Retrieval characteristics of non-linear sea surface temperature from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

Criteria are proposed for evaluating sea surface temperature (SST) retrieved from satellite infra‐red imagery: bias should be small on regional scales; sensitivity to atmospheric humidity should be small; and sensitivity of retrieved SST to surface temperature should be close to 1 K K−1. Their appli...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geophysical research letters 2009-09, Vol.36 (17), p.np-n/a
Hauptverfasser: Merchant, C. J., Harris, A. R., Roquet, H., Le Borgne, P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Criteria are proposed for evaluating sea surface temperature (SST) retrieved from satellite infra‐red imagery: bias should be small on regional scales; sensitivity to atmospheric humidity should be small; and sensitivity of retrieved SST to surface temperature should be close to 1 K K−1. Their application is illustrated for non‐linear sea surface temperature (NLSST) estimates. 233929 observations from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on Metop‐A are matched with in situ data and numerical weather prediction (NWP) fields. NLSST coefficients derived from these matches have regional biases from −0.5 to +0.3 K. Using radiative transfer modelling we find that a 10% increase in humidity alone can change the retrieved NLSST by between −0.5 K and +0.1 K. A 1 K increase in SST changes NLSST by
ISSN:0094-8276
1944-8007
DOI:10.1029/2009GL039843