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Hmm, there are some superlatives ("highest resolution") in here I'm not sure about. Lots of groups create maps like this for modeling purposes. One for sea su

by mturmon 13y ago

Hmm, there are some superlatives ("highest resolution") in here I'm not sure about. Lots of groups create maps like this for modeling purposes. One for sea surface temperature is: http://ourocean.jpl.nasa.gov/SST/ http://ourocean.jpl.nasa.gov/SST/ This is a blended product (i.e., multi-instrument, and gaps filled) with 1km resolution. There is also a 1km MODIS land surface temperature data product: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/dataproducts.php?MOD_NUMBER=11 http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/dataprod/dataproducts.php?MO... Neither of these is real-time (more like daily).

thegrossman 13y ago
"Real-time" is the key. As far as we know, there isn't another real-time global data product that is this high resolution. And while we actually use MODIS data as an input to our temperature correction model, it is, as you mentioned, land surface temperature, whereas our map represents near-surface air temperature (i.e., what you'd get in a normal weather report).
- mturmon 13y ago
  Good point about "near-surface air temperature".