Abstract:

A Parthanavia P86 dual-engine aircraft based in Houma, Louisiana carried a Heitronics KT19II radiometer measuring sea surface temperature (SST) during the Submesoscale Processes and Lagrangian Analysis on the SHelf (SPLASH). These data were collected to correct for a sensor drift of an uncooled FLIR A655sc long-wave infrared (LWIR) camera that was used to make maps of SST during the same flight. Flights occurred between April 11th - May 2nd, 2017. This dataset consists of airplane tracks with corresponding GPS time, Longitude, Latitude, Altitude, Roll, Pitch, Heading, and SST.

Suggested Citation:

Molemaker, Jeroen, nmolem@atmos.ucla.edu. 2019. Aerially observed sea surface temperature (SST) data during Submesoscale Processes and Lagrangian Analysis on the SHelf (SPLASH). Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-t3g4-fc07

Publications:

Solodoch, A., Molemaker, J. M., Srinivasan, K., Berta, M., Marie, L., & Jagannathan, A. (2020). Observations of Shoaling Density Current Regime Changes in Internal Wave Interactions. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(6), 1733–1751. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-19-0176.1

Purpose:

The SST data was made available in near real time to provide submesoscale targeting information for ships on the water.

Data Parameters and Units:

GPS_time [time since January 1, 1970, seconds]; Long [Longitude, degrees]; Lat [Latitude, degrees]; Alt [Altitude of airplane in height above the ellipsoid WGS84, meters]; Roll [Roll, degrees]; Pitch [Pitch; degrees]; Heading [Heading, Degrees]; SST [Sea Surface Temperature, degrees C].

Instruments:

Heitronics KT19II radiometer Applanix posav 310

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