Automated Satellite Cloud Analysis - Tactical Nephanalysis (TACNEPH).

Gustafson, Gary B.; Isaacs, Ronald G.; Sparrow, Jeanne; Peduzzi, Daniel C.; Belfiore, James S.

doi:10.21236/ada320375

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“…11 The first step in the sea surface temperature algorithm is to discriminate clear from cloudy conditions on a pixel-bypixel basis for the GOES-12 channel images to avoid cloud contamination. The cloud detection algorithm 12 constructs a binary cloud mask using a set of multispectral test to detect the presence of various cloud signatures. These individual cloud tests arc combined into a decision tree based on the background terrain and the viewing and illumination conditions to construct the cloud mask.…”

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Operational high-resolution sea surface temperature product in the Gulf of Maine

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Alcala

et al. 2009

Journal of Operational Oceanography

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High-resolution sea surface temperature (SST) fields are crucial for modelling upper ocean circulation and estimating air-sea fluxes. To meet these critical needs, SST products are often constructed by combining measurements from a variety of sources. One such application is described that produces a regional SST product for the Gulf of Maine, and results are provided from an ongoing study to validate this product. These SST fields are derived using measurements from the geostationary operational environmental satellite (GOES) and analyses from the real-time global sea surface temperature (RTG_SST) and the ocean surface temperature and ice (OSTIA) systems over the Gulf of Maine region. This algorithm has been implemented into a prototype near-real time production system that since May 2007, has produced SST fields four times per day on a 4km grid. This system also provides daily validation data constructed by collocating estimated SST values with in-situ measurements from buoys. The average bias in the domain from May to August 2007 is found to be 0.02±0.8°C. The system was applied to analyse diumal variability in the region, which revealed significant amplitudes and complex spatial distribution during summer.

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Section: Goes Sst Retrievalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Operational high-resolution sea surface temperature product in the Gulf of Maine

Vinogradova

Zaccheo

Alcala

et al. 2009

Journal of Operational Oceanography

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“…Data quality has generally been excellent with little or no line dropouts. Analysis and Archive (SERCAA) model (Gustafson et al, 1994). In addition to cloud analysis, CDFS II will also implement a new cloud forecast model.…”

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“…Occasional data gaps exist in the GOES data at this time of year due to the normal Equinox eclipse periods during which the satellite passes into the Earth shadow requiring observations to be suspended for a few hours each day to conserve electricity. Basic cloud-detection processing was performed using the SERCAA Phase 1 and 2 algorithms described by Gustafson et al (1994).…”

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