Looking at

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Looking at AMSR-E Ocean Products

• Sea Surface Temperature ( 1 millimeter deep)
• Wind Speed (10 meters above ocean surface)
• Atmospheric Water Vapor (vertical column
  integrated)
• Cloud Liquid Water (vertical column
  integrated)

- Air Sea Interactions - - Glimpsing the Oceanic
Energy Cycle -
Marty Brewer Frank Wentz, Deborah Smith, Chelle
Gentemann Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
Joint AMSR Science Team Meeting Telluride,
Colorado, July 14-16, 2008
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SST Validation Results
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Signature of the Sun
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Signature of the Sun
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Signature of the Sun
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Signature of the Sun
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Signature of the Sun
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Signature of the Sun
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Signature of the Sun
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AMSR-E SST Inputs to OI
AMSR-E SSTs
Optimally Interpolated SSTs (www.misst.org)
Diurnal Warming Removed -gt Foundation SST
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones
Typhoon Usagi
TC Archive 1999 present (NRT) www.remss.com/cyc
lone In use at Joint Typhoon Warning Center
(JTWC)
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
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MW OI SSTs near Tropical Cyclones Typhoon
Nargis, April 27 May 2, 2008
Before Katrina
After Katrina
Upwelling -gt Nutrients to surface -gt
Algae Bloom?
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Ocean Surface Wind Speed
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Microwave Wind Inputs 4D Variational Analysis
Year 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01
02 03 04 05 06 07
SSM/I F08 SSM/I F10 SSM/I F11 SSM/I F13 SSM/I
F14 SSM/I F15 AMSRE TMI QSCAT SEAWINDS NSCAT WINDS
AT ERS-1 ERS-2
Available now _at_ JPL.PODAAC
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Microwave Water Vapor Inputs Merged Microwave
Water Vapor
Year 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01
02 03 04 05 06 07
SSM/I F08 SSM/I F10 SSM/I F11 SSM/I F13 SSM/I
F14 SSM/I F15 AMSRE TMI SSMIS F16 WINDSAT
12-hour map every 6 hours
6-hour map every 6 hours
Available soon _at_ discover-earth.org
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Merged Microwave Water Vapor
6-hour coverage
January 7th, 2004 12Z
merged product
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Looking at AMSR-E Ocean Products
Movies 6 years of AMSR-E SST June, 2002 June,
2008 1x per day, 15fps (1 month 2
seconds) Foundation SST (diurnal warming
removed) Cyclone streaks included 1 Year of
Water Vapor 2005 4x per day, 12fps (1 month 10
seconds)
Thank You
Joint AMSR Science Team Meeting Telluride,
Colorado, July 14-16, 2008