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The Copernicus Surface Velocity Platform drifter with Barometer and Reference Sensor for Temperature (SVP-BRST): genesis, design, and initial results
Météo-France Centre de Météorologie Marine, Brest, France
Marc Lucas
Collecte Localisation Satellites, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
Anne O'Carroll
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany
Marc Le Menn
Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine, Brest, France
Arnaud David
NKE Instrumentation, Hennebont, France
Gary K. Corlett
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany
Pierre Blouch
formerly at: Météo-France, Plouzané, France
retired
David Meldrum
Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, UK
Christopher J. Merchant
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading and National Centre for Earth Observation, Reading, UK
Mathieu Belbeoch
WMO-IOC Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology in-situ Observing Programmes Support Centre, Plouzané,
France
Kai Herklotz
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, Hamburg, Germany
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Short summary
Earth observation satellites routinely monitor sea-surface temperature. However, they require in situ references for calibration and validation. To support this step, drifting buoys carrying sensors with improved calibration were deployed. This paper finds that sea state and immersion depth are important to better understand the buoy measurements. A new drifting buoy was designed as a result, in the framework of the European Union Copernicus program, with an accuracy found to be within 0.01 °C.
Earth observation satellites routinely monitor sea-surface temperature. However, they require in...
