Evaluation of the relative performance of sea surface temperature measurements from different types of drifting and moored buoys using satellite-derived reference products

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Castro, Sandra L ^a   Wick, Gary A ^b   Emery, William J ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; MOORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; BUOY MEASUREMENTS; COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL REGIONS; DIURNAL WARMING; LARGE DEVIATIONS; LARGEST DEVIATION; PARAMETERIZED; QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SATELLITE SST; SATELLITE VALIDATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BUOYS;

BUOY SYSTEM; CALIBRATION; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRIFTER; MOORING SYSTEM; OPEN OCEAN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

EID: 84857485155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007472     Document Type: Article

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