The validation of ATSR measurements with in situ sea temperatures

Conference · Fri Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10105080

Minnett, P J ^[1]; Stansfield, K L ^[2]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
2. State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States). Marine Sciences Research Center

The largest source of uncertainty in the retrieval of SST (sea-surface) temperature from space-borne infrared radiometric measurements is in the correction for the effects of the intervening atmosphere. During a research cruise of the R/V Alliance measurements of sea surface temperature, surface meteorological variables and surface infrared radiances were taken. SST fields were generated from the ATSR data using pre-launch algorithims derived by the ATSR Instrument Team (A.M. Zavody, personal communication), and the initial comparison between ATSR measurements and SST taken along the ship`s track indicate that the dual-angle atmospheric correction is accurate in mid-latitude conditions.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 10105080
• Report Number(s): BNL-49690; CONF-9310231-1; ON: DE94003195; TRN: 94:000006
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. ERS symposium on space at the service of our environment,Hamburg (Germany),11-14 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: 8 Oct 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SATELLITES
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INFRARED SURVEYS
TEMPERATURE MONITORING
AIR-WATER INTERACTIONS
SHIPS
INFORMATION VALIDATION
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
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BASIC STUDIES