Long-term validation of AATSR SST data products using shipborne radiometry in the Bay of Biscay and English Channel

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-31

  Wimmer, Werenfrid ^a   Robinson, Ian S ^a   Donlon, Craig J ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b European Space Agency ESTEC Facility   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AATSR; Bay of Biscay; English Channel; Sea surface temperature; Shipborne radiometry; Validation

Indexed keywords

AATSR; BAY OF BISCAY; ENGLISH CHANNEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SHIPBORNE; VALIDATION;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEODETIC SATELLITES; OCEAN STRUCTURES; RADIOMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

RADIOMETRY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ALONG TRACK SCANNING RADIOMETER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA QUALITY; ENVISAT-1; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGERY; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; ENGLISH CHANNEL;

EID: 82955162734     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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