By kay
Date 2007-03-20 19:31
generally the sea surface temperature bias during the daytime is -0.1 +- 0.6. Below is a table of the validation stats for both sensors (day,night, sst,sst4) againt in situ buoys.
Bouy stats sat-insitu
SST 11-12um TERRA
day night
Year mean RMS Count mean RMS Count
2000 -0.139 0.797 3091 -0.186 0.794 1800
2001 -0.262 1.43 6321 -0.228 0.707 4935
2002 -0.135 0.621 9244 -0.204 0.58 6935
2003 -0.086 0.607 15685 -0.19 0.558 11058
2004 -0.068 0.579 24964 -0.167 0.559 16943
2005 -0.11 0.549 39826 -0.213 0.519 28460
2006 -0.105 0.574 32495 -208 0.524 23149
all years -0.108 0.65 131626 -0.2 0.555 93280
total 131626 93280
SST 11-12um AQUA
day night
Year mean RMS Count mean RMS Count
2001 - - - - - -
2002 -0.153 0.538 10293 -0.235 0.499 5906
2003 -0.133 0.577 22988 -0.224 0.508 12977
2004 -0.137 0.562 26415 -0.219 -0.484 15471
2005 -0.152 0.539 40941 -0.235 0.461 25083
2006 -0.135 0.55 34687 -0.205 0.452 22187
all years -0.142 0.553 135324 -0.222 0.475 81624
total 135324 81624
SST4 TERRA AQUA
Year Night night
mean RMS Count mean RMS Count
2000 -0.161 0.829 1993
2001 -0.220 0.663 5397 - - -
2002 -0.191 0.528 7580 -0.224 0.449 6429
2003 -0.176 0.500 12006 -0.217 0.455 14095
2004 -0.178 0.493 18452 -0.214 0.426 16765
2005 -0.178 0.471 31130 -0.223 0.414 27280
2006 -0.174 0.473 25294 -0.208 0.404 24140
all years -0.179 0.505 101852 -0.216 0.423 88709
totals 101852 88709