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Name Sea Surface Temperature
Note Temperature of the sea water at surface. The “bulk” temperature refers to the depth of typically 2 m, the “skin” temperature refers to within the upper 1 mm. Requirements copied from OSCAR (#292 Global NWP).
Dissemination NRT Service
Quality Control Procedure Automatic
Group Ocean
Status -
Uncertainty
1 K
0.5 K
0.3 K
Update Frequency
5 d
24 h
3 h
Timeliness
5 d
24 h
3 h
Scale
Horizontal resolution
250 km
15 km
5 km
Vertical resolution
Essential variables

Ocean - Physical - Sea surface temperature
State Draft
Created on March 22, 2018, 1:47 p.m.
Last updated on Dec. 20, 2021, 12:32 p.m.

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Seasonal Forecasts Firm Product generation Essential Availability, Coverage, Data policy March 22, 2018, 1:51 p.m. Dec. 20, 2021, 12:32 p.m.

Data

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NEMOVAR ocean operational analyses Fully March 26, 2018, 4:52 p.m. Dec. 20, 2021, 12:32 p.m.
Mercator Ocean analysis Fully March 26, 2018, 5:16 p.m. Dec. 20, 2021, 12:32 p.m.