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Improving the accuracy of satellite sea surface temperature measurements by explicitly accounting for the bulk-skin temperature difference
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Castro, Sandra L. Emery, William J. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Description | The focus of this research was to determine whether the accuracy of satellite measurements of sea surface temperature (SST) could be improved by explicitly accounting for the complex temperature gradients at the surface of the ocean associated with the cool skin and diurnal warm layers. To achieve this goal, work centered on the development and deployment of low-cost infrared radiometers to enable the direct validation of satellite measurements of skin temperature. During this one year grant, design and construction of an improved infrared radiometer was completed and testing was initiated. In addition, development of an improved parametric model for the bulk-skin temperature difference was completed using data from the previous version of the radiometer. This model will comprise a key component of an improved procedure for estimating the bulk SST from satellites. The results comprised a significant portion of the Ph.D. thesis completed by one graduate student and they are currently being converted into a journal publication. |
| File Size | 874225 |
| Page Count | 19 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20020052435 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6zw6dc1r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Oceanography Temperature Measurement In Situ Measurement Satellite Observation Sea Surface Temperature Infrared Radiometers Temperature Gradients Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |