Overview
This page explains how to access Level-2P and Level-3U sea surface temperature data from the following CDS catalogue entry: Sea surface temperature daily data from 1981 to present derived from satellite observations. Currently, this entry only provides access to Level 3C and Level 4 data.
Installing the CDS API
Access to the Level-2P and Level-3U data is only possible through the Climate Data Store Application Program Interface (CDS API). This requires the installation of the CDS API application on the users' computer. More information on how to install it can be found here and here. You also need to provide your user identity and public key, which can be found when you are logged in the Catalogue and click on your username at the top left.
Available options
To form a correct request, the keys "processinglevel" and "sensor_on_satellite" must be associated with at least one of the following possible values:
"sensor_on_satellite": [
"aatsr_on_envisat", "atsr1_on_ers_1", "atsr2_on_ers_2",
"avhrr_on_metop_a", "avhrr_on_noaa_07", "avhrr_on_noaa_09",
"avhrr_on_noaa_11", "avhrr_on_noaa_12" "avhrr_on_noaa_14",
"avhrr_on_noaa_15", "avhrr_on_noaa_16", "avhrr_on_noaa_17",
"avhrr_on_noaa_18", "avhrr_on_noaa_19", "slstr_on_sentinel_3a",
"slstr_on_sentinel_3b"
]
"processinglevel": [
"level_2p"
"level_3u",
"level_3c",
]
Example of a request
#!/usr/bin/env python
import cdsapi
c = cdsapi.Client()
c.retrieve("satellite-sea-surface-temperature-complete",
{
"processinglevel": "level_3c",
"sensor_on_satellite": "atsr1_on_ers_1",
"year": "1988",
"month": "03",
"day': "03",
"variable': "all",
"format": "zip",
},
"output.zip")
Terms of use
Users need to accept the Terms of use of this dataset before being able to download the data. Once logged in, a new widget will appear which allow the user to view the terms and conditions of use and accept them.