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Comparison between satellite and in situ sea surface temperature data in the Western Mediterranean Sea
Alvera Azcarate, Aïda; Troupin, Charles; Barth, Alexander et al.
2011In Ocean Dynamics, 61 (6), p. 767-778
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Keywords :
Sea Surface Temperature; Data Comparison; Satellite Data; In Situ Data; Mediterranean Sea
Abstract :
[en] A comparison between in situ and satellite sea surface temperature (SST) is presented for the western Mediterranean Sea during 1999. Several international databases are used to extract in situ data (World Ocean Database (WOD), MEDAR/Medatlas, Coriolis Data Center, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS)). The in situ data are classified into different platforms or sensors (CTD, XBT, drifters, bottles, ships), in order to assess the relative accuracy of these type of data respect to AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) SST satellite data. It is shown that the results of the error assessment vary with the sensor type, the depth of the in situ measurements, and the database used. Ship data are the most heterogeneous data set, and therefore present the largest differences with respect to in situ data. A cold bias is detected in drifter data. The differences between satellite and in situ data are not normally distributed. However, several analysis techniques, as merging and data assimilation, usually require Gaussian-distributed errors. The statistics obtained during this study will be used in future work to merge the in situ and satellite data sets into one unique estimation of the SST.
Research center :
MARE - Centre Interfacultaire de Recherches en Océanologie - ULiège
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)
Troupin, Charles  ;  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)
Beckers, Jean-Marie;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie > GHER
Language :
English
Title :
Comparison between satellite and in situ sea surface temperature data in the Western Mediterranean Sea
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Ocean Dynamics
ISSN :
1616-7341
eISSN :
1616-7228
Publisher :
Springer Science & Business Media B.V., Heidelberg, Germany
Special issue title :
Multiparametric observation and analysis of the Sea, 42nd International Liège Colloquium
Volume :
61
Issue :
6
Pages :
767-778
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
HiSea
Funders :
BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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