description
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Process Contact
Phone (Voice)
Email Address
Source
Process Step Number
» Description
Process Date/Time
Process Contact
Phone (Voice)
Email Address
Source

Acquisition Information

Instruments

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Description
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Docucomp UUID
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Description
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Docucomp UUID
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Description

Platforms

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Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID 5700
Metadata Record Created By Christopher Y Tokita
Metadata Record Created 2007-10-22 14:38+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By SysAdmin InPortAdmin
» Metadata Record Last Modified 2022-10-20 02:17+0000
Metadata Record Published 2017-02-21
Owner Org PIFSC
Metadata Publication Status Published Externally
Do Not Publish? N
Metadata Workflow State Published / External
Metadata Last Review Date 2017-02-21
Metadata Review Frequency 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date 2018-02-21
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