TY - GEN
T1 - Producing climate data records of sea-surface temperatures from measurements from spacecraft radiometers
AU - Minnett, Peter J.
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - Starting with the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers on the operational NOAA polar-orbiting series, and continuing through to the current sensors on MetOp and the research satellites Terra, Aqua and Envisat, a time series of consistent global SSTs spanning more than two decades is now available for to the scientific community. The requirements of a "Climate Data Record" (CDR) include well characterized error estimates and traceability to a National Standard, if feasible. The generation of CDRs of SSTs using comparisons between the satellite retrievals and ship-based measurements of the skin SST derived from well-calibrated infrared radiometers, with calibration traceable to national temperature standards.
AB - Starting with the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers on the operational NOAA polar-orbiting series, and continuing through to the current sensors on MetOp and the research satellites Terra, Aqua and Envisat, a time series of consistent global SSTs spanning more than two decades is now available for to the scientific community. The requirements of a "Climate Data Record" (CDR) include well characterized error estimates and traceability to a National Standard, if feasible. The generation of CDRs of SSTs using comparisons between the satellite retrievals and ship-based measurements of the skin SST derived from well-calibrated infrared radiometers, with calibration traceable to national temperature standards.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954564487
SN - 9789292212308
T3 - European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
BT - Proceedings of the 2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop
T2 - 2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop
Y2 - 22 September 2008 through 26 September 2008
ER -