COMPARISON BETWEEN REMOTELY-SENSED SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE (AVHRR) AND in situ RECORDS IN SAN MATÍAS GULF (PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA) IN THE CONTEXT OF SAC-D/AQUARIUS MISSION

WILLIAMS, GABRIELA; ZAIDMAN, PAULA; GLEMBOCKI, NORA; GONZÁLEZ, RAÚL; ESTEVES, JOSE L.; NARVARTE, MAITE; GAGLIARDINI, DOMINGO ANTONIO

Buenos Aires

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

CONAE

Satellite data have not still been compared with in situ records in San Matías Gulf. The aim of this study is to compare the values obtained by the current standard AVHRR Multi Channel Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST) algorithm for SST with values from in situ measurements in San Matías Gulf (SMG). In the context of SAC-D/Aquarius mission we propose the use NIRST data for supporting research in fisheries and ecosystem management in San Matías Gulf (Patagonia Argentina). As NIRST data are not fully available for San Matias Gulf in the form of calibrated data, in this work we show part of our experience in the use of AVHRR data in order to consider it as a basis for future comparisions involving NIRST data.