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CoastWatch Regions in HDF Format

Published by DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/CWP > CoastWatch Program, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: December 18, 2025 | Last Modified: 2003-11-10T00:00:00.000+00:00

The mapped data derived from AVHRR is divided into files for CoastWatch regions of interest. Each file contains multiple data variables stored using the HDF-4 Scientific Data Sets (SDS) model. The product contents are channel 1 albedo, channel 2 albedo, channel 3a albedo, channel 3 brightness temperature, channel 4 brightness temperature, channel 5 brightness temperature, moisture corrected sea-surface-temperature, 8-bit CLAVR ocean cloud mask, 2-bit CLAVR-X cloud mask, satellite zenith angle, solar zenith angle, relative azimuth angle and 8-bit graphics layers. The pixel resolution is 1.47 km/pixel except for synoptic region in Alaska (5 km/pixel) and the Great Lakes (1.8 km/pixel).

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CoRIS_Metadata CONTINUOUS TEMPERATURE HABITAT SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer continuous physical satellite data surface measurements derived products imagery US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE; OFFICE OF SATELLITE DATA PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION (OSDPD) 3207 - NOAA-12 SATELLITE NOAA-16 SATELLITE NOAA-17 SATELLITE NOAA-18 SATELLITE MetOp-A NOAA-19 SATELLITE COASTAL NOAA CoastWatch US DOC; NOAA; NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE; OFFICE OF SATELLITE DATA PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION (OSDPD) 99041 0099041 Gulf of California Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Sea Coastal Waters of Great Barrier Reefs Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Coastal Waters of California Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters of Hawaii Coastal Waters of S. Alaska Coastal Waters of SE Alaska Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon Coastal Waters of Western U.S. East Coast - US/Canada Mid-Atlantic Bight North American Coastline-North North American Coastline-South Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary West Coast - US/Canada Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature Continent > North America > United States Of America > Great Lakes Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Gulf Of Mexico Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands Ocean > Pacific Ocean > North Pacific Ocean > Gulf Of Alaska Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Bermuda climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere oceans sea_surface_temperature Alaska North Alaska Sitka Alaska South Alaska West Caribbean East Caribbean West East Coast Bermuda East Coast North East Coast South Great Barrier Reef West Coast North West Coast South Great Salt Lake West Coast Acapulco West Coast Baja Level 3 Map Images > Sea Surface Temperature EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature > AVHRR PR FGB USVI Navassa Florida MHI NWHI CNMI Guam AmSam PRIA Palau RMI FSM OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean OCEAN BASIN > Indian Ocean COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Marshall Islands > Marshall Islands > Marshall Islands (09N168E0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Marshall Islands > Marshall Islands (09N168E0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Micronesia > Micronesia (07N150E0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Carolines > Micronesia (07N150E0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Mariana Archipelago > Northern Mariana Islands ( CNMI ) (18N146E0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > Palau > Palau > Palau ( Belau ) (07N134E0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Carolines > Palau ( Belau ) (07N134E0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii > Hawaii (21N160W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii (21N160W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Guam > Guam (13N144E0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Wake Atoll > Wake Atoll (19N167E0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > American Samoa > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > American Samoa > American Samoa (14S170W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Navassa Island > Navassa Island > Navassa Island (18N075W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Navassa Island > Navassa Island > Navassa Island (18N075W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea /North Atlantic Ocean > Puerto Rico > Puerto Rico (18N066W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > East Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > Lesser Antilles > U. S. Virgin Islands (17N064W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Baker Island (00N176W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Baker Island > Baker Island (00N176W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Howland Island (00S176W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Howland Island > Howland Island (00S176W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Jarvis Island (00S160W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Johnston Atoll > Johnston Atoll (16N169W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Kingman Reef (06N162W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > USA Minor Outlying Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Line Islands > Palmyra Atoll (05N162W0001) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Texas > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Flower Garden Banks > West Flower Garden Banks (27N093W0002) OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico > Florida COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Honolulu > Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (28N178W0000)

Complete Metadata

describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.class:CW_REGION
issued	2003-11-10T00:00:00.000+00:00
landingPage	https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/ISO/html/nodc_0099041_cw_region_meta_v2013.html
language	[]
references	[ "http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c9/sec9-5.htm" ]
spatial	179.0,-30.0,-179.0,75.0

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