OCEANOGRAPHIC CRUISES CARRIED OUT IN THE CONTEXT OF SAC-D/AQUARIUS MISSION

WILLIAMS, GABRIELA; SVENDSEN, GUILLERMO; VISINTINI, NATALIA; GONZÁLEZ, RAÚL; ESTEVES, JOSE L.; GAGLIARDINI, DOMINGO ANTONIO; NARVARTE, MAITE

Buenos Aires

Workshop; 8th Aquarius/SAC-D Science Meeting; 2013

CONAE

Two oceanographic cruises were carried out in San Matías Gulf (SMG), in the north of the Argentine Patagonian Continental Shelf (between 40º47 ´S and 42º13´ S) in the context of the first surveys in the study zone under the SAC-D/Aquarius mission. The aim of this work is to present temperature in-situ records obtained in the mentioned cruises and compare them with temperature estimates by the NLSST-MODIS algorithm. We propose the use of NIRST data from SAC-D/Aquarius mission for supporting research in fisheries and ecosystem management in SMG. The ability to access NIRST data will allow us to have higher spatial detail of oceanographic processes in SMG. Also the results presented in this work show part of our experience in the use of infrared remote sensing data in order to consider it as a basis for future comparisons involving NIRST data.