Abstract
Publisher Summary This chapter presents a study focusing on sea surface temperature determinations. An introduction to remote sensing of sea surface temperature is provided, and microwave sensing of sea surface temperature is discussed. The Seasat scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR) data are compared with surface observations on both a point-by-point and a monthly grid basis. The agreement between the averaged and gridded values is found to be significantly better than the point-by-point comparisons. When biases are accounted for the Nimbus-7 SMMR, results are quite comparable with the Seasat SMMR results. Because of its much smaller field of view, the point-by-point comparisons between AVHRR-derived SSTs and surface observations are better than in the case of the SMMR. The SMMR data have been screened to avoid rain, sun glint, and land effects. The AVHRR data have been screened for clouds and sun glint. Both sets of SST determinations use multiple channels to correct for atmospheric effects. In the study, infrared sensing of sea surface temperature is also analyzed.
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