Effects of instrumentation changes on sea surface temperature measured in situ
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12929679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth C Kent (0000-0002-6209-4247, National Oceanography Centre, corresponding author), John Kennedy (0000-0002-6841-7289, Met Office), David I Berry (0000-0002-3862-3479, National Oceanography Centre), Robert O Smith (0000-0001-5931-3843, Met Office) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 718-728 |
| Publication date | 2010-05-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/wcc.55 |
| OpenAlex | W2139461492 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 57 |
Measurements of sea surface temperature (SST) are an important climate record, complementing terrestrial air temperature observations, records of marine air temperature, ocean subsurface temperature, and ocean heat content. SST has been measured since the 18th century, although observations are sparse in the early period. Historically, marine observing systems relied on observations made by seafarers and necessary information on measurement methods is often not available. There are many historical descriptions of observing practice and instrumentation, some including quantification of biases between different methods. This documentation has been used, with the available observations, to develop models for the expected biases, which vary according to how the measurements were made, over time and with the environmental conditions. Adjustments have been developed for these biases and some gridded SST datasets adjust for these differences and provide uncertainty estimates, including uncertainties in the bias adjustments. The modern in situ SST‐observing system continues to evolve and now includes many observations from moored and drifting buoys, which must be characterized relative to earlier observations to provide a consistent record of multi‐decadal changes in SST. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This article is categorized under: Paleoclimates and Current Trends > Modern Climate Change
Climate change · Climate system · Climatology · Documentation · Geography · Instrumentation (computer programming · Meteorology · Ocean observations · Sea surface temperature · Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics · Climate variability and models · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes · Geology · Oceanography
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |