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Title: Daily Southern Ocean Sea Level Anomaly And Geostrophic Currents from multimission altimetry, 2013-2019

Summary:
Sea Level Anomaly measured by Altimetry and derived variables

cdm_data_type = Grid
VARIABLES (all of which use the dimensions [time][longitude][latitude]):
sla (Sea Level Anomaly, m)
formal_error (Optimal Interpolation Formal Error, m)
U (Zonal Geostrophic Current Anomaly, m/s)
V (Meridional Geostrophic Current Anomaly, m/s)

Institution: CLS,CNES


Summary:
Monthly climatology fields for product GLOBAL_REANALYSIS_PHY_001_030

cdm_data_type = Grid
VARIABLES (all of which use the dimensions [time][depth][latitude][longitude]):
thetao (Temperature, degree_C)
so (Salinity, PSU)
uo (Eastward velocity, m s-1)
vo (Northward velocity, m s-1)

Institution: Mercator Ocean


Title: NOAA - Optimum Interpolation (OI) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) V2 High Resolution Dataset

Summary:
The NOAA 1/4° Daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) is a long term Climate Data Record that incorporates observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys and Argo floats) into a regular global grid. The dataset is interpolated to fill gaps on the grid and create a spatially complete map of sea surface temperature. Satellite and ship observations are referenced to buoys to compensate for platform differences and sensor biases. OISST belongs to a family of products that are sometimes referred to as "Reynolds SST" for Richard W. Reynolds, a NOAA scientist who worked to improve the accuracy of the SST analyses by optimizing the advantages of in situ (ship and buoy) and satellite data. Older Reynolds SST products have been retired, except for the 1° weekly OISST. The dataset was developed using a methodology that includes bias adjustment of satellite and ship observations (referenced to buoys) to compensate for platform differences and sensor biases. This proved critical during the Mt. Pinatubo eruption in 1991, when the widespread presence of volcanic aerosols resulted in infrared satellite temperatures that were much cooler than actual ocean temperatures (Reynolds 1993).

cdm_data_type = Grid
VARIABLES (all of which use the dimensions [time][latitude][longitude]):
sst (Monthly Mean of Sea Surface Temperature, degree_C)

Institution: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)