 The international GODAE steering committee realised that SST data products were not adequate for GODAE forecast systems and initiated the GODAE High Resolution SST Pilot Project (GHRSST-PP).User requirements were collected together to define the optimal SST data products that could be developed to suit the widest possible number of applications.In 2008 the GHRSST-PP Science Team agreed to close the Pilot Project as the GODAE project was completed.