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NEUROST_SSH-SST_L4_V2024.0·v2024.0·dataset

Sea-surface height and ocean currents, daily (NeurOST)

Daily NeurOST L4 Sea Surface Height and Surface Geostrophic Currents
ocean NASA POCLOUD Level 4 active netCDF-4
In plain English

What it measures. Daily maps of sea-surface height and the resulting surface ocean currents.

How it's made. Produced by a neural network (a trained computer model) that fills in gaps between sparse satellite sea-height tracks, guided by a gridded sea-surface temperature product.

How & where you'd use it. Visualizing ocean currents and eddies day by day, supporting research on ocean circulation and how the sea moves heat and nutrients around.

What's measured

OCEANS › SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY › SEA SURFACE HEIGHTOCEANS › SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY › SEA SURFACE HEIGHT › SEA SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALY (SSHA)OCEANS › SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY › SEA LEVEL › SEA LEVEL ANOMALYOCEANS › OCEAN CIRCULATION › OCEAN CURRENTS › SURFACE CURRENTSOCEANS › OCEAN CIRCULATION › EDDIES › MESOSCALE EDDIES

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2010-01-01 → ongoing
  • Measured byMODELS
  • Processing levelLevel 4
  • Spatial extent-180, -70, 180, 79.9
  • FormatsnetCDF-4
  • StatusACTIVE

What you can do with it

  • Watch sea-surface temperature and marine heatwaves
  • Spot algal blooms and ocean-colour shifts
  • Support fisheries and coastal monitoring
Official description

This Daily NeurOST Level 4 Sea Surface Height and Surface Geostrophic Currents analysis product from the University of Washington and JPL was mapped by a neural network trained with sparse Level 3 nadir altimetry observations (CMEMS, E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information) and the MUR Level 4 gridded sea surface temperature product (PO.DAAC).

Get the data

neurost_ssh-sst_l4_v2024.0_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="NEUROST_SSH-SST_L4_V2024.0",
    version="2024.0",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from POCLOUD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.