GHRSST: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature
The Group for High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (SST; GHRSST) provides a new generation of global high-resolution (10km) SST products to the operational oceanographic, meteorological, climate and general scientific community. The products are provided at a variety of processing levels including "gap-free" global grids. Each SST grid point must have associated with it six associated fields that allow users to assess quality.
Key Strengths
Very high resolution(s)
Quality information on a grid point basis
Key Limitations
Short time series
Cite this page
Acknowledgement of any material taken from or knowledge gained from this page is appreciated:
National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds). Last modified "The Climate Data Guide: GHRSST: Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature.” Retrieved from https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/ghrsst-group-high-resolution-sea-surface-temperature on 2025-07-19.
Citation of datasets is separate and should be done according to the data providers' instructions. If known to us, data citation instructions are given in the Data Access section, above.
Acknowledgement of the Climate Data Guide project is also appreciated:
Schneider, D. P., C. Deser, J. Fasullo, and K. E. Trenberth, 2013: Climate Data Guide Spurs Discovery and Understanding. Eos Trans. AGU, 94, 121–122, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013eo130001
Key Figures
GHRSST: Sample high resolution (3600x7200) SST. (Climate Data Guide; D. Shea)
GHRSST: Sample level-2 gridded (L2P-G) resolution (360x720) SST. (Climate Data Guide; D. Shea)
GHRSST: Sample level-2 (L2) swath (243x4193) SST. (Climate Data Guide; D. Shea)
Other Information
satellite data
High Resolution < 10km