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) |
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| Title of host publication | European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP |
| Edition | 666 SP |
| State | Published - 2008 |
| Event | 2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop - Frascati, Italy Duration: Sep 22 2008 → Sep 26 2008 |
Other
| Other | 2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop |
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| Country | Italy |
| City | Frascati |
| Period | 9/22/08 → 9/26/08 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aerospace Engineering
- Space and Planetary Science
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Minnett, P. J. (2008). Producing climate data records of sea-surface temperatures from measurements from spacecraft radiometers. In European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP (666 SP ed.)