Real-time, High-resolution, space-time analysis of sea surface temperatures from multiple platforms

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3158-3173

  Lazarus, Steven M ^a   Calvert, Corey G ^a   Splitt, Michael E ^a   Santos, Pablo ^b   Sharp, David W ^b   Blottman, Peter F ^b   Spratt, Scott M ^b  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOAA National Weather Service Jacksonville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE (GOES); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPACE-TIME ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BUOY SYSTEM; DATA ASSIMILATION; GOES; MODIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34848915461     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3465.1     Document Type: Article

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