scholarly journals A multiyear hourly sea surface skin temperature data set derived from the TOGA TAO bulk temperature and wind speed over the tropical Pacific

1999 ◽  
Vol 104 (C1) ◽  
pp. 1525-1536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xubin Zeng ◽  
Ming Zhao ◽  
Robert E. Dickinson ◽  
Yanping He
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Skin Temperature ◽  
Tropical Pacific ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Bulk Temperature ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Surface Skin Temperature ◽  
The Tropical Pacific

scholarly journals Comparisons of Shipboard Infrared Sea Surface Skin Temperature Measurements from the CIRIMS and the M-AERI

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 598-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Branch ◽  
A. T. Jessup ◽  
P. J. Minnett ◽  
E. L. Key
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Skin Temperature ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Coast Guard ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Surface Skin Temperature ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Deployment Time ◽  
Lower Temperature

Abstract Extensive comparisons are made of the infrared sea surface skin temperature Tskin measured by the Calibrated Infrared In situ Measurement System (CIRIMS) and the Marine-Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (M-AERI). Data were collected from four separate deployments on the NOAA research vessel (R/V) Ronald H. Brown and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Polar Sea over a wide range of latitudes and environmental conditions. The deployment time totaled roughly 6 months over a 4-yr period and resulted in over 7000 comparison values. The mean offset between the two instruments showed that CIRIMS consistently measured a lower temperature than the M-AERI, but by less than 0.10°C. This mean offset was found to be dependent upon sky condition, wind speed, and ship roll, which implies the offset is likely due to uncertainty in the emissivity. The CIRIMS Tskin was recomputed using two alterative emissivity values, one based on emissivity measured by the M-AERI and the other based on a wind-speed-dependent model. In both cases, the recomputation of the CIRIMS Tskin significantly reduced the mean offset. The overall standard deviation between the M-AERI and CIRIMS Tskin was 0.16°C, did not significantly depend on environmental conditions, and was within the expected values of instrument and comparison uncertainties. These comparisons demonstrate the success of CIRIMS in achieving good agreement with the M-AERI over a wide range of conditions. The results also highlight the importance of the sea surface emissivity when measuring the ocean surface skin temperature.

Isolation of sea surface salinity maps on various timescales in the tropical Pacific Ocean

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 687-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Chen ◽  
Ren Zhang ◽  
Huizan Wang ◽  
Yuzhu An ◽  
Peng Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Tropical Pacific ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Salinity ◽  
Tropical Pacific Ocean ◽  
Surface Salinity ◽  
The Tropical Pacific
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