Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0044419
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Elizabeth R. Selig (UNC-Chapel Hill, currently with Conservation International), Kenneth S. Casey (NODC), and John F. Bruno (UNC-Chapel Hill)
To provide sea surface temperature data and related thermal stress parameters with good temporal consistency, high accuracy, and fine spatial resolution. The CoRTAD is intended primarily for climate and ecosystem related applications and studies and was designed specifically to address questions concerning the relationship between coral disease and bleaching and temperature stress.
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Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?
- Access_Constraints: None
- Use_Constraints:
- Please acknowledge the use of these data with "The Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) was developed by the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center and the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Selig, E.R., K.S. Casey, and J. Bruno (2008). Global patterns of variability in coral reef temperature anomalies: the importance of fine scale spatial and temporal heterogeneity. Global Change Biology, submitted.) It was provided by the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center at URL:http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/Cortad/"
NOAA makes no warranty regarding these data, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NODC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data, nor as a result of the failure of these data to function on a particular system.
Data format: | Sea surface temperature (SST) and derived thermal stress metrics. in format HDF (version 4) NCSA Hierarchical Data Format (HDF 4), Scientific Data Set (HDF-SDS) Size: 133000.0 |
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http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/cortad/ |
These data are available from multiple online sources; seethe "DIGITAL FORM" section of this metadata record and follow the instructions for "Online Options".
24 hours if downloaded via the Internet
Contact the NODC User Services Group via phone/FAX/E-mail: nodc.services@noaa.gov
PC, Mac, UNIX or other, standard Internet browser, ability to work with/utilize .HDF files strongly recommended.