Sea Surface Temperature data downloaded by Oceancolor Data Downloader.
The Oceancolor Data Downloader is a new plugin for QGIS from the Mapping and Geographic Information Centre of the British Antarctic Survey that downloads Oceancolor and Sea Surface Temperature data from NASA’s Oceancolor website. The plugin currently downloads three datasets:
- MODIS AQUA chlorophyll concentration
- SeaWiFS chlorophyll concentration
- MODIS AQUA night time Sea Surface Temperatures
The data accessed includes daily, 8 day, monthly and yearly composites, all of which can be saved to disk while downloading. Future plans for the plugin include additional access to other datasets such as ocean Net Primary Production, selection by bounding box, the ability to save in other formats, a progress bar etc.
I used the plugin to download global Sea Surface Temperatures for the 13th Jan 2015. I then used shapefiles from Natural Earth to create a simple basemap. I finally chose the IBCAO Polar Stereographic projection (EPSG: 3996) to create a map centred on the North Pole.
If you use the plugin to produce published research, please cite:
IeQGIS 
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Using the data from the Oceancolor website has always been more difficult than it could be. I haven’t tried it yet, but this new plugin for QGIS looks like it could make life much easier for anyone who wants to use Oceancolor satellite data in their research.
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Hi, I installed the pluging, and downloaded some SST data for 1 year, what I got are 2 files with a .bz2 extension, what do I do now to get the SST on a a map? Thanks!
these are probably tiff images which were zippes you can probably extract using 7zip
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Does The SST images have legends? Anybody have already used to clorophyll?