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Title:	The Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) Version 2 - Global, 4 km Sea Surface Temperature and Related Thermal Stress Metrics for 1982-2008 (NODC Accession Number 0054501)
Abstract:	The Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD) is a collection of sea surface temperature (SST) and related thermal stress metrics, developed specifically for coral reef ecosystem applications but relevant to other ecosystems as well. The CoRTAD Version 2 contains global, approximately 4 km resolution SST data on a weekly time scale from 1982 through 2008. It is related to the CoRTAD Version 1 (NODC Accession 0044419), with a few important differences. Whereas Version 1 covers the time period from 1985-2005, Version 2 contains 6 additional years of data, extending that period to 1982-2008. Also, whereas Version 1 is in HDF4 Scientific Data Set format, Version 2 is in HDF5. In addition to SST, the CoRTAD contains SST anomaly (SSTA, weekly SST minus weekly climatological SST), thermal stress anomaly (TSA, weekly SST minus the maximum weekly climatological SST), SSTA Degree Heating Week (SSTA_DHW, sum of previous 12 weeks when SSTA >= 1 degree C), SSTA Frequency (number of times over previous 52 weeks that SSTA >= 1 degree C), TSA DHW (TSA_DHW, also known as a Degree Heating Week, sum of previous 12 weeks when TSA >= 1 degree C),and TSA Frequency (number of times over previous 52 weeks that TSA >= 1 degree C). The CoRTAD was created at the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center in partnership with the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, with support from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program.
Publisher Name:	NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center
Tracking ID:	4534
Metadata:	http://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/cortadv2_fgdc_meta_nodc_0054501.html
Metadata Date:	12/20/2012
Preview:	http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/Cortad/currmean.jpg http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/Cortad/currmax.jpg http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/Cortad/currmin.jpg
Data (Online Linkage):	http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/Cortad/
Data (Network Resource):	http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/SatelliteData/cortad/
Originator:	Elizabeth R. Selig, University of North Carolina (UNC) - Chapel Hill (currently, Conservation International), John F. Bruno, UNC - Chapel Hill, and Kenneth S. Casey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC).
Entry Type:	Metadata Record.

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