Oceanography from Space

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. General Papers on Satellite Oceanography

   1. Introductory Message

      • Gifford C. Ewing

      Pages 1-2

   2. A Survey of the Goals and Accomplishments of the Seasat Mission

      • G. H. Born, D. B. Lame, P. J. Rygh

      Pages 3-14

   3. NASA’s Oceanic Remote Sensing Plans for the 1980’s

      • W. Stanley Wilson

      Pages 15-17

   4. Oceanography from Space - A European Contribution?

      • T. D. Allan

      Pages 19-27

   5. The Proposed Coastal Monitoring Satellite System of ESA: Mission Objectives and Problems

      • R. Frassetto, G. Paci

      Pages 29-34

   6. Space Oceanography: Hopes and Realities

      • K. N. Fedorov, V. E. Sklyarov

      Pages 35-47

   7. Dundee University Meteorological Satellite Ground Receiving and Data Archiving Facility

      • P. E. Baylis

      Pages 49-55

   8. What is Operational in Swedish Oceanography from Space?

      • Ingemar Holmström

      Pages 57-59

   9. Oceanographic Features Revealed by the FGGE Drifting Buoy Array

      • John Garrett

      Pages 61-69

3. Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Measurements

   1. Satellite Sea Surface Temperature Measurements an Introduction

      • S. Ruttenberg

      Pages 71-72

   2. Multiple Atmospheric-Window Techniques for Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperatures

      • E. Paul McClain

      Pages 73-85

   3. Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature in the 3.7 µm CO2 Band

      • Moustafa T. Chahine

      Pages 87-95

   4. Corrections for Atmospheric Attenuation and Surface Reflectivity in Satellite-Borne SST Measurements

      • Hartmut Grassl, Peter Koepke

      Pages 97-107

   5. Improved Accuracy of the Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature

      • G. Dalu, C. Prabhakara, R. C. Lo

      Pages 109-114

   6. Multichannel Sea Surface Temperature Retrievals

      • D. Imbault, A. Chedin, N. A. Scott

      Pages 115-122

   7. Comparison of Various Sea Surface Temperature Fields

      • T. P. Barnett, D. R. McLain, S. E. Larson, E. J. Steiner

      Pages 123-133

   8. Interannual Variability of Arabian Sea Surface Temperature

      • Otis B. Brown, Robert H. Evans

      Pages 135-143

   9. On the Accuracy of Satellite-Observed Sea Surface Temperatures

      • S. Tabata

      Pages 145-157

   10. A Comparison between Infrared Satellite Images and Sea Truth Measurements

       • L. Prieur, J. P. Bethoux, M. Albuisson, L. Wald, J. M. Monget

       Pages 159-167

This volume is based on the proceedings of the COSPAR/SCOR/ IUCRM Symposium "Oceanography From Space" held in May 1980 in Venice, Italy. COSPAR (The Committee for Space Research) suggested holding a joint symposium with SCOR (The Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research) as a major review of space oceanography. Since this meeting fitted well with a series of colloquia organized by the IUCRM (The Inter-Union Commission on Radio Meteorology), these three bodies joined in sponsoring the meeting. The conference was hald 16 years after the first discussions of possible spaceborne observations of the ocean at a meeting organized in 1964 in Woods Hole. Gifford'Ewing was then keen to see oceanography benefit from the new satellite technology being developed, and he begins this volume by noting that most of the suggestions put forward in 1964 have now, at last, been successfully demonstrated in practice. The papers that follow show the variety of measurement techniques available or possible, and many of the types of studies in which they can be used. Papers are arranged in a general section, and in 6 specialized sections each of which starts with a brief introduction summarizing important results.

• Atlantic Ocean
• Coast
• Meteorology
• Sea ice
• marine
• ocean
• oceanography
• plankton
• research
• satellite
• tide

• Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, Canada

  J. F. R. Gower

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