Remote Sensing of the Ocean and Atmosphere: John Wilkin Sea Surface Temperature IMCS Building Room 214C ext 251
May 17-19, 2006
Surface currents from Maximum Cross- Correlation analysis of AVHRR and ocean color image pairs 7-day composite MCC (black vectors) Altimetry (white vectors) 2007 Mar 18-25
Characteristic temperature of the lower atmosphere Ocean skin temperature Bulk temperature of near-surface ocean
10-12 m m
Often the relative atmospheric transmission is plotted vs. increasing wavelength m m
1 m 2 m Absorption coefficient for pure water as a function of wavelength λ of the radiation.
Depth range that contributes to 11 m IR Depth range that contributes to 10 GHz microwave radiometer (a) Strong winds (b) Day-time weak winds Why is the skin temperature always biased cool?