Title :
On remote sensing of SST from space
Author :
Xu, L. ; Zhang, J. ; Luo, G. ; Cheng, H. ; Zhang, G.
Author_Institution :
Atmos. Radiation & Satellite Remote Sensing Lab., Chengdu Coll. of Meteorol., China
Abstract :
This simulation study demonstrates that cirrus clouds and volcanic aerosols with atmospheric gases would greatly affect the brightness temperatures of IR window channels in the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS), and VAS-derived sea surface temperature (SST) determinations
Keywords :
infrared imaging; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; temperature measurement; IR remote sensing; IR window channel; SST; VAS; VISSR Atmospheric Sounder; atmospheric gas; brightness temperature; cirrus cloud; infrared radiometry; measurement technique; ocean; sea surface temperature; thermal structure; volcanic aerosol; Aerosols; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Brightness temperature; Clouds; Equations; Gases; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399147
