Publications

Koner, PK; Harris, A (2016). MODIS sea surface temperature retrievals using different channel combinations and hybrid cloud detection. REMOTE SENSING AND MODELING OF THE ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, AND INTERACTIONS VI, 9882, 988204.

Abstract
NASA has been providing global sea-surface temperatures (SST) from MODIS on daily to decadal periods, and these are extensively used for a wide range of atmospheric and oceanic studies. However, the retrieval quality and cloud detection are somewhat problematic. We will present a new physical deteuninistic algorithm based on truncated total least squares (TTLS) using multiple channels for SST retrieval from MODIS measurements in conjunction with a new cloud detection scheme using a radiative transfer model atop a functional spectral difference method. The TTLS method is a new addition to improve the information content of the retrieval compared to our earlier work using modified total least squares (MTLS). A systematic study is conducted to ascertain the optimal channel selection from the 16 channels in the theiinal IR of MODIS. Our new algorithm can reduce average RMSE of similar to 50% while increasing the average data coverage by similar to 50% compared to the operationally available MODIS SST.

DOI:
10.1117/12.2223465

ISSN:
0277-786X