The comprehensive aerial coverage of the oceans, provided by satellite monitoring, has a considerable advantage over the isolated point observations possible on the surface by ship or buoy.

The key products for ocean monitoring are sea levels measured by altimetry instruments; sea surface temperature derived from image data, and detection of changes in sea-ice cover.

Click on the product names below to view further details in our Product Navigator.

The OSI SAF provides comprehensive information on the ocean-atmosphere interface-requirements of both meteorology and oceanography.

**Ocean Colour Products**
Title	Resources	Instrument
Chlorophyll Alpha (MODIS, Mapped 4km) - Aqua	NASA’s Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) OceanColor Data: Index of files	MODIS
Chlorophyll Concentration - Aqua - Caribbean	NOAA CoastWatch NOAA CoastWatch Data Access NESDIS - Ocean Colour File Format Readme	MODIS
Chlorophyll Concentration - Aqua - Eastern Tropical Pacific	NOAA CoastWatch NOAA CoastWatch Data Access NESDIS - Ocean Colour File Format Readme	MODIS
Chlorophyll Concentration - Aqua - Gulf of Mexico	NOAA CoastWatch NOAA CoastWatch Data Access NESDIS - Ocean Colour File Format Readme	MODIS
Chlorophyll Concentration - Aqua - US West Coast	NOAA CoastWatch NOAA CoastWatch Data Access NESDIS - Ocean Colour File Format Readme	MODIS
Diffuse attenuation coefficient for downwelling irradiance at 490 nm - MODIS	NASA Ocean Color	MODIS
Near Real-Time Ocean Products - Multimission - AMESD Regions	NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service PML: Remote Sensing Group Plymouth Marine Laboratory	MODIS
Near Real-Time Ocean Products - Multimission - Africa	NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service PML: Remote Sensing Group Plymouth Marine Laboratory	MODIS
OLCI Level 1B Full Resolution in NRT - Sentinel-3	EUMETSAT Ocean Colour page Product Data Format Specification - OLCI Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-1B (Processing Baseline: v2.16, 05 July 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-1B (Processing Baseline: v2.23, 11 October 17) (PDF) Sentinel-3 OLCI Marine User Handbook (PDF)	OLCI
OLCI Level 1B Full Resolution in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - OLCI Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-1B (Processing Baseline: v2.16, 05 July 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-1B (Processing Baseline: v2.23, 11 October 17) (PDF) Sentinel-3 OLCI Marine User Handbook (PDF)	OLCI
OLCI Level 1B Reduced Resolution in NRT - Sentinel-3	EUMETSAT Ocean Colour page Product Data Format Specification - OLCI Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-1B (Processing Baseline: v2.16, 05 July 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-1B (Processing Baseline: v2.23, 11 October 17) (PDF) Sentinel-3 OLCI Marine User Handbook (PDF)	OLCI
OLCI Level 1B Reduced Resolution in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - OLCI Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-1B (Processing Baseline: v2.16, 05 July 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-1B (Processing Baseline: v2.23, 11 October 17) (PDF) Sentinel-3 OLCI Marine User Handbook (PDF)	OLCI
OLCI Ocean Colour Full Resolution in NRT - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - OLCI Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-2 Ocean Colour (Processing Baseline: v2.16, 05 July 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 OLCI Marine User Handbook (PDF)	OLCI
OLCI Ocean Colour Full Resolution in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - OLCI Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-2 Ocean Colour (Processing Baseline: v2.16, 05 July 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 OLCI Marine User Handbook (PDF)	OLCI
OLCI Ocean Colour Reduced Resolution in NRT - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - OLCI Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-2 Ocean Colour (Processing Baseline: v2.16, 05 July 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 OLCI Marine User Handbook (PDF)	OLCI
OLCI Ocean Colour Reduced Resolution in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - OLCI Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - OLCI Level-2 Ocean Colour (Processing Baseline: v2.16, 05 July 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 OLCI Marine User Handbook (PDF)	OLCI
Ocean Colour Products - MODIS - Aqua	University of Cape Town	MODIS
Photosynthetically Available Radiation - MODIS	NASA Ocean Color	MODIS
Refined Ocean Products - Aqua - Africa	NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service PML: Remote Sensing Group Plymouth Marine Laboratory	MODIS
VIIRS Ocean Colour - Suomi-NPP	Technical/Scientific documentation Suomi-NPP Products	VIIRS

**Ocean Surface Wind Products**
Title	Resources	Instrument
ASCAT Coastal Winds at 12.5 km Swath Grid - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF ASCAT Coastal product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT coastal winds validation report (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT L2 12.5 km winds data record release 1 - Metop	Product documentation on the OSI SAF website Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0007	ASCAT
ASCAT L2 25 km winds data record release 1 - Metop	Product documentation on the OSI SAF website Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0006	ASCAT
ASCAT Regional Coastal Winds at 12.5 km - Metop	ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) EUMETSAT EARS-ASCAT page KNMI: Scatterometer EARS ASCAT 12.5-km product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) WMO operational formats descriptions TD 14 - EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service Technical Description (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT Regional Ocean Surface Winds at 25 km Node Grid - Metop	ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) EUMETSAT EARS-ASCAT page KNMI: Scatterometer EARS ASCAT 25-km product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) WMO operational formats descriptions TD 14 - EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service Technical Description (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT Winds and Soil Moisture at 12.5 km Swath Grid - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF ASCAT 12-km product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) WMO operational formats descriptions	ASCAT
ASCAT Winds and Soil Moisture at 25 km Swath Grid - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF ASCAT 25-km product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) WMO operational formats descriptions	ASCAT
ASCAT Winds at 12.5 km Swath Grid - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF Product Page ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT Product Guide (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT Winds at 25 km Swath Grid - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF ASCAT 25-km product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT Product Guide (PDF)	ASCAT
ERS Scatterometer L2 25 km winds data record release 1 - ERS	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0009	AMI-SCAT
Geophysical Data Record - Jason-2	Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly - Jason-2	OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF) Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Gridded Wind Products - Multimission	AVISO	POSEIDON-3\|POSEIDON-3B\|POSEIDON-2
Interim Geophysical Data Record - Jason-2	OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF) Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Interim Geophysical Data Record - Jason-3	OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF) Jason-3 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
Interim Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height - Jason-2	Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Interim Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height - Jason-3	Jason-3 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
OSCAT L2 25 km winds data record release 1 - OceanSat	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0010	OSCAT
OSCAT L2 50 km winds data record release 1 - OceanSat	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0011	OSCAT
OSCAT Winds at 50 km Swath Grid - OceanSat	OSI SAF EUMETSAT OSI SAF page	OSCAT
Ocean surface winds - DMSP	NOAA NESDIS Products	SSM/I
Operational Geophysical Data Record (BUFR) - Jason-2	Jason-2 WMO operational formats descriptions OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record (BUFR) - Jason-3	Jason-3 WMO operational formats descriptions Jason-3 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
Operational Geophysical Data Record (BUFR) - SARAL	SARAL/AltiKa Products Handbook (PDF) SALP Products Specification (PDF)	AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record (netCDF) - Jason-2	Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF) OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record (netCDF) - Jason-3	Jason-3 Product Format Specification for Jason-3 netCDF products (PDF) Jason-3 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
Operational Geophysical Data Record (netCDF) - SARAL	SARAL/AltiKa Products Handbook (PDF) SALP Products Specification (PDF)	AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly (netCDF) - SARAL	SARAL/AltiKa Products Handbook (PDF) SALP Products Specification (PDF)	AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly - Jason-2	Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF) OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly - Jason-3	Jason-3 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF) Jason-3 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
RapidScat Winds at 25 km Swath Grid, 2 hours latency - ISS		ISS RapidScat
RapidScat Winds at 25 km Swath Grid, 3 Hours Latency - ISS		ISS RapidScat
RapidScat Winds at 50 km Swath Grid, 2 hours latency - ISS		ISS RapidScat
RapidScat Winds at 50 km Swath Grid, 3 Hours Latency - ISS	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF ASCAT Coastal product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT coastal winds validation report (PDF)	ISS RapidScat
SeaWinds L2 25 km winds data record release 1 - QuikSCAT	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0002	SeaWinds
SeaWinds L2 50 km winds data record release 1 - QuikSCAT	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0003	SeaWinds
Seawinds 100 km Wind - QuikSCAT	OSI SAF EUMETSAT OSI SAF page SeaWinds Product Manual (PDF)	SeaWinds
Seawinds 25 km Wind - QuikSCAT	OSI SAF EUMETSAT OSI SAF page SeaWinds Product Manual (PDF)	SeaWinds

**Radar Backscatter NRCS Products**
Title	Resources	Instrument
ASCAT Coastal Winds at 12.5 km Swath Grid - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF ASCAT Coastal product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT coastal winds validation report (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT GDS Level 1 Sigma0 at Full Sensor Resolution - Metop	ASCAT Level 1 Reprocessing Phase 1 - Dataset Description (PDF) ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) ASCAT Level 1 Product Format Specification (PDF) ASCAT-B Level 1 Calibration and Validation Report (PDF) ASCAT Reprocessing Phase 1 - Validation Report (PDF) Estimation of ASCAT-Normalised Radar Cross Section: ATBD (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT GDS Level 1 Sigma0 resampled at 12.5 km Swath Grid - Metop	ASCAT Level 1 Reprocessing Phase 1 - Dataset Description (PDF) ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) ASCAT Level 1 Product Format Specification (PDF) ASCAT-B Level 1 Calibration and Validation Report (PDF) ASCAT Reprocessing Phase 1 - Validation Report (PDF) Estimation of ASCAT-Normalised Radar Cross Section: ATBD (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT GDS Level 1 Sigma0 resampled at 25 km Swath Grid - Metop	ASCAT Level 1 Reprocessing Phase 1 - Dataset Description (PDF) ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) ASCAT Level 1 Product Format Specification (PDF) ASCAT-B Level 1 Calibration and Validation Report (PDF) ASCAT Reprocessing Phase 1 - Validation Report (PDF) Estimation of ASCAT-Normalised Radar Cross Section: ATBD (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT L2 12.5 km winds data record release 1 - Metop	Product documentation on the OSI SAF website Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0007	ASCAT
ASCAT L2 25 km winds data record release 1 - Metop	Product documentation on the OSI SAF website Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0006	ASCAT
ASCAT Regional Coastal Winds at 12.5 km - Metop	ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) EUMETSAT EARS-ASCAT page KNMI: Scatterometer EARS ASCAT 12.5-km product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) WMO operational formats descriptions TD 14 - EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service Technical Description (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT Regional Ocean Surface Winds at 25 km Node Grid - Metop	ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) EUMETSAT EARS-ASCAT page KNMI: Scatterometer EARS ASCAT 25-km product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) WMO operational formats descriptions TD 14 - EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service Technical Description (PDF)	ASCAT
ASCAT Soil Moisture at 12.5 km Swath Grid - Metop	ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Reprocessing Phase 1 - Dataset Description (PDF) ASCAT L2 Soil Moisture Product Format Specification (PDF) ASCAT Soil Moisture Product Handbook (PDF) ASCAT-B Level 2 Soil Moisture Validation Report (PDF) Product documentation on the H-SAF website	ASCAT
ASCAT Soil Moisture at 25 km Swath Grid - Metop	ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Reprocessing Phase 1 - Dataset Description (PDF) ASCAT Soil Moisture Product Handbook (PDF) ASCAT L2 Soil Moisture Product Format Specification (PDF) ASCAT-B Level 2 Soil Moisture Validation Report (PDF) Product documentation on the H-SAF website	ASCAT
ASCAT Winds and Soil Moisture at 12.5 km Swath Grid - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF ASCAT 12-km product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) WMO operational formats descriptions	ASCAT
ASCAT Winds and Soil Moisture at 25 km Swath Grid - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF ASCAT 25-km product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) WMO operational formats descriptions	ASCAT
ERS Scatterometer L2 25 km winds data record release 1 - ERS	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0009	AMI-SCAT
OSCAT L2 25 km winds data record release 1 - OceanSat	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0010	OSCAT
OSCAT L2 50 km winds data record release 1 - OceanSat	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0011	OSCAT
OSCAT Winds at 50 km Swath Grid - OceanSat	OSI SAF EUMETSAT OSI SAF page	OSCAT
RapidScat Winds at 25 km Swath Grid, 2 hours latency - ISS		ISS RapidScat
RapidScat Winds at 25 km Swath Grid, 3 Hours Latency - ISS		ISS RapidScat
RapidScat Winds at 50 km Swath Grid, 2 hours latency - ISS		ISS RapidScat
RapidScat Winds at 50 km Swath Grid, 3 Hours Latency - ISS	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF ASCAT Coastal product viewer ASCAT Wind Product User Manual (PDF) ASCAT coastal winds validation report (PDF)	ISS RapidScat
SeaWinds L2 25 km winds data record release 1 - QuikSCAT	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0002	SeaWinds
SeaWinds L2 50 km winds data record release 1 - QuikSCAT	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0003	SeaWinds
Seawinds 100 km Wind - QuikSCAT	OSI SAF EUMETSAT OSI SAF page SeaWinds Product Manual (PDF)	SeaWinds
Seawinds 25 km Wind - QuikSCAT	OSI SAF EUMETSAT OSI SAF page SeaWinds Product Manual (PDF)	SeaWinds

**Sea Ice Products**
Title	Resources	Instrument
Global AMSR Sea Ice Concentration - GCOM-W1	Technical documentation	AMSR-2
Global Low Resolution Sea Ice Drift - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SSMIS\|AMSR-2\|ASCAT
Global Sea Ice Concentration (netCDF) - DMSP	OSI SAF Sea Ice Products page Product documentation	SSMIS
Global Sea Ice Concentration - DMSP	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SSMIS
Global Sea Ice Concentration Climate Data Record v2.0 - Multimission	Technical Documentation Product information Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0008	SSM/I\|SSMIS\|SMMR
Global Sea Ice Concentration climate data record release 1.1 (period 1978-2009) - DMSP	Technical Documentation Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0001	SSM/I
Global Sea Ice Concentration climate data record release 1.2 (period 2009-2015) - DMSP	Technical Documentation Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0005	SSM/I\|SSMIS
Global Sea Ice Edge (GRIB) - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SSMIS\|AMSR-2\|ASCAT
Global Sea Ice Edge (netCDF) - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SSMIS\|AMSR-2\|ASCAT
Global Sea Ice Emissivity - DMSP	OSI SAF Sea Ice Products page Product documentation	SSMIS
Global Sea Ice Type (GRIB) - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SSMIS\|AMSR-2\|ASCAT
Global Sea Ice Type (netCDF) - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SSMIS\|AMSR-2\|ASCAT
High Latitude Sea Ice - DMSP	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SSM/I
Medium Resolution Sea Ice Drift - Metop		AVHRR
Microwave Radiation Imager - Feng-Yun - 3B	CMA page on the Micro-Wave Radiation Imager (MWRI)	MWRI
Microwave Radiation Imager - Feng-Yun - 3C	CMA page on the Micro-Wave Radiation Imager (MWRI)	MWRI
Scatterometer Processing Packages - Multimission	EUMETSAT NWP SAF page NWP SAF	AMI-SCAT\|HY-2A SCAT\|ISS RapidScat\|ASCAT\|OSCAT\|SeaWinds
Sea Ice Concentration continuous reprocessed offline product - DMSP	Product information	SSMIS
Seawinds 100 km Wind - QuikSCAT	OSI SAF EUMETSAT OSI SAF page SeaWinds Product Manual (PDF)	SeaWinds
Seawinds 25 km Wind - QuikSCAT	OSI SAF EUMETSAT OSI SAF page SeaWinds Product Manual (PDF)	SeaWinds

**Sea Surface Height Products**
Title	Resources	Instrument
Corrected Sea Surface Height in NRT - Sentinel-3	See corresponding STC product See related product: Corrected Sea Surface Height - Multimission See related product: SRAL Altimetry Global in NRT - Sentinel-3	SRAL
Corrected Sea Surface Height in STC - Sentinel-3	See corresponding NRT product See related product: Corrected Sea Surface Height - Multimission See related product: SRAL Altimetry Global in STC - Sentinel-3	SRAL
Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly - Jason-2	OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF) Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record (BUFR) - Jason-2	Jason-2 WMO operational formats descriptions OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record (BUFR) - Jason-3	Jason-3 WMO operational formats descriptions Jason-3 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
Operational Geophysical Data Record (BUFR) - SARAL	SARAL/AltiKa Products Handbook (PDF) SALP Products Specification (PDF)	AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record (netCDF) - Jason-2	Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF) OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record (netCDF) - Jason-3	Jason-3 Product Format Specification for Jason-3 netCDF products (PDF) Jason-3 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
Operational Geophysical Data Record (netCDF) - SARAL	SARAL/AltiKa Products Handbook (PDF) SALP Products Specification (PDF)	AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly (netCDF) - SARAL	SARAL/AltiKa Products Handbook (PDF) SALP Products Specification (PDF)	AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly - Jason-2	Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF) OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly - Jason-3	Jason-3 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF) Jason-3 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
SRAL Altimetry Global in NRT - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL/MWR Level 2 Marine products (PDF) Surface Topography Mission (STM) SRAL/MWR L2 Algorithms Definition, Accuracy and Specification (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 04 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.27, 14 February 2018) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - STM L2 Marine (Processing Baseline: v2.24, 13 December 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - STM L2 Marine (Processing Baseline: v2.12, 12 April 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 SRAL Marine User Handbook (PDF)	SRAL
SRAL Altimetry Global in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL/MWR Level 2 Marine products (PDF) Surface Topography Mission (STM) SRAL/MWR L2 Algorithms Definition, Accuracy and Specification (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - STM L2 Marine (Spring Reprocessing Campaign) (PDF) S3A STM Reprocessing - Spring 2018 (Level 0 to Level 2) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 04 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.27, 14 February 2018) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - STM L2 Marine (Processing Baseline: v2.24, 13 December 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - STM L2 Marine (Processing Baseline: v2.12, 12 April 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 SRAL Marine User Handbook (PDF)	SRAL
SRAL Altimetry Global in STC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL/MWR Level 2 Marine products (PDF) Surface Topography Mission (STM) SRAL/MWR L2 Algorithms Definition, Accuracy and Specification (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 04 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.27, 14 February 2018) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - STM L2 Marine (Processing Baseline: v2.24, 13 December 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - STM L2 Marine (Processing Baseline: v2.12, 12 April 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 SRAL Marine User Handbook (PDF)	SRAL
SRAL Level 1A Unpacked L0 Complex echos in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL and MWR Level 1 products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF)	SRAL
SRAL Level 1A Unpacked L0 Complex echos in STC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL and MWR Level 1 products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF)	SRAL
SRAL Level 1B in NRT - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL and MWR Level 1 products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 4 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.27, 14 February 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.24, 13 December 2017) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.12, 12 April 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 SRAL Marine User Handbook (PDF)	SRAL
SRAL Level 1B in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL and MWR Level 1 products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3A Product Notice - STM L1 Altimetry (Spring Reprocessing Campaign) (PDF) S3A STM Reprocessing - Spring 2018 (Level 0 to Level 2) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 4 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.27, 14 February 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.24, 13 December 2017) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.12, 12 April 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 SRAL Marine User Handbook (PDF)	SRAL
SRAL Level 1B in STC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL and MWR Level 1 products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 4 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.27, 14 February 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.24, 13 December 2017) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.12, 12 April 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 SRAL Marine User Handbook (PDF)	SRAL
SRAL Level 1B stack echoes in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL and MWR Level 1 products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 4 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.27, 14 February 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.24, 13 December 2017) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.12, 12 April 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 SRAL Marine User Handbook (PDF)	SRAL
SRAL Level 1B stack echoes in STC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SRAL and MWR Level 1 products (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 4 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.27, 14 February 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.24, 13 December 2017) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - Altimetry (Processing Baseline: v2.12, 12 April 2017) (PDF) Sentinel-3 SRAL Marine User Handbook (PDF)	SRAL

**Sea Surface Temperature Products**
Title	Resources	Instrument
AMSR-2 Sea Surface Temperature - GCOM-W1	JAXA AMSR-2 web page Available SST Data Information GHRSST Governance Documents	AMSR-2
Atlantic High Latitude Sea Surface Temperature - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF Product Page	AVHRR
Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager\|SEVIRI
Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature at Low and Mid Latitudes - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager\|SEVIRI
Full resolution L2P AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature MetaGRanules (GHRSST) - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	AVHRR
Global L3C AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) - Metop	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	AVHRR
Hamburg Ocean Atmosphere Parameters and Fluxes from Satellite Data - HOAPS 4.0 - Monthly Means / 6-Hourly Composites	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.5676/EUM SAF CM/HOAPS/V002	SSM/I\|SSMIS
High Latitude L2 Sea and Sea Ice Surface Temperature - Metop	Technical Documentation Product User Manual (PDF)	AVHRR
IASI L2P Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) - Metop	Low Earth Orbiter Sea Surface Temperature Product User Manual (PDF) BUFR Tables	IASI
IASI L2PCore Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) - Metop	IASI Level 2 Product Guide (PDF) GHRSST data specification (GDS) v2.0 Single Sensor Error Statistic Scheme for IASI L2P Sea Surface Temperature (PDF) IASI L2 Surface Temperature: PPF v5 Validation Results (PDF) Validation of IASI L2Pcore Sea Surface Temperature (PDF)	IASI
L3C North Atlantic Regional (NAR) Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	AVHRR\|VIIRS
L3C hourly Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) - GOES-E	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager
L3C hourly Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) - MSG	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SEVIRI
L3C hourly Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) data record release 1 - MSG	Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.15770/EUM SAF OSI 0004	SEVIRI
Long-Wave Sea Surface Temperature - MODIS	NASA Ocean Color	MODIS
Merged Atlantic Product Sea Surface Temperature - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager\|SEVIRI\|AVHRR
Near Real-Time Ocean Products - Multimission - Africa	NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service PML: Remote Sensing Group Plymouth Marine Laboratory	MODIS
North Atlantic and Regional Sea Surface Temperature (NAR SST) - NOAA	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	AVHRR
Refined Ocean Products - Aqua - Africa	NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service PML: Remote Sensing Group Plymouth Marine Laboratory	MODIS
SLSTR GHRSST L2P Sea Surface Temperature (SST) - Sentinel-3		SLSTR
SLSTR Level 1B Radiances and Brightness Temperatures in NRT - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SLSTR Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) SLSTR: Algorithm Theoretical Basis Definition Document for Level 1 Observables (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3 SLSTR Marine User Handbook (PDF) S3 Product Notice - SLSTR (Processing Baseline: v2.29, 4 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - SLSTR (Processing Baseline: v2.17, 5 July 2017) (PDF)	SLSTR
SLSTR Level 1B Radiances and Brightness Temperatures in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SLSTR Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) SLSTR: Algorithm Theoretical Basis Definition Document for Level 1 Observables (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3 SLSTR Marine User Handbook (PDF) S3 Product Notice - SLSTR (Processing Baseline: v2.29, 4 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - SLSTR (Processing Baseline: v2.17, 5 July 2017) (PDF)	SLSTR
SLSTR Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) in NRT - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SLSTR Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Sea Surface Temperature (SLSTR) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (PDF) SLSTR: Algorithm Theoretical Basis Definition Document for Level 1 Observables (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3 SLSTR Marine User Handbook (PDF) S3 Product Notice - SLSTR (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 4 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - SLSTR (Processing Baseline: v2.18, 5 July 2017) (PDF)	SLSTR
SLSTR Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) in NTC - Sentinel-3	Product Data Format Specification - SLSTR Level 1 & Level 2 Instrument Products (PDF) Sea Surface Temperature (SLSTR) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (PDF) SLSTR: Algorithm Theoretical Basis Definition Document for Level 1 Observables (PDF) Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures (PDF) Sentinel-3 SLSTR Marine User Handbook (PDF) S3 Product Notice - SLSTR (Processing Baseline: v2.33, 4 April 2018) (PDF) S3 Product Notice - SLSTR (Processing Baseline: v2.18, 5 July 2017) (PDF)	SLSTR
Sea Surface Temperature INSAT-3D L2B	ISRO INSAT-3D	INSAT Imager
Sea Surface Temperature - MFG - 0 degree - Reprocessed	Sea Surface Temperature - Factsheet (PDF)	MVIRI
Sea Surface Temperature - MFG - Indian Ocean 57 degrees E	Sea Surface Temperature - Factsheet (PDF)	MVIRI
Sea Surface Temperature - MFG - Indian Ocean 63 degrees E - Reprocessed	Sea Surface Temperature - Factsheet (PDF)	MVIRI

**Wave Products**
Title	Resources	Instrument
Gridded Wave Products - Multimission	AVISO	POSEIDON-3B\|AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record (BUFR) - Jason-2	Jason-2 WMO operational formats descriptions OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record (BUFR) - Jason-3	Jason-3 WMO operational formats descriptions Jason-3 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
Operational Geophysical Data Record (BUFR) - SARAL	SARAL/AltiKa Products Handbook (PDF) SALP Products Specification (PDF)	AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record (netCDF) - Jason-2	Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF) OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record (netCDF) - Jason-3	Jason-3 Product Format Specification for Jason-3 netCDF products (PDF) Jason-3 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
Operational Geophysical Data Record (netCDF) - SARAL	SARAL/AltiKa Products Handbook (PDF) SALP Products Specification (PDF)	AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly (netCDF) - SARAL	SARAL/AltiKa Products Handbook (PDF) SALP Products Specification (PDF)	AltiKa
Operational Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly - Jason-2	Jason-2 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF) OSTM/Jason-2 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3
Operational Geophysical Data Record - Sea Surface Height Anomaly - Jason-3	Jason-3 Product Format Specification for Jason-2 netCDF products (PDF) Jason-3 Products Handbook (PDF)	POSEIDON-3B
WAVE WATCH III products - Model - North Atlantic Ocean

**Additional Ocean Products (Level 0 – Level 1)**
Title	Resources	Instrument
ASCAT AHRPT - Metop	ASCAT Product Guide (PDF) Metop-A Direct Readout AHRPT Technical Description (PDF) Direct Readout Service - Extended AHRPT Coverage SAF on Numerical Weather Prediction	ASCAT
AVHRR AHRPT - Metop	Metop-A Direct Readout AHRPT Technical Description (PDF) Direct Readout Service - Extended AHRPT Coverage SAF on Numerical Weather Prediction	AVHRR
AVHRR GDS Level 1B - Metop	AVHRR - Factsheet (PDF) AVHRR Level 1B Product Guide (PDF) AVHRR 3 Level 1 Product Format Specification (PDF) AVHRR L1 Product Generation Specification (PDF)	AVHRR
AVHRR GDS Level 1B - NOAA	AVHRR - Factsheet (PDF) AVHRR Level 1B Product Guide (PDF) AVHRR 3 Level 1 Product Format Specification (PDF) AVHRR L1 Product Generation Specification (PDF)	AVHRR
AVHRR Regional Data Service - Multimission	EUMETSAT EARS-AVHRR page TD 14 - EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service Technical Description (PDF)	AVHRR
Absolute Dynamic Topography - Multimission	AVISO	POSEIDON-3\|AltiKa
Absolute Sea Level Anomaly - Jason 2 - Mozambique	AVISO	POSEIDON-3
Absolute Sea Level Anomaly - Multimission	AVISO	POSEIDON-3\|AltiKa
Absolute Sea Level Anomaly - SARAL - Mozambique	AVISO	AltiKa
Atlantic Downward Longwave Irradiance at Low and Mid Latitudes - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager\|MVIRI\|SEVIRI
Atlantic High Latitude Downward Longwave Irradiance - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF Product Page	AVHRR
Atlantic High Latitude Surface Shortwave Irradiance - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF OSI SAF Product Page	AVHRR
Atlantic Surface Solar Irradiance at Low and Mid Latitudes - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager\|SEVIRI
Composite Ocean Products - Multimission - AMESD Regions	NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service PML: Remote Sensing Group Plymouth Marine Laboratory	MODIS
Corrected Sea Surface Height - Multimission	AVISO	POSEIDON-3\|AltiKa
Daily Downward Longwave Irradiance (NetCDF) - GOES	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager
Daily Downward Longwave Irradiance (NetCDF) - MSG	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SEVIRI
Daily Downward Longwave Irradiance - GOES	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager
Daily Downward Longwave Irradiance - MSG	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SEVIRI
Daily Shortwave Solar Irradiance - GOES	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager
Daily Shortwave Solar Irradiance - MSG	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SEVIRI
Daily Surface Solar Irradiance (NetCDF) - GOES	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager
Daily Surface Solar Irradiance (NetCDF) - MSG	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SEVIRI
GEONETCast Africa Broadcast - RANET
Global Map of Sea Level Anomalies - Multimission - Mozambique	AVISO
HRI Level 1.5 Image Data - MFG - 0 degree	HRI - IODC	MVIRI
HRI Level 1.5 Image Data - MFG - ADC	HRI - IODC	MVIRI
HRI Level 1.5 Image Data - MFG - Indian Ocean 57 degrees E		MVIRI
HRI Level 1.5 Image Data - MFG - XADC	HRI - IODC	MVIRI
High Rate SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data (3-hourly) - MSG - 0 degree		SEVIRI
High Rate SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data - MSG - 0 degree	MSG Level 1.5 Image Data Format Description (PDF)	SEVIRI
High Rate SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data - MSG - Indian Ocean 41.5 degrees E	MSG Level 1.5 Image Data Format Description (PDF)	SEVIRI
Hourly Downward Longwave Irradiance (NetCDF) - GOES	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager
Hourly Downward Longwave Irradiance (NetCDF) - MSG	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SEVIRI
Hourly Downward Longwave Irradiance - GOES	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager
Hourly Downward Longwave Irradiance - MSG	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SEVIRI
Hourly Shortwave Solar Irradiance - GOES	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager
Hourly Shortwave Solar Irradiance - MSG	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SEVIRI
Hourly Surface Solar Irradiance (NetCDF) - GOES	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager
Hourly Surface Solar Irradiance (NetCDF) - MSG	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	SEVIRI
L1 BT - MTVZA-GY - Meteor-M N2		MTVZA-GY
Merged Atlantic Product Downward Longwave Irradiance - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager\|SEVIRI\|AVHRR
Merged Atlantic Product Surface Solar Irradiance - Multimission	EUMETSAT OSI SAF page OSI SAF	GOES Imager\|SEVIRI\|AVHRR
OLCI OC4ME Chlorophyll Concentration - Sentinel-3	Examining the consistency of products derived from various ocean color sensors in open ocean (Case 1) waters in the perspective	OLCI
Rapid Scan HRI Level 1.5 Image Data - MFG		MVIRI
Rapid Scan High Rate SEVIRI Level 1.5 Image Data - MSG	Rapid Scanning Service MSG Level 1.5 Image Data Format Description (PDF)	SEVIRI
Refined Ocean Products - Aqua - AMESD Regions	NERC Earth Observation Data Acquisition and Analysis Service PML: Remote Sensing Group Plymouth Marine Laboratory	MODIS
VIIRS Sea Surface Temperature - Suomi-NPP	Technical/Scientific documentation S-NPP Products	VIIRS

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