SST spatial anisotropic covariances from METOP-AVHRR data

Type Article
Date 2014-02
Language English
Author(s) Tandeo Pierre1, Autret EmmanuelleORCID2, Chapron Bertrand2, Fablet Ronan1, Garello Rene1
Affiliation(s) 1 : Telecom Bretagne, Inst Mines Telecom, CNRS, UMR 6285,LabSTICC,Pole CID, F-29238 Brest, France.
2 : IFREMER, Lab Oceanog Spatiale, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
Source Remote Sensing Of Environment (0034-4257) (Elsevier Science Inc), 2014-02 , Vol. 141 , P. 144-148
DOI 10.1016/j.rse.2013.10.024
WOS© Times Cited 17
Keyword(s) SST, METOP-AVHRR, Spatial variability, Anisotropy
Abstract The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument on-board the METOP satellite is designed to provide very accurate measurements of Sea Surface Temperature (SST). In this work, using one year of METOP-AVHRR data and a geostatistical approach, we characterize the spatial anisotropy and non-stationarity of the SST variability using oriented ellipsoids. The method is also able to separate the true SST variability from the artificial error introduced by the METOP-AVHRR sensor. These spatial parameters are then used for producing variability atlases (available on-line) over the whole ocean.
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