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The Determination of Surface Fluxes of Heat and Water by Satellite Microwave Radiometry and in Situ Measurements

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Large-Scale Oceanographic Experiments and Satellites

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 128))

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For climate related large-scale oceanographic experiments the monthly mean heat flux over 500 km square ocean areas is assumed to be required to a target accuracy of ±10W/m2. Only in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans do ships provide the 100 or more observations per month required. Satellite microwave radiometers could provide useful measurements of wind speed, sea surface temperature, midlatitude precipitation, and perhaps near surface humidity. However these values alone do not define the fluxes and the limited swath width means that, from the planned satellites, sampling will only at best be marginally adequate. A combination of satellite and in situ data is therefore necessary; full exploitation of the satellite data will require in situ measurements of improved absolute accuracy.

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Taylor, P.K. (1984). The Determination of Surface Fluxes of Heat and Water by Satellite Microwave Radiometry and in Situ Measurements. In: Gautier, C., Fieux, M. (eds) Large-Scale Oceanographic Experiments and Satellites. NATO ASI Series, vol 128. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6421-1_15

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