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AN: OS21C-1277    [Abstracts]
TI: Validation of AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5.0 Sea Surface Temperatures
AU: * Casey, K S
EM: Ken.Casey@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
AU: Barton, A D
EM: Andrew.Barton@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States
AU: Kearns, E J
EM: edk@rrsl.rsmas.miami.edu
AF: University of Miami Rosentstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149 United States
AU: Reynolds, R W
EM: richard.w.reynolds@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 United States
AB: An improved, 20-year long sea surface temperature (SST) data set based on NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) observations and an improved Pathfinder algorithm has been developed by the NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center and the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. This data set implements numerous improvements over previously available version 4.x Pathfinder data sets, including a finer spatial resolution, use of ice masks in quality level determinations, and greater inclusion of coastal and inland waters. Validation studies conducted on this AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5.0 collection have been undertaken. Both quantitative and qualitative assessments of these SST observations will be presented, with an emphasis on the improved coastal coverage, reduced biases compared to operational AVHRR SSTs, enhanced climatologies, and refined high-latitude observations.
UR: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/sog/pathfinder4km/FallAGU2004
DE: 4215 Climate and interannual variability (3309)
DE: 4227 Diurnal, seasonal, and annual cycles
DE: 4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes (0689)
DE: 1635 Oceans (4203)
DE: 1640 Remote sensing
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting