Abstract
Patchiness, indicated by ship measurements from the International Indian Ocean Expedition, was checked against the most advanced sea surface temperature program based on satellite observations. The statistical analysis of structures observed with sea surface temperature measurements showed that they are highly correlated with the time span of observations; i. e., structures or patches in the temperature field can be artificially created by the “age” of temperature observations. Simulated multi-ship observations, based on satellite temperature measurements over a time frame of several weeks, show patches that were created by the time span during which the measurements were taken.
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