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Research and development of the New Generation Sea Surface Temperature for Open Ccean (NGSST-O) product and its demonstration operation

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Real-time generation and distribution of the New Generation Sea Surface Temperature for Open Ocean (NGSST-O) product began in September 2003 as a demonstration operation of the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Pilot Project. Satellite sea surface temperature (SST) observations from infrared radiometers (AVHRR, MODIS) and a microwave radiometer (AMSR-E) are objectively merged to generate the NGSST-O product, which is a quality-controlled, cloud-free, high-spatial-resolution (0.05° gridded), wide-coverage (13–63° N, 116–166° E), daily SST digital map. The NGSST-O demonstration operation system has been developed in cooperation with the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) and has produced six years of continuous data without gaps. Comparison to in situ SSTs measured by drifting buoys indicates that the root mean-square error of NGSST-O has been kept at approximately 0.9°C.

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  1. Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan

    Futoki Sakaida, Hiroshi Kawamura, Teruhisa Shimada & Kohtaro Hosoda

  2. Information and Mathematical Science Laboratory Inc., Meikei bldg., Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 112-0012, Japan

    Shin Takahashi

  3. Ocean General Circulation Observational Research Program Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, Independent Administrative Institution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan

    Yoshimi Kawai

  4. Ocean Remote Sensing Institute, Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao, 266003, China

    Lei Guan

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Sakaida, F., Kawamura, H., Takahashi, S. et al. Research and development of the New Generation Sea Surface Temperature for Open Ccean (NGSST-O) product and its demonstration operation. J Oceanogr 65, 859–870 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-009-0071-3

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