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Online SST Service

Your own password protected web-page, from which you can view and download the most recent Sea Surface Temperature images of your chosen region of interest.

Enhanced Service, with SST Image-Viewer Software; or
Standard Service; or
Standard Service, as DATA, for use with 'show' image-viewing software

>> Description of these three options. > Description of these three options. Description of these three options.

example of Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Imagery, produced from NOAA Satellite Data which was received at our Remote Sensing Facility in Hobart, Tasmania.

Sea Surface Temperature

High Resolution

Localised

Up To The Minute

Benefits:

realtime, detailed, frequent images.
useful information for predicting surface currents and fish locations.
tailored, adjustable settings.
wide area of coverage available, including the waters of Australia, New Zealand and the Southern Ocean.
personalised service.
professional support.
convenient access to the images.
reliable delivery - dependent on web access.
low cost.
secure, password protected information.

Product Description:

You get your own web page of custom prepared SST images. The images there are tailored to meet your needs with respect to scaling and region shown. A special page is provided from which you can change your service settings: region, temperature and so on. Up to four times each day, new images are uploaded to the web pages and images for the last seven days are available at any time. Detailed cloud cover estimates and quick-view thumbnail images are also provided.
Access your page at any time by using your username and password. There is no limit on the number of images you can download. The cost of your service is not based on the number of times you access it, or the size or number of downloads. It is based on the length of time you sign up for.

Cost: (includes GST).

Enhanced service , with SST Image-Viewer software	$1,300.00 per quarter $120.00 per week
Standard service	$1,128.40 per quarter $108.50 per week

Our normal billing period is quarterly, you may opt for any period you desire.

To Order:

Order Online

email: marine-remote-sensing@csiro.au

phone: DMR Remote Sensing on (03) 6232 5398

View a Sample Service:

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Note: Password protection has been disabled for this page. Your service will prompt you for a user-name and password.

Features:

Images are generated from data received from the AVHRR instruments on the NOAA series of satellites. Currently, NOAA 12 and NOAA 16 are used.
propriety CSIRO software is used to provide a high quality of geographical positioning and cloud identification.
Resolution is 1 km. Temperatures are accurate to within a degree, with a discrimination of 0.2 degrees.
Images are updated up to four times a day.
Images from the previous six days are retained for you to view or download.
Choice of gif images or compressed DISIMP files.
Choice of http web-page or ftp access.
Access the images whenever you like, and as often as you like.
Download images to your own computer as required. There is no limit on the number of images downloaded.
A variety of settings can be tailored to your preference.
Area of coverage can be as large or as small as you like.
Settings can be adjusted as required.
View the whole week on one page using thumbnail images
For each image, we give the percentage of sea obscured by cloud.

Colour is used in the images to describe surface temperature. A scale bar shows the relationship between colour and temperature. SST values are usually accurate to one degree provided that clouds are not in the near vicinity. Geographic information such as; land mask, coastline, state borders, 200m depth contour and latitude-longitude grid are superimposed on the images.

The availability and usefulness of images depends on clear skies as the NOAA satellite's AVHRR satellite sensors are not able obtain surface data from beneath clouds. Contamination by cloud is shown by: white areas over the sea, warmer narrow strips at cloud edges and less obviously by reduced values (caused by thin cloud and sea fog). Occasionally, on clear calm sunny days, abnormally high temperatures will appear because of skin warming. This will disappear in the night time images.

Click here to learn more about how the facility process and apply satellite-derived estimates of sea surface temperature.

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