El Nino Observations by Remote Sensing,

Abstract

Several excellent NOAA-7 images have enabled delineation of surface thermal patterns off the South American coast. Comparison with drifting buoys on an interactive processing system show excellent agreement with the new multichannel sea surface temperature (MCSST) algorithms now being used operationally by NOAA. Compositing data over several days allows one to further remove clouds bringing out SST structure over large areas revealing major features in both the Peru Current and the eastern South Equatorial Current of the Pacific Ocean. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP002001

Entities

People

  • A. E. Strong

Organizations

  • National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Algorithms
  • Argentina
  • Environment
  • Multichannel
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Remote Sensing
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Theoretical Analysis.