Central California SST

The animation below shows monthly average sea surface temperature (SST) in Central California for the period March 1998 through September 2001. The SST data are from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA series polar orbiting weather satellites. The AVHRR sensor measures radiance from the earth in five bands or channels with 1.1 km resolution at nadir. They were obtained from CoastWatch West Coast Regional Node. The animation is just over 2mb and may take a few minutes to load. NOTE: The bottom left corner of the image contains the date.