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Sea Surface Temperature

Created 07/10/2024

Updated 07/10/2024

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The Sea Surface Temperature is from the real-time, high-resolution, Regional Australian Multi-Sensor Sea surface temperature Analysis (RAMSSA) system developed at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology as part of the BLUElink> Ocean Forecasting Australia project.

The pre-existing operational, 1/4 degree resolution, regional SST analysis system (Smith et al., 1999) has been modified to produce 1/12 degree resolution, daily SST analyses over the Australian region (20 degree N - 65 degree S, 60 degree E - 190 degree E). The high resolution analysis system combines SST data from infrared (AVHRR and AATSR) and microwave (AMSR-E) sensors on polar-orbiting satellites with in situ measurements to produce daily “foundation” SST estimates (SSTfnd), largely free of nocturnal cooling and diurnal warming effects.

The RAMSSA analyses are used in realtime as the boundary condition for the Bureau’s regional numerical weather prediction models (ACCESS-R, ACCESS-A and ACCESS-C) and to validate the BLUElink> operational ocean model (OceanMAPS) SST5m forecast/analyses.

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Title Sea Surface Temperature
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/b018a5f4-0474-4e8c-8908-fd7f9abe1730
Contact Point
Bureau of Meteorology
helen.beggs@bom.gov.au
Reference Period 05/06/2024
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[59.99999999999999, -65.0], [190.0, -65.0], [190.0, 20.0], [59.99999999999999, 20.0], [59.99999999999999, -65.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au