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RV Investigator ISAR/SST Sea Surface Temperature Data Overview (2014 onwards)

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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This record describes the ISAR/SST Sea Surface Temperature data collected on the RV Investigator Voyages from 2014 onwards. The infrared SST autonomous radiometer (ISAR) is a self-calibrating instrument capable of measuring in situ sea surface skin temperature to an accuracy of 0.1 K. The SST Radiometer is mounted on the port bridge wing, approximately 19.593m above the summer load line. The RV Investigator ISAR skin SST data are also supplied both in real-time (http://thredds.aodn.org.au/thredds/catalog/IMOS/SOOP/SOOP-ASF/VLMJ_Investigator/meteorological_sst_observations/catalog.html) and in delayed mode after reprocessing (e.g., http://thredds.aodn.org.au/thredds/catalog/IMOS/SOOP/SOOP-ASF/VLMJ_Investigator/meteorological_sst_observations/2016/ISAR-QC/catalog.html). These reprocessed files will be particularly valuable for satellite SST validation (as the ISAR measures SST at the same depth as measured by satellites) and are currently (2017) being used by EUMETSAT for Sentinel-3 SST validation and to JMA and Oceans University China for Himawari-8 SST validation. Further information can be found in the data and documentation links below.

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Field Value
Title RV Investigator ISAR/SST Sea Surface Temperature Data Overview (2014 onwards)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/1127b3b4-16fe-46e3-a2a7-86693f7d46d3
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Nicole.Morgan@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/2014 - 01/01/2020
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "RV Investigator ISAR/SST Sea Surface Temperature Data Overview (2014 onwards)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/rv-investigator-isar-sst-sea-surface-temperature-data-overview-2014-onwards