Sea surface temperature (SST) is one of the key parameters that influence climate and weather. As a strong indicator of productivity, pollution and global climate change, SST is one of the most measured climatic variables across time. The measurements of SST include a wide range of platforms, from ships and drifting buoys to satellite imagery. On a local scale the ocean temperatures influence the development of tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons), which main source of energy it is. On a global scale, SST is the main factor of the El Nino phenomena , which changes rainfall patterns around the globe.
Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Ice Analysis (OSTIA) system is run by the UK's MetOffice. OSTIA uses satellite data provided by the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) project together with in-situ observations to determine the sea surface temperature.At a high spatial resolution of 0.05° × 0.05° and daily temporal resolution, SST from GHRSST represent one of the best solutions for daily monitoring os SST.
This map is composed from 2 variables. Daily SST and SST anomaly computed on a reference level from 2011 to 2020 mean.
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