Large-Scale Oceanographic Experiments and Satellites

✍ Scribed by James C. McWilliams (auth.), Catherine Gautier, Michèle Fieux (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 289
• Series: NATO ASI Series 128
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) sponsored by NATO and the California Space Institute was held in Corsica (France) October 3 to 7, 1983 to discuss the role of satellite observations in the large-scal·eoceanographic experiments, especially those under discussion (e.g., the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, WOCE, and the Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere, TOGA). This volume is based on papers presented during that meeting, summaries of the discussions of the working groups and recommended necessary tasks to be accompl ished in preparation for WOCE and TOGA. The participants of the meeting decided that, although the collection of issues discussed in the meeting was undoubtedly incomplete, the summaries of the discussions and recommended tasks warranted being conveyed to the organizers and sponsors of WOCE and TOGA. Although not discussed at the workshop, it was recognized that an important role of satellites is as data collection and location systems. Some of the common conclusions of the different working groups discussions are that: 1) Studies are needed of the sensitivity of the ocean response to errors in surface parameters (wind stress, heat flux, SST etc.) in a variety of physical models. These should be one of the basis for determining the accuracy requirements in WOCE and TOGA.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
A Concept of WOCE....Pages 1-16
TOGA Overview....Pages 17-24
Potential Future Altimetry Mission: A Joint NASA-CNES Effort....Pages 25-26
A Sampling Strategy for Altimeter Measurements of the Global Statistics of Mesoscale Eddies....Pages 27-40
Eddy Kinetic Energy Distribution in the Southern Ocean from Seasat Altimeter and FGGE Drifting Buoys....Pages 41-56
Satellite Measurements of Sea-Surface Temperature for Climate Research....Pages 57-85
Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Determination from Microwave and Infrared Radiometry....Pages 87-98
Ocean Surface Wind Stress....Pages 99-115
Wind Speed and Stress Over the Ocean: Scatterometer versus Surface Measurements....Pages 117-124
A Summary of the Wind Data Available from Satellites from the Past History to Future Sensors....Pages 125-146
Large Scale Surface Heat Fluxes....Pages 147-165
Earth Radiation Budget Observations, Old and New....Pages 167-183
Surface Radiation Budget....Pages 185-203
Estimation of Latent Heat Flux with Seasat-SMMR, A Case Study in N. Atlantic....Pages 205-221
The Determination of Surface Fluxes of Heat and Water by Satellite Microwave Radiometry and in Situ Measurements....Pages 223-246
The Solar Heat Input into the Upper Marine Environment....Pages 247-256
Summary of Discussion and Recommendations on Altimetry....Pages 257-260
Summary of Discussion and Recommendations on Sea-Surface Temperature....Pages 261-263
Summary of Discussion and Recommendations on Surface Wind Velocity and Stress....Pages 265-268
Summary of Discussions on Ocean Surface Heat Flux....Pages 269-272
Summary of Discussion and Recommendations on Precipitation....Pages 273-274
Back Matter....Pages 275-288

✦ Subjects

Oceanography