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Table 15.4
Examples of operational, global, daily SST analysis (Level 4) products using IR SST level 2 files as inputs. SST analyses where all inputs are
adjusted to a “foundation” (pre-dawn) SST are denoted as SSTfnd,
following the GHRSST notation (Donlon et al., 2007), with those making no adjustment to
SST inputs for the cool-skin and diurnal warm layer are denoted as SSTblend
Level 4 product
Spatial res. SST type
Input products
Mean global error
estimate ( ◦
C)
References
Met Office OSTIA
0.05 ◦
SSTfnd
In-situ, L2P products from: LAC/GAC AVHRR,
AATSR, AMSR-E, TMI, SEVIRI
0.44
Beggs et al. (2009b)
Stark et al. (2007)
Ifremer ODYSSEA
0.1 ◦
SSTfnd
L2P products from: FRAC/HRPT/LAC/GAC
AVHRR, AATSR, AMSR-E, TMI, GOES-11,
GOES-12, SEVIRI
0.58
Beggs et al. (2009b)
Autret and Piollé (2007)
NOAA POES/GOES
0.1 ◦
SSTblend
L2P products from: GAC AVHRR (POES
satellites), GOES-11, GOES-12
Maturi et al. (2009)
NCODA
10 km
SSTblend
In-situ, L2 products from: GAC AVHRR,
AMSR-E, GOES-11, GOES-12
Cummings (2005)
CMC
0.2 ◦
SSTblend
L2 products from AATSR, AMSR-E and L2P
products from GAC AVHRR
0.38
Brasnett (2008)
Brasnett (2008) and
Brasnett (2009)
JMA MGDSST
0.25 ◦
SSTblend
In-situ, L2 products from: HRPT/GAC AVHRR,
AMSR-E
0.53
Brasnett (2008)
Guan and Kawamura
(2004)
NCDC AVHRR_OI
0.25 ◦
SSTblend
In-situ (buoys, ships), L2 products from
Pathfinder AVHRR and L2P products from
GAC AVHRR
Reynolds et al. (2007)
NCDC AVHRR
AMSR_OI
0.25 ◦
SSTblend
In-situ (buoys, ships), L2 products from
Pathfinder AVHRR and AMSR-E, and L2P
products from GAC AVHRR
0.64
Beggs et al. (2009b)
0.59
Brasnett (2008)
Reynolds et al. (2007)
GAMSSA
0.25 ◦
SSTfnd
In-situ, L2 product from AATSR, L2P products
from GAC AVHRR and AMSR-E
0.50
Beggs et al. (2009b)
Zhong and Beggs
(2008)
NCEP RTG
0.5 ◦
SSTblend
In-situ (ships, buoys), L2 products from GAC
AVHRR
0.57
Brasnett (2008)
Thiebaux et al. (2003)