Dataset: 20080511-UKMO-L4HRfnd-GLOB-v01-fv02-OSTIA


Global attributes:

Conventions: "CF-1.0"
title: "OSTIA Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis"
DSD_entry_id: "UKMO-L4HRfnd-GLOB-OSTIA"
references: "None"
institution: "UK Met Office"
contact: "john.stark@metoffice.gov.uk"
GDS_version_id: "v1.0-rev1.7"
netcdf_version_id: "3.6.0-p1 of Nov 25 2005 11:29:18 $"
creation_date: "2008-05-12 UTC"
product_version: "0.1"
history: "Created from sst:temperature from /critical/opfc/opdaily/datawg6/sst.nc; error:/data/cr/ncof/frhn/ostia/monitor_op/data/20080511-UKMO-L4HRfnd-GLOB-v01-fv02-OSTIA_err.nc; sea ice:/critical/opfc/opdaily/datawg6/seaice.nc"
spatial_resolution: "6 km"
source_data: "AMSRE,ATS_NR_2P,AVHRR18_G,AVHRR17_NAR,AVHRR18_NAR,OSISAF_ICE,SEVIRI,TMI"
comment: "IMPORTANT usage statement. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, these data may be used for pure academic research only, with no commercial or other application and all usage must meet the Met Office Standard Terms and Conditions, which may be found here : http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/legal/tandc.html . The data may be used for a maximum period of 5 years. Reproduction of the data is permitted provided the following copyright statement is included: (C) Crown Copyright 2008, published by the Met Office. You must submit a completed reproduction license application form (here http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/legal/repro_licence.html ) before using the data. This only needs to be completed once for each user. WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value"
start_date: "2008-05-11 UTC"
start_time: "00:00:00 UTC"
stop_date: "2008-05-12 UTC"
stop_time: "00:00:00 UTC"
southernmost_latitude: -90.0
northernmost_latitude: 90.0
westernmost_longitude: -180.0
easternmost_longitude: 180.00002
file_quality_index: 0

Variables:

time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
long_name: "reference time of sst field"
standard_name: "time"
axis: "T"
calendar: "Gregorian"
units: "seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00"
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..3599]
long_name: "latitude"
standard_name: "latitude"
axis: "Y"
units: "degrees_north"
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..7199]
long_name: "longitude"
standard_name: "longitude"
axis: "X"
units: "degrees_east"
analysed_sst: Grid
long_name: "analysed sea surface temperature"
standard_name: "sea_surface_temperature"
type: "foundation"
units: "kelvin"
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 273.15
scale_factor: 0.01
valid_min: -300
valid_max: 4500
analysed_sst: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][lat = 0..3599][lon = 0..7199]
long_name: "analysed sea surface temperature"
standard_name: "sea_surface_temperature"
type: "foundation"
units: "kelvin"
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 273.15
scale_factor: 0.01
valid_min: -300
valid_max: 4500
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
long_name: "reference time of sst field"
standard_name: "time"
axis: "T"
calendar: "Gregorian"
units: "seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00"
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..3599]
long_name: "latitude"
standard_name: "latitude"
axis: "Y"
units: "degrees_north"
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..7199]
long_name: "longitude"
standard_name: "longitude"
axis: "X"
units: "degrees_east"
analysis_error: Grid
long_name: "estimated error standard deviation of analysed_sst"
units: "kelvin"
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 0.0
scale_factor: 0.01
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 32767
analysis_error: Array of 16 bit Integers [time = 0..0][lat = 0..3599][lon = 0..7199]
long_name: "estimated error standard deviation of analysed_sst"
units: "kelvin"
_FillValue: -32768
add_offset: 0.0
scale_factor: 0.01
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 32767
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
long_name: "reference time of sst field"
standard_name: "time"
axis: "T"
calendar: "Gregorian"
units: "seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00"
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..3599]
long_name: "latitude"
standard_name: "latitude"
axis: "Y"
units: "degrees_north"
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..7199]
long_name: "longitude"
standard_name: "longitude"
axis: "X"
units: "degrees_east"
sea_ice_fraction: Grid
long_name: "sea ice fraction"
standard_name: "sea_ice_area_fraction"
units: "1"
_FillValue: -128
add_offset: 0.0
scale_factor: 0.01
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 100
source: "EUMETSAT OSI-SAF"
sea_ice_fraction: Array of 8 bit Bytes [time = 0..0][lat = 0..3599][lon = 0..7199]
long_name: "sea ice fraction"
standard_name: "sea_ice_area_fraction"
units: "1"
_FillValue: -128
add_offset: 0.0
scale_factor: 0.01
valid_min: 0
valid_max: 100
source: "EUMETSAT OSI-SAF"
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
long_name: "reference time of sst field"
standard_name: "time"
axis: "T"
calendar: "Gregorian"
units: "seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00"
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..3599]
long_name: "latitude"
standard_name: "latitude"
axis: "Y"
units: "degrees_north"
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..7199]
long_name: "longitude"
standard_name: "longitude"
axis: "X"
units: "degrees_east"
mask: Grid
long_name: "sea/land/lake/ice field composite mask"
_FillValue: -128
flag_values: 1, 2, 4, 8
flag_meanings: "sea land lake ice"
comment: "b0: 1=grid cell is open sea water b1: 1=land is present in this grid cell b2: 1=lake surface is present in this grid cell b3: 1=sea ice is present in this grid cell b4-b7: reserved for future grid mask data"
mask: Array of 8 bit Bytes [time = 0..0][lat = 0..3599][lon = 0..7199]
long_name: "sea/land/lake/ice field composite mask"
_FillValue: -128
flag_values: 1, 2, 4, 8
flag_meanings: "sea land lake ice"
comment: "b0: 1=grid cell is open sea water b1: 1=land is present in this grid cell b2: 1=lake surface is present in this grid cell b3: 1=sea ice is present in this grid cell b4-b7: reserved for future grid mask data"
time: Array of 32 bit Integers [time = 0..0]
long_name: "reference time of sst field"
standard_name: "time"
axis: "T"
calendar: "Gregorian"
units: "seconds since 1981-01-01 00:00:00"
lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..3599]
long_name: "latitude"
standard_name: "latitude"
axis: "Y"
units: "degrees_north"
lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..7199]
long_name: "longitude"
standard_name: "longitude"
axis: "X"
units: "degrees_east"