Journal Article

(2017) Establishment of thermal infrared observation system on Ieodo ocean research station for time-series sea surface temperature extraction
Author
K.M, Kang, D.J. Kim*, J.H. Hwang, C.H. Choi, S.H. Nam, S.J. Kim, Y.K, Cho, D.S. Byun, J.Y.Lee
Publication date
2017.08
Journal
The Sea Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography
Volume
22
Issue
03
<시계열 해수면온도 산출을 위한 이어도 종합해양과학기지 열적외선 관측 시스템 구축, Establishment of Thermal Infrared Observation System on Ieodo Ocean Research Station for Time-series Sea Surface Temperature Extraction>
(Abstract) Continuous monitoring of spatial and temporal changes in key marine environmental parameters such as SST (sea surface temperature) near IORS (Ieodo Ocean Research Station) is demanded to investigate the ocean ecosystem, climate change, and sea-air interaction processes. In this study, we aimed to develop the system for continuously measuring SST using a TIR (thermal infrared) sensor mounted at the IORS. New SST algorithm is developed to provide SST of better quality that includes automatic atmospheric correction and emissivity calculation for different oceanic conditions. Then, the TIR-based SST products were validated against in-situ water temperature measurements during May 17-26, 2015 and July 15-18, 2015 at the IORS, yielding the accuracy of 0.72-0.85 R-square, and 0.37-0.90°C RMSE. This TIR-based SST observing system can be installed easily at similar Ocean Research Stations such as Sinan Gageocho and Ongjin Socheongcho, which provide a vision to be utilized as calibration site for SST remotely sensed from satellites to be launched in future.