2023

Erika Hayashi and Pia Englyst from DMI start their roles as the GHRSST coordinator and scientist. Learn more

The 24th GHRSST Science Team meeting is held in Ahmedabad, India and hosted by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Space Application Center (SAC). Learn more

Training in-person for SST Users, Ahmedabad, 20 October 2023 on GHRSST specified/formatted products: Which SST products in GHRSST specification are the most suitable for me? Learn more

2021

The GHRSST Project Offices moves to DMI with Chiara Bearzotti as the GHRSST coordinator under EUMETSAT management and Copernicus funding.

2019

Karen Veal (University of Leicester) takes over from Gary Corlett as the GHRSST coordinator.

2017 - 2019

It is recognized by the GHRSST data management experts, through discussions from 2017 to 2019, and confirmed at the annual GHRSST science team meetings, that a more defined sharing of data management resources will be beneficial to the future growth of GHRSST and encourage more participation by other potential data producers. Learn more

2014

The first GHRSST training workshop was held in Cape Town alongside the GHRSST science team meeting. Learn more

2011

In November of 2011, in Lucca, Italy, Kenneth Casey (NOAA) presents the CEOS SST-Virtual Constellation proposal, co-authored with Craig Donlon (ESA) to the CEOS Plenary. The CEOS Principals accepted and endorsed the proposal, thus creating the SST-VC. Learn more

2009

GODAE formally closes and the pilot project becomes the Group for High Resolution SST (GHRSST), continuing to build upon the foundation of the pilot project. Learn more

Following the close of the GODAE pilot project, a key milestone publication on the GODAE High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Pilot Project describing GHRSST and its achievements was published in Oceanography. Read it here

The first GHRSST user symposium was held in Santa Rosa, USA, hosted by Remote Sensing Systems and NASA. Learn more

2006

The Multi-Sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature (MISST) project was launched in the United States to improve access to Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data products derived from a suite of sensors. Serving as the primary funding source for the U.S. component of GHRSST, MISST involved key organizations such as NASA, NOAA, and the Naval Oceanographic Office. This funding was primarily facilitated through the National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP). Learn more here and here

The first GHRSST Level 2P datasets are made available.

2004

The Medspiration project, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), was launched to integrate multi-sensor sea surface temperature data into a comprehensive suite of products. It marked the establishment of the first active GHRSST RDAC. Learn more

2000 - 2003

A series of international workshops are held to establish a wider set of user requirements for the GHRSST-PP. Learn more

2000

The Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) High Resolution SST Pilot Project (GHRSST-PP) is initiated as an international collaboration for ocean forecasting activities to address an emerging need for accurate high resolution sea surface temperature products. Craig Donlon (Met Office) founded the GHRSST-PP and set up the first GHRSST Project Office at the Met Office with funding from the European Space Agency. Learn more