Coastal Oceanographic Use of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP).

The spaceborne infrared sensors (8-13 micrometers) of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) have provided remarkable images of mesoscale sea surface thermal patterns outlining currents, thermally distinct watermasses, and oceanic fronts. During 1971-72 the thermal outlines of the South...

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Main Author: Huh,Oscar K.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*COASTAL REGIONS
*OCEAN CURRENTS
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
*YELLOW SEA
*JAPAN SEA
*OKHOTSK SEA
INFRARED DETECTION
DATA PROCESSING
GULFS
OCEAN SURFACE
REAL TIME
HIGH RESOLUTION
METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
SHALLOW WATER
INFRARED IMAGES
DATA ACQUISITION
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
FRONTS(METEOROLOGY)
Remote sensing
Po Hai Gulf
Korea Strait
Kuroshiro Current
Tsushima Current
DSMP(Defense meteorological satellite program)
Defense meteorological satellite program
Okhotsk
okhotsk sea
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA024269
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA024269
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Summary:The spaceborne infrared sensors (8-13 micrometers) of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) have provided remarkable images of mesoscale sea surface thermal patterns outlining currents, thermally distinct watermasses, and oceanic fronts. During 1971-72 the thermal outlines of the South Korean Coastal Oceanic Front, the Tsushima Current, the Yellow Sea Warm Current, the China Coastal Current and the Liman Current were detected and monitored with the 2-nmi resolution infrared DMSP imagery. The data are displayed in a series of 16 gray shades on photographlike images covering an area of 1560x3000 nmi of the Earth's surface. The images are oblique Mercator projections at scales of 1:15,000,000 or enlarged to 1:7,500,000 with a thermal resolution of 1.6C. The outstanding characteristics of this system are: (1) The high repetition rate of coverage (minimum) of four times daily), (2) near real-time data availability, (3) high-resolution (1/3 and 2 nmi) visual and infrared images, and (4) global coverage. As in other infrared systems, cloud cover prevents sea surface observations.

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