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Remote Sensing of the Oceanand Atmosphere:

John WilkinSea Surface

Temperature (1)jwilkin@rutgers.eduIMCS Building Room 214C732-932-6555 ext 251

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http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/sst.html

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http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poesstatus

Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites(POES)

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All the in situ temperature observations in Australia waters since 1950

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10-12 m 3.5-4.1 m

Relative atmospheric transmission plotted vs. decreasing wavelength

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Relative atmospheric transmission plotted vs. increasing wavelength

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http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/ocng_textbook/chapter06/chapter06_10.htm

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All 11 m, IR exitance comes from top 30 m of ocean

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Night time and strong winds (day or night) case

Day time weak winds case

See also Fig 7.4 in Martin

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