The Sea Surface Temperature Story on the Great Barrier Reef during the Coral Bleaching Event of 1998

2000 ◽  
pp. 321-334
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Coral Bleaching ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Bleaching Event ◽  
Barrier Reef

A System for Routinely Monitoring Radiometric Sea Surface Temperature

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
William J. Skirving
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Great Barrier Reef ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Satellite Data ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Barrier Reef ◽  
Novel Technique ◽  
Ground Truthing ◽  
Infrared Radiometer

A fully self contained, automated thermal infrared radiometer system is presented. The unit is mounted on a tourist ferry (the MV 2001), which travels between Townsville (Queensland, Australia) and Kelso Reef, on the Great Barrier Reef (a distance of about 80 km). The system collects a mid-morning and a mid-afternoon transect of radiometric sea surface temperature for ground truthing satellite data. The system was rigorously calibrated to a standard deviation of 0.1°C, using a novel technique.

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