Open AccessA System for Routinely Monitoring Radiometric Sea Surface Temperature
Author(s) -
William Skirving
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
marine technology society journal/marine technology society journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.23
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1948-1209
pISSN - 0025-3324
DOI - 10.4031/002533202787914214
Subject(s) - radiometric dating , radiometer , transect , remote sensing , sea surface temperature , environmental science , satellite , meteorology , radiometry , reef , morning , standard deviation , oceanography , geology , geography , statistics , mathematics , engineering , aerospace engineering , medicine
A fully self contained, automated thermal infrared radiometer system is presented. The unit is mounted on a tourist ferry (the MV 2001 ), which travels between Townsville (Queensland, Australia) and Kelso Reef, on the Great Barrier Reef (a distance of about 80 km). The system collects a mid-morning and a mid-afternoon transect of radiometric sea surface temperature for ground truthing satellite data. The system was rigorously calibrated to a standard deviation of 0.1°C, using a novel technique.