Use of AVHRR Data to Verify a System for Forecasting Diurnal Sea Surface Temperature Variability

Abstract

Forecasts from an operational system for predicting global diurnal sea surface temperature (SST) variability are compared against multichannel sea surface temperatures calculated from advanced very high resolution radiometer data from the NOAA-9 satellite. The forecast system consists of an upper-ocean model driven by heat fluxes and wind stresses from an operational global weather prediction model. Visual pattern correlations between observed and forecast diurnal changes in SST are generally favorable, indicating that the forecast system is useful.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA268436

Entities

People

  • J. D. Hawkins
  • J. F. Price
  • R. M. Clancy

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Digital Images
  • Grids
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • High Resolution
  • Image Processing
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Solar Radiation
  • Surface Temperature
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Space