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MODIS Aqua Ocean Colour SST

Created 21/12/2025

Updated 21/12/2025

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This resource is Sea Surface Temperature derived from the MODIS Satelite for the tie period 2018 - 2022 and current 2022 - 2023.

The MODIS Sea Surface Temperature product is derived from MODIS bands 31 and 32 according to the algorithm described at https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd/sst/. This is not a GHRSST-quality product, and demanding applications requiring a high standard of accuracy should consider using one of the IMOS GHRSST products in preference. The MODIS SST is nevertheless useful primarily because it is measured at the same time as the water leaving radiances used to derive the optical properties (eg chl). This means it is both contemporaneous, and has a matching cloud mask, so it is valuable for applications that seek to combine both SST and optical properties (ie Net Primary Productivity variants). The data set provided here matches the Chl_oci product in temporal and spatial extent. This SRS dataset covers waters around Australia.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title MODIS Aqua Ocean Colour SST
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/fb19ba96-6b51-45bd-861a-c3dce872b589
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
info@aodn.org.au
Reference Period 15/12/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        79.995,
        -60.005
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -60.005
      ],
      [
        180.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        79.995,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        79.995,
        -60.005
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "MODIS Aqua Ocean Colour SST". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/modis-aqua-ocean-colour-sst