Producing climate data records of sea-surface temperatures from measurements from spacecraft radiometers

Peter J. Minnett

Producing climate data records of sea-surface temperatures from measurements from spacecraft radiometers

Ocean Sciences

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop
Edition	666 SP
State	Published - Dec 1 2008
Event	2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop - Frascati, Italy Duration: Sep 22 2008 → Sep 26 2008

Publication series

Name	European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Number	666 SP
ISSN (Print)	0379-6566

Other

Other	2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop
Country	Italy
City	Frascati
Period	9/22/08 → 9/26/08

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Aerospace Engineering
Space and Planetary Science

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