The Bureau of Meteorology have reprocessed the products adding a further six years of data.
The IMOS Multi-sensor L3S composites of sea surface temperature (SST) have recently been reprocessed by the Bureau of Meteorology and are now available from the AODN Portal back to 2012 (previously only back to 1 Jan 2018). They also contain data streams from additional satellites that significantly improves the spatial coverage and accuracy of the products.
The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Satellite Remote Sensing Sub-Facility is a collaborative effort with the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to produce high-resolution satellite sea surface temperature (SST) products over the Australian and Southern Ocean regions, designed to suit a range of operational and research applications.
The Multi-sensor L3S products are used to nowcast coral bleaching (IMOS SST products are used in ReefTemp) and marine heatwaves (IMOS OceanCurrent), and to study coastal ocean features and short-term ocean phenomena such as diurnal warming and upwelling.
Data links and further information
The new IMOS Multi-sensor L3S SST products are available from the AODN Portal (this news item provides the links to the individual products) and AODN Thredds server.
These multi-sensor L3S products are non-interpolated 0.02 degree composites (equal area weighted averages) of 0.75 km to 4 km resolution SST observations from AVHRR and VIIRS infra-red sensors on various polar-orbiting satellites (AVHRR on NOAA-15/17/18/19 and MetOp-A/B, and VIIRS on Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20).
More information:
- Utilising higher resolution satellite sensors to produce 2 km Multi-sensor composites of sea surface temperature
- New IMOS Multi-Sensor Sea Surface Temperature Composites provide better coverage and accuracy
- Multi-Sensor Satellite collections – how to find them on the AODN Portal and why they are there