An integrated global observing system for sea surface temperature using satellites and in situ data: Research to operations

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-38

  Zhang, Huai Min ^a   Reynolds, R W ^a   Lumpkin, R ^b   Molinari, R ^c   Arzayus, K ^a   Johnson, M ^a   Smith, T M ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; SATELLITES; SEAWATER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS; DESIGN EFFICIENCIES; EXECUTION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEMS; GROUND TRUTHS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU DATUM; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATIONS; OBSERVING SYSTEM SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; OPERATION TRANSITIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SYSTEM DESIGNS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCE MEASURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 60749137674     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2577.1     Document Type: Article

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