Title :
How much seawinds wind direction data improve AMSR SST
Author_Institution :
Earth Obs. Res. & Application Center, Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Tokyo
Abstract :
Accuracies of sea surface temperature (SST) retrieved from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) aboard the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) are compared between two methods of removing wind direction effects; one is using only AMSR data, and the other is using the SeaWinds aboard ADEOS-II. The result is that rms of SST difference between AMSR and buoy is 0.626 degC from the method of using only AMSR, and is 0.660 degC from the one of using SeaWinds
Keywords :
ocean temperature; radiometry; remote sensing; wind; ADEOS-II; AMSR SST; Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II; Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometry; SeaWinds wind direction data; sea surface temperature; Contamination; Earth; Information retrieval; Microwave radiometry; Microwave theory and techniques; Ocean temperature; Radar measurements; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368543
