Title :
High quality sea surface temperature from the windsat radiometer: algorithm and validation
Author :
Meissner, Thomas ; Wentz, Frank
Author_Institution :
Remote Sensing Syst., Santa Rosa
Abstract :
The paper discusses the retrieval algorithm for sea surface temperature (SST) using the WindSat radiometer. We perform SST retrievals with and without the C-band channels. The results are validated against SST measurements from AMSR-E, the Reynolds optimum interpolated product from NOAA and infrared radiometer measurements of the skin SST that were taken on cruise ships.
Keywords :
ocean temperature; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; AMSR-E; C-band channels; NOAA; Reynolds optimum interpolated product; WindSat radiometer; cruise ships; infrared radiometer; retrieval algorithm; sea surface temperature; skin SST; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Pollution measurement; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Temperature sensors; Wind speed; AMSR-E; Sea Surface Temperature; WindSat;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422933
