MODIS-derived sea surface temperature in the Gulf of Mexico between 2012-01-01 to 2018-12-31

This dataset contains Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived sea surface temperature (SST) in the Gulf of Mexico, at 4-km spatial resolution and monthly temporal resolution. This is the standard NASA data product distributed by NASA's Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC; https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov) with the addition of calculated statistical fields. The original data have been sub-setted to the Gulf of Mexico region (18N to 31N and 98W to 79W) in order to calculate the monthly mean SST distributions over the 2012-2018 period, the annual mean SST distribution for each year, and the monthly anomaly fields for each year. Figures illustrating the distribution for the Gulf of Mexico region are included for the original and calculated data.