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NOAA Coral Reef Watch Operational Daily Near-Real-Time Global 5-km Satellite Coral Bleaching Monitoring Products

Identification Information

Citation:

Citation Information:

Title: NOAA Coral Reef Watch Operational Daily Near-Real-Time Global 5-km Satellite Coral Bleaching Monitoring Products

Date:

Date: May 19, 2017
Date Type: creation (CI_DateTypeCode)
Edition: 3.1

Identifier:
Code: dhw_5km
Authority: org.pacioos

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: originator (CI_RoleCode)

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: info@pacioos.org

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: publisher (CI_RoleCode)

Suggested data citation: NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW). 2017, updated 2020. NOAA Coral Reef Watch Operational Daily Near-Real-Time Global 5-km Satellite Coral Bleaching Monitoring Products. Version 3.1. [Indicate temporal subset used.] Distributed by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS). http://pacioos.org/metadata/dhw_5km.html. Accessed [date].

Abstract:

Contains a suite of NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW) version 3.1 operational global satellite coral bleaching heat stress monitoring products at 5-km resolution produced daily in near real-time, including sea surface temperature (SST), SST anomaly, HotSpot, Degree Heating Week (DHW), and Bleaching Alert Area (BAA). These data are based on CoralTemp Version 1.0, a daily global 5-km sea surface temperature dataset combined from: (1.) NOAA/NESDIS operational near-real-time daily global 5-km geostationary-polar-orbiting (geo-polar) blended night-only SST analysis, (2.) NOAA/NESDIS 2002-2016 reprocessed daily global 5-km geo-polar blended night-only SST analysis, and (3.) United Kingdom Met Office 1985-2002 daily global 5-km night-only SST reanalysis of Operational SST and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA). The SST anomaly is the difference of SST compared to daily SST climatology. The coral bleaching HotSpot is a special type of sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly and shows the difference of SST compared to a coral bleaching SST threshold climatology. DHW is the accumulation of Coral Bleaching HotSpots over a period of 12 consecutive weeks. The DHW value at any particular location at any particular time is the summation of the product of HotSpot values which are at least 1 deg C above the bleaching threshold SST and their durations in weeks over the most recent 12-week period. One DHW is equivalent to 1 week of SST at 1 deg C above the threshold or 0.5 week of SST at 2 deg C above the threshold, etc. The units for DHW are deg C-weeks, combining the intensity and duration of heat stress into one single number. Based on research at Coral Reef Watch, when the heat stress reaches 4 deg C-weeks, you can expect to see significant coral bleaching, especially in more sensitive species. When heat stress is 8 deg C-weeks or higher, you would likely see widespread bleaching and mortality from the heat stress. Provides the most recent 3 years of data only; for the full time series, see PacIOOS ERDDAP instead.

Purpose:

PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region.

Credit:

NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW)

Point of Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: pointOfContact (CI_RoleCode)

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Descriptive Keywords:

Keywords:

Keyword Type: theme (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: Earth Science Oceans Coastal Processes Coral Reefs
Keyword: Earth Science Oceans Ocean Temperature Sea Surface Temperature

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Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Science Keywords

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Keyword: Earth Observation Satellites GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) GOES-13
Keyword: Earth Observation Satellites GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite) GOES-15
Keyword: Earth Observation Satellites Himawari Himawari Meteorological Satellites
Keyword: Earth Observation Satellites Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) SUOMI-NPP Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership
Keyword: Earth Observation Satellites METEOSAT METEOSAT-11
Keyword: Earth Observation Satellites METEOSAT METEOSAT-8
Keyword: Earth Observation Satellites METOP METOP-B Meteorological Operational Satellite - B

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Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Platform Keywords

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Keyword Type: theme (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Passive Remote Sensing Spectrometers/Radiometers Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers AHI Advanced Himawari Imager
Keyword: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Passive Remote Sensing Spectrometers/Radiometers Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
Keyword: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Passive Remote Sensing Spectrometers/Radiometers Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers GOES-13 Imager Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 13-Imager
Keyword: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Passive Remote Sensing Spectrometers/Radiometers Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers GOES-15 Imager Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 15-Imager
Keyword: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Passive Remote Sensing Spectrometers/Radiometers Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers SEVIRI Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
Keyword: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Passive Remote Sensing Spectrometers/Radiometers Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers VIIRS Visible-Infrared Imager-Radiometer Suite

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Title: GCMD Instrument Keywords

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Keyword Type: place (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: Geographic Region Global Ocean

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Location Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: project (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW)

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Project Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: dataCenter (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: PacIOOS Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Data Center Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: theme (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: latitude
Keyword: longitude
Keyword: sea_ice_area_fraction
Keyword: sea_surface_temperature
Keyword: time

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: CF Standard Name Table v39

Aggregation Information:

Aggregate Dataset Name:

Citation Information:

Title: NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW)

Association Type: largerWorkCitation (DS_AssociationTypeCode)

Initiative Type: project (DS_InitiativeTypeCode)

Aggregation Information:

Aggregate Dataset Identifier:

Code: Grid
Authority: Unidata Common Data Model

Association Type: largerWorkCitation (DS_AssociationTypeCode)

Initiative Type: project (DS_InitiativeTypeCode)

Resource Constraints:

Legal Constraints:

Use Limitation:

OSTIA Usage Statement (1985-2002): IMPORTANT usage statement. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, these data may be used for pure academic research only, with no commercial or other application and all usage must meet the Met Office Standard Terms and Conditions, which may be found here: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/legal/tandc.html. The data may be used for a maximum period of 5 years. Reproduction of the data is permitted provided the following copyright statement is included: (C) Crown Copyright 2010, published by the Met Office. You must submit a completed reproduction license application form (here http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/legal/repro_licence.html) before using the data. This only needs to be completed once for each user. WARNING Some applications are unable to properly handle signed byte values. If values are encountered > 127, please subtract 256 from this reported value. GHRSST statement (2002-present): GHRSST protocol describes data use as free and open. Coral Reef Watch program statement: The data produced by Coral Reef Watch are available for use without restriction, but Coral Reef Watch relies on the ethics and integrity of the user to ensure that the source of the data and products is appropriately cited and credited. When using these data and products, credit and courtesy should be given to NOAA Coral Reef Watch. Please include the appropriate DOI associated with this dataset in the citation. For more information, visit the NOAA Coral Reef Watch website: https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov. Recommendations for citing and providing credit are provided at https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/docs/recommendations_crw_citation.php. Users are referred to the footer section of Coral Reef Watch's website (https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/index.php) for disclaimers, policies, notices pertaining to the use of the data.

Language:

eng

Topic Categories (MD_TopicCategoryCode):

Topic Category: biota
Topic Category: oceans

Extent Information:

Spatial Temporal Extent:

Geographic Element:

Bounding Coordinates:

 
Westbound Longitude: -179.97501°
Eastbound Longitude: 179.97501°
Southbound Latitude: -89.975°
Northbound Latitude: 89.975°

Temporal Element:

Time Period:

Description: seconds
Begin Position: December 3, 2021
End Position: December 2, 2024

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: OPeNDAP

Service Type: THREDDS OPeNDAP

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: OPeNDAP Client Access

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/dhw_5km
Name: OPeNDAP
Protocol: OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP
Description: THREDDS OPeNDAP
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: OGC-WCS

Service Type: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Coverage Service (WCS)

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: GetCapabilities

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/wcs/dhw_5km?service=WCS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
Name: OGC-WCS
Protocol: OGC:WCS
Description: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Coverage Service (WCS)
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: OGC-WMS

Service Type: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: GetCapabilities

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/wms/dhw_5km?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
Name: OGC-WMS
Protocol: OGC:WMS
Description: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: THREDDS_NetCDF_Subset

Service Type: THREDDS NetCDF Subset Service

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: NetCDFSubsetService

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/ncss/dhw_5km/dataset.html
Name: THREDDS_NetCDF_Subset
Protocol: UNIDATA:NCSS
Description: THREDDS NetCDF Subset Service
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

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Data Quality Information

Scope:

dataset

Lineage:

Statement:

2017-05-19T00:00:00Z Data obtained from NOAA Coral Reef Watch and re-distributed via THREDDS Data Server (TDS) at PacIOOS to provide temporal aggregation and distribution through NetCDF/OPeNDAP utilities like ncWMS and ERDDAP.
2018-11-26T00:00:00Z Upgraded dataset from v3.0 to v3.1, which also extends start date from 2013-06-03 back to 1985-04-01.
2020-06-04T00:00:00Z Although still v3.1, CRW implemented some changes to metadata and ice masks for transition to NOAA/NESDIS operational products.
2024-01-12T22:35:00Z Due to ongoing difficulty serving the entire time series aggregation through TDS, we are now limiting access to the latest 3 years. For the full time series, see PacIOOS ERDDAP instead.
2024-03-20T21:18:00Z Full time series aggregation now restored in TDS; no longer limited to latest data.
2024-04-04T07:21:00Z Due to ongoing difficulty serving the entire time series aggregation through TDS, we are now limiting access to the latest 3 years. For the full time series, see PacIOOS ERDDAP instead.

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Spatial Representation Information

Number Of Dimensions:

3

Axis Dimension Properties:

Dimension:

Dimension Name: column (MD_DimensionNameTypeCode)
Dimension Size: 7200
Resolution: 0.05000 degrees_east

Dimension:

Dimension Name: row (MD_DimensionNameTypeCode)
Dimension Size: 3600
Resolution: 0.04999 degrees_north

Dimension:

Dimension Name: temporal (MD_DimensionNameTypeCode)
Dimension Size: 1091
Resolution: 86796.0 seconds

Cell Geometry:

area (MD_CellGeometryCode)

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Content Information

Coverage Description:

Dimensions:

Dimension:

Attribute Name: crs
Attribute Type: short
Descriptor:

. This is a container variable that describes the grid_mapping used by the data in this file. This variable does not contain any data; only information about the geographic coordinate system.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_DHW
Attribute Type: double
Units: Celsius weeks
Descriptor:

degree heating week

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_DHW_mask
Attribute Type: byte
Units: 1
Descriptor:

CRW_DHW pixel characteristics flag array. A 2D array, in the same size as the data array in the X and Y directions, classifying land, missing, and ice pixels that are all flagged by the same missing_value (specified by the variable attribute _FillValue) in the data array(s), along with water (data) pixels.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_HOTSPOT
Attribute Type: double
Units: Celsius
Descriptor:

coral bleaching hotspot

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_HOTSPOT_mask
Attribute Type: byte
Units: 1
Descriptor:

CRW_HOTSPOT pixel characteristics flag array. A 2D array, in the same size as the data array in the X and Y directions, classifying land, missing, and ice pixels that are all flagged by the same missing_value (specified by the variable attribute _FillValue) in the data array(s), along with water (data) pixels.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_SSTANOMALY
Attribute Type: double
Units: Celsius
Descriptor:

sea surface temperature anomaly

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_SSTANOMALY_mask
Attribute Type: byte
Units: 1
Descriptor:

CRW_SSTANOMALY pixel characteristics flag array. A 2D array, in the same size as the data array in the X and Y directions, classifying land, missing, and ice pixels that are all flagged by the same missing_value (specified by the variable attribute _FillValue) in the data array(s), along with water (data) pixels.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_BAA
Attribute Type: float
Units: 1
Descriptor:

bleaching alert area. Bleaching Alert Area (BAA) values are coral bleaching heat stress levels: 0 - No Stress; 1 - Bleaching Watch; 2 - Bleaching Warning; 3 - Bleaching Alert Level 1; 4 - Bleaching Alert Level 2. Product description is provided at https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/5km/index.php.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_BAA_mask
Attribute Type: byte
Units: 1
Descriptor:

CRW_BAA pixel characteristics flag array. A 2D array, in the same size as the data array in the X and Y directions, classifying land, missing, and ice pixels that are all flagged by the same missing_value (specified by the variable attribute _FillValue) in the data array(s), along with water (data) pixels.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_BAA_7D_MAX
Attribute Type: float
Units: 1
Descriptor:

bleaching alert area 7-day maximum composite. Bleaching Alert Area (BAA) values are coral bleaching heat stress levels: 0 - No Stress; 1 - Bleaching Watch; 2 - Bleaching Warning; 3 - Bleaching Alert Level 1; 4 - Bleaching Alert Level 2. Product description is provided at https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/5km/index.php.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_BAA_7D_MAX_mask
Attribute Type: byte
Units: 1
Descriptor:

CRW_BAA_7D_MAX pixel characteristics flag array. A 2D array, in the same size as the data array in the X and Y directions, classifying land, missing, and ice pixels that are all flagged by the same missing_value (specified by the variable attribute _FillValue) in the data array(s), along with water (data) pixels.

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_SEAICE
Attribute Type: double
Units: 1
Descriptor:

sea ice fraction (sea_ice_area_fraction). 0 is 0% ice, 1 is 100% ice

Dimension:

Attribute Name: CRW_SST
Attribute Type: double
Units: Celsius
Descriptor:

sea surface temperature (sea_surface_temperature)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: latitude
Attribute Type: float
Units: degrees_north
Descriptor:

latitude (latitude). equirectangular projection and grid centers

Dimension:

Attribute Name: longitude
Attribute Type: float
Units: degrees_east
Descriptor:

longitude (longitude). equirectangular projection and grid centers

Dimension:

Attribute Name: time
Attribute Type: int
Units: seconds since 1981-01-01 00-00-00
Descriptor:

reference time (time)

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Distribution Information

Distributor:

Distributor Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: info@pacioos.org

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: publisher (CI_RoleCode)

Distributor Formats:

Name: OPeNDAP
Version: DAP/2.0

Distributor Transfer Options:

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/satellite.html?dataset=dhw_5km
Name: THREDDS Catalog
Protocol: UNIDATA:THREDDS
Description: This URL provides a catalog page for this dataset within THREDDS Data Server (TDS).
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/dhw_5km.html
Name: File Information
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides a standard OPeNDAP html interface for selecting data from this dataset. Change the extension to .info for a description of the dataset.
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org/voyager/index.html?b=-62.376931%2C42.495159%2C69.452305%2C-18.852497&s=1&t=m&o=sat:4:cunit:d46a0m0x1.5
Name: PacIOOS Voyager (Google Maps API)
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
Function: download (CI_PresentationFormCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/griddap/dhw_5km
Name: ERDDAP
Protocol: ERDDAP:griddap
Description: This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
Function: download (CI_PresentationFormCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/griddap/dhw_5km_lon360
Name: ERDDAP
Protocol: ERDDAP:griddap
Description: This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
Function: download (CI_PresentationFormCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/product/5km/methodology.php
Name: Related URL
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides additional information related to this dataset.
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier:

http://pacioos.org/metadata/iso/dhw_5km.xml

Language:

eng

Character Set:

UTF8 (MD_CharacterSetCode)

Hierarchy Level:

dataset (MD_ScopeCode)

Hierarchy Level:

service (MD_ScopeCode)

Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: NOAA Coral Reef Watch (CRW)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: coralreefwatch@noaa.gov

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: pointOfContact (CI_RoleCode)

Date Stamp:

December 4, 2024

Metadata Maintenance Information:

Maintenance And Update Frequency: unknown

Maintenance Note:

This record was translated from NcML using UnidataDD2MI.xsl Version 2.3.

Metadata Standard Name:

ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data

Metadata Standard Version:

ISO 19115-2:2009(E)

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