Abstract:

A Parthanavia P86 dual-engine aircraft based in Gulf Shores, Alabama carried a Heitronics KT19II radiometer measuring sea surface temperature (SST) during the LAgrangian Submesoscale ExpeRiment (LASER). 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 February 6-11, 2016. 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. Aerial sea surface temperature (SST) data during LAgrangian Submesoscale ExpeRiment (LASER). Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/n7-hsxv-hs85

Purpose:

Aerially observed SST was made available in near real-time to observing ships to assist in locating submesoscale phenomena.

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

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