Update to SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS SST products

NOAA have announced that the SNPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS SST products, currently distributed on EUMETCast, will be upgraded to Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO) v2.8.

Main changes include:

• Addition of ACSPO thermal fronts
• Reduced high-latitude biases
• Improved cloud screening

Filename changes

As a result, filenames will change, as shown below.

Current

SNPP products

20220124182000-OSPO-L3U_GHRSST-SSTsubskin-VIIRS_NPP-ACSPO_V2.61-v02.0-fv01.0.nc

NOAA-20 products

20220124182000-OSPO-L3U_GHRSST-SSTsubskin-VIIRS_N20-ACSPO_V2.61-v02.0-fv01.0.nc

New

SNPP products

20160921000000-OSPO-L3U_GHRSST-SSTsubskin-VIIRS_NPP-ACSPO_V2.80-v02.0-fv01.0.nc

NOAA-20 products

20160921000000-OSPO-L3U_GHRSST-SSTsubskin-VIIRS_N20-ACSPO_V2.80-v02.0-fv01.0.nc

Sample files of the upgraded products are available on our SFTP server:

https://sftp.eumetsat.int/public/folder/UsCVknVOOkSyCdgpMimJNQ/User-Materials/Test-Data/VIIRS_SST_Sample_Files/

Further details can be found in the NOAA announcement.

For more information, contact our User Service Helpdesk.