Satellite Measurements of Sea-Surface Temperature for Climate Research

1984 ◽  
pp. 57-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
P J Minnett ◽  
A M Zavody ◽  
D T Llewellyn-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Satellite Measurements ◽  
Climate Research

scholarly journals Satellite-based time-series of sea-surface temperature since 1981 for climate applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Merchant ◽  
Owen Embury ◽  
Claire E. Bulgin ◽  
Thomas Block ◽  
Gary K. Corlett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Satellite Measurements ◽  
Data Record ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Climate Data Record

Abstract A climate data record of global sea surface temperature (SST) spanning 1981–2016 has been developed from 4 × 1012 satellite measurements of thermal infra-red radiance. The spatial area represented by pixel SST estimates is between 1 km2 and 45 km2. The mean density of good-quality observations is 13 km−2 yr−1. SST uncertainty is evaluated per datum, the median uncertainty for pixel SSTs being 0.18 K. Multi-annual observational stability relative to drifting buoy measurements is within 0.003 K yr−1 of zero with high confidence, despite maximal independence from in situ SSTs over the latter two decades of the record. Data are provided at native resolution, gridded at 0.05° latitude-longitude resolution (individual sensors), and aggregated and gap-filled on a daily 0.05° grid. Skin SSTs, depth-adjusted SSTs de-aliased with respect to the diurnal cycle, and SST anomalies are provided. Target applications of the dataset include: climate and ocean model evaluation; quantification of marine change and variability (including marine heatwaves); climate and ocean-atmosphere processes; and specific applications in ocean ecology, oceanography and geophysics.

scholarly journals An empirical stochastic model of sea-surface temperature and surface wind over the Southern Ocean

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1891-1936
Author(s):  
S. Kravtsov ◽  
D. Kondrashov ◽  
I. Kamenkovich ◽  
M. Ghil
Keyword(s):  
Southern Ocean ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Singular Spectrum Analysis ◽  
Surface Wind ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Satellite Measurements ◽  
Synoptic Variability ◽  
Ocean Region

Abstract. This study employs NASA's recent satellite measurements of sea-surface temperature (SST) and sea-level wind (SLW) with missing data filled-in by Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA), to construct empirical models that capture both intrinsic and SST-dependent aspects of SLW variability. The model construction methodology uses a number of algorithmic innovations that are essential in providing stable estimates of model's propagator. The best model tested herein is able to faithfully represent the time scales and spatial patterns of anomalies associated with a number of distinct processes. These processes range from the daily synoptic variability to interannual signals presumably associated with oceanic or coupled dynamics. Comparing the simulations of an SLW model forced by the observed SST anomalies with the simulations of an SLW-only model provides preliminary evidence for the climatic behavior characterized by the ocean driving the atmosphere in the Southern Ocean region.

scholarly journals Submesoscale Sea Surface Temperature Variability from UAV and Satellite Measurements

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Castro ◽  
William Emery ◽  
Gary Wick ◽  
William Tandy
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Temperature Variability ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Satellite Measurements

Observations of sea-surface temperature for climate research

1983 ◽  
Vol 309 (1508) ◽  
pp. 381-395 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Climate Feedback ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Climate Research ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Microwave Techniques ◽  
Along Track

The measurement of global sea-surface temperature (s.s.t.) from space, with high absolute accuracy, is one of the important requirements of the World Climate Research Programme (W.C.R.P.). This paper considers the definition of measurement aims based on considerations of specific types of scientific problem, and gives as examples discussion of two particular problems, first the possible influence of Pacific s.s.t. on the lower stratosphere, and second the role of s.s.t. in the cloud-climate feedback process. Following this, a brief review is presented on current status in satellite measurements of s.s.t. with both infrared and microwave techniques, and the paper concludes with a description of a future s.s.t.-measuring instrument, the Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR).

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