Swirls and Plumes or Application of Statistical Methods to Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperatures.

Abstract

Contents: Data Description; Cloud Detection; Correction for Atmospheric Effects and Systematic Errors; Spatial and Temporal Variability; Comparison of Satellite Images with Other Code Data; Winds, Topography and SST; Velocity Estimation; Appendix A, Example of Cloud Flagging Procedure; Appendix B, Removing Noise from Channel 3; Appendix C, Least Squares Estimation; Appendix D, Interpolation of Images; Appendix E, Computing EOF'S using SVD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA135462

Entities

People

  • K. A. Kelly

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Climate Change
  • Computational Science
  • Deep Oceans
  • Equations
  • Geography
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Isotherms
  • Measurement
  • North America
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Topography

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Business Analytics
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Space