Multi-Sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature (MISST) for GODAE

Abstract

The Multi-sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperatures (MISST) for the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE) project intends to produce an improved, high-resolution, global, near-real-time (NRT), sea surface temperature analysis through the combination of satellite observations from complementary infrared (IR) and microwave (MW) sensors and to then demonstrate the impact of these improved sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on operational ocean models, numerical weather prediction (NWP), and tropical cyclone intensity forecasting. The improved sensors on the Terra, Aqua, and EnviSAT-1 satellites, in conjunction with previously existing sensors on several other US Navy, NASA, and NOAA satellites, provide the opportunity for notable advances in SST measurement. In addition to more frequent coverage for increased temporal resolution, these sensors permit the combination of highly complementary IR and MW retrievals. Merging multiple SST sensors into a single analysis will result in enhanced operational reliability, data availability, and analysis accuracy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA480948

Entities

People

  • Chelle L. Gentemann
  • Eileen Maturi
  • Gary A. Wick
  • James Cummings

Organizations

  • Remote Sensing Systems

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Data Analysis
  • Earth Sciences
  • Electronic Mail
  • Geography
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • National Security
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Production
  • Remote Sensing
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers

Technology Areas

  • Space