Analyses of elements of the marine environment for the Atlantic Remote Sensing Land Ocean Experiment (ARSLOE)

The Atlantic Remote Sensing Land Ocean Experiment (ARSLOE) took place from October 6 through November 30, 1980. During the period October 22 through October 27, two events of meteorological significance to ARSLOE occurred. A weak cold front moved through the operating area, and an intense extratropical cyclone passed near it. The fronts associated with the cyclone traversed the area. Analyses of sea surface temperatures, streamlines and isotachs, and surface air temperatures were made for the period of interest. This report describes uncertainties in the data used in the analyses and discusses the impact of these uncertainties and of data sparsity on the analyses. The procedures used to produce the analyses, which were designed to minimize the effects of data uncertainty and sparsity and bias on the part of the analyst, are also presented.