ATSR SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA IN A GLOBAL ANALYSIS WITH TOPEX POSEIDON ALTIMETRY/

Authors
KNUDSEN P ANDERSEN OB KNUDSEN T
Citation
P. Knudsen et al., ATSR SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE DATA IN A GLOBAL ANALYSIS WITH TOPEX POSEIDON ALTIMETRY/, Geophysical research letters, 23(8), 1996, pp. 821-824
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
23
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
821 - 824
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1996)23:8<821:ASTDIA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) data from the ERS 1 satellite m ission are used in a global analysis of the surface temperature of the oceans. The data are the low resolution 0.5 degrees by 0.5 degrees av erage temperatures and cover about 24 months. At global scales a signi ficant seasonal variability is found. On each of the hemispheres the s urface temperatures reach their maximum after summer heating. The seas onal sea level variability, as observed from TOPEX/POSEIDON, reaches i ts maximum 1.1-1.4 months later.