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Error assessment of sea surface temperature satellite data relative to in situ data: effect of spatial and temporal coverage
Alvera Azcarate, Aïda; Barth, Alexander; Troupin, Charles et al.
201042nd International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics
 

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Keywords :
Satellite data; In situ data; Error assessment
Abstract :
[en] A comparison between satellite and in situ sea surface temperature (SST) data in the Western Mediterranean Sea in 1999 is shown. The aim of this study is to better understand the differences between these two data sets, in order to compute merged maps of SST using satellite and in situ data. When merging temperature from different platforms, it is crucial to take the expected RMS error of the observations into account and to correct for possible biases. Different in situ data sensors and platforms (CTD, XBT, drifter, etc) are available for the comparison, each with specificities in the nature of the measurement (accuracy and precision of the measures), and with different spatial and temporal distributions. A comparison with satellite data needs to take these factors into account. Statistics about the differences due to the hour of the day, the month of the year, the type of sensor/ platform used and the spatial distribution is therefore realised through a combination of error measures, diagrams and statistical hypothesis testing. The data used are Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) SST day-time and night-time satellite data, and in situ temperature data from various databases (World Ocean Database’05, Coriolis, Medar/Medatlas and ICES).
Research center :
MARE - Centre Interfacultaire de Recherches en Océanologie - ULiège
Geohydrodynamics and Environment Research - GHER
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Alvera Azcarate, Aïda  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research (GHER)
Barth, Alexander  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research (GHER)
Troupin, Charles  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research (GHER)
Beckers, Jean-Marie  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research (GHER)
Language :
English
Title :
Error assessment of sea surface temperature satellite data relative to in situ data: effect of spatial and temporal coverage
Publication date :
30 April 2010
Event name :
42nd International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics
Event date :
from 26-04-2010 to 30-04-2010
Audience :
International
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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