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http://dx.doi.org/10.4217/OPR.2019.41.4.213

The Accuracy of Satellite-composite GHRSST and Model-reanalysis Sea Surface Temperature Data at the Seas Adjacent to the Korean Peninsula  

Baek, You-Hyun (Typhoon Research Center, Jeju National University)
Moon, Il-Ju (Typhoon Research Center, Jeju National University)
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Ocean and Polar Research / v.41, no.4, 2019 , pp. 213-232 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study evaluates the accuracy of four satellite-composite (OSTIA, AVHRR, G1SST, FNMONC-S) and three model-reanalysis (HYCOM, JCOPE2, FNMOC-M) daily sea surface temperature (SST) data around the Korean Peninsula (KP) using ocean buoy data from 2011-2016. The results reveal that OSTIA has the lowest root mean square error (RMSE; 0.68℃) and FNMOC-S/M has the highest correction coefficients (r = 0.993) compared with observations, while G1SST, JCOPE2, and AVHRR have relatively larger RMSEs and smaller correlations. The large RMSEs were found in the western coastal regions of the KP where water depth is shallow and tides are strong, such as Chilbaldo and Deokjeokdo, while low RMSEs were found in the East Sea and open oceans where water depth is relatively deep such as Donghae, Ulleungdo, and Marado. We found that the main sources of the large RMSEs, sometimes reaching up to 5℃, in SST data around the KP, can be attributed to rapid SST changes during events of strong tidal mixing, upwelling, and typhoon-induced mixing. The errors in the background SST fields which are used in data assimilations and satellite composites and the missing in-situ observations are also potential sources of large SST errors. These results suggest that both satellite and reanalysis SST data, which are believed to be true observation-based data, sometimes, can have significant inherent errors in specific regions around the KP and thus the use of such SST products should proceed with caution particularly when the aforementioned events occur.
Keywords
sea surface temperature; satellite composite; accuracy; model reanalysis; typhoon; upwelling; tide; Korean peninsula;
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