Title :
Measurements of sea surface temperature and boundary layer humidity structures during TOGA COARE
Author :
Hagan, Denise ; Rogers, David
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Infrared remote sensing of the ocean surface to obtain the thermal structure depends on understanding several aspects of the overlying atmospheric water vapor field including the vapor concentration and the scaleheight of water vapor due to mixing processes and sea state. In addition, variations in the surface emission due to sea state and the background or downwelled atmospheric emission contribute to the upwelled radiance. During the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE), the authors obtained a series of airborne thermal infrared observations and in situ atmospheric measurements between the sea surface and 4 km to determine the relation of SST to the distribution of water vapor and to the surface exchanges of heat, moisture and momentum
Keywords :
infrared imaging; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; temperature measurement; IR imaging; Pacific; SST; TOGA COARE; atmosphere; infrared remote sensing; marine boundary layer humidity; measurement technique; ocean; sea surface temperature; thermal structure; water vapour; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Humidity measurement; Infrared heating; Ocean temperature; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Temperature sensors; Water heating;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399188
