SST_front_data: ocean thermal fronts detected by the Cayula and Cornillon SIED algorithm

This dataset includes the post-processed data and a demo MATLAB script used for the paper titled "Global trends of fronts and chlorophyll in a warming ocean"

SST_FRONT_data.zip contains maps of sea surface temperature (SST) fronts detected by the Cayula and Cornillon single image edge detection algorithm over global ocean warming hotspot regions and covering the period 2003-2020. The original data was obtained from NASA OB.DAAC MODIS sea surface temperature (SST) product (MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST MID-IR 8 Day 4km Nighttime V2019.0: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/MODIS_AQUA_L3_SST_MID-IR_8DAY_4KM_NIGHTTIME_V2019.0?ids=&values=&search=MODIS%20Aqua&provider=POCLOUD). 

SST_FRONT_data.zip also contains Fdens_Ffreq_Fstre_example.mlx, which is a MATLAB live script showing how to compute metrics of fronts based on frontal maps: frontal frequency (Ffreq), frontal density (Fdens), and frontal strength (Fstre). 

Fdens_Ffreq_Fstre_example.pdf is intended for quick viewing of the script above.