Uncertainties of satellite-derived surface skin temperatures in the polar oceans: MODIS, AIRS/AMSU, and AIRS only

Kang, H.-J.; Yoo, J.-M.; Jeong, M.-J.; Won, Y.-I.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4025-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4025-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4025-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 10

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02 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 02 Oct 2015

Uncertainties of satellite-derived surface skin temperatures in the polar oceans: MODIS, AIRS/AMSU, and AIRS only

H.-J. Kang, J.-M. Yoo, M.-J. Jeong, and Y.-I. Won

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Oct 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 04 May 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C1190: 'Review of Uncertainties of satellite-derived surface skin temperatures in the polar oceans: MODIS, AIRS/AMSU, and AIRS only', Robert Iacovazzi, Jr., 20 May 2015
- AC C1542: 'Interactive comment on “Uncertainties of satellite-derived surface skin temperatures in the polar oceans: MODIS, AIRS/AMSU, and AIRS only” by H.-J. Kang et al.', Jung-Moon Yoo, 13 Jun 2015
  - RC C1981: 'Review of Responses to Reviewer Comments, Questions and Recommendations', Robert Iacovazzi, Jr., 15 Jul 2015
RC C1588: 'Referee comment', J.M. Blaisdell, 17 Jun 2015
- AC C1918: 'Interactive comment on “Uncertainties of satellite-derived surface skin temperatures in the polar oceans: MODIS, AIRS/AMSU, and AIRS only” by H.-J. Kang et al.', Jung-Moon Yoo, 08 Jul 2015
RC C1590: 'comments and revision suggestions', Chian-Yi Liu, 17 Jun 2015
- AC C1920: 'Interactive comment on “Uncertainties of satellite-derived surface skin temperatures in the polar oceans: MODIS, AIRS/AMSU, and AIRS only” by H.-J. Kang et al.', Jung-Moon Yoo, 08 Jul 2015

Short summary

Uncertainties in the satellite-derived surface skin temperature (SST) data in the polar oceans during two periods (Apr. 16-24, Sep. 15-23) of 2003-2014 were investigated and the following three data sets were intercompared: MODIS IST, the SST of AIRS/AMSU-A and AIRS only. There was a systematic disagreement between the three data sets at the boundary of the sea ice possibly due to the surface classification method. The temperature disagreement had an impact on the resulting temperature trends.