sea_surface_skin_temperature

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Created: July 11, 2017
Proposer: Alison Pamment / Craig Donlon
Proposed Date: 2017-07-11
Removed non-printing characters from definition text. Also removed erroneous first sentence "The surface called "surface"... as it doesn't apply to this name (pointed out by Craig Donlon).
Change Date: July 11, 2017, 2:52 p.m.
Term: sea_surface_skin_temperature
Unit: K
Unit ref:
AMIP:
GRIB:
The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The sea surface skin temperature is the temperature measured by an infrared radiometer typically operating at wavelengths in the range 3.7 - 12 micrometers. It represents the temperature within the conductive diffusion-dominated sub-layer at a depth of approximately 10 - 20 micrometers below the air-sea interface. Measurements of this quantity are subject to a large potential diurnal cycle including cool skin layer effects (especially at night under clear skies and low wind speed conditions) and warm layer effects in the daytime.
Change Date: July 11, 2017, 3 p.m.
Term: sea_surface_skin_temperature
Unit: K
Unit ref: UPKA
AMIP:
GRIB:
The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The sea surface skin temperature is the temperature measured by an infrared radiometer typically operating at wavelengths in the range 3.7 - 12 micrometers. It represents the temperature within the conductive diffusion-dominated sub-layer at a depth of approximately 10 - 20 micrometers below the air-sea interface. Measurements of this quantity are subject to a large potential diurnal cycle including cool skin layer effects (especially at night under clear skies and low wind speed conditions) and warm layer effects in the daytime.
Change Date: July 11, 2017, 3 p.m.
Term: sea_surface_skin_temperature
Unit: K
Unit ref: UPKA
AMIP:
GRIB:
Change Date: July 11, 2017, 3:05 p.m.
Term: sea_surface_skin_temperature
Unit: K
Unit ref: UPKA
AMIP:
GRIB:
The sea surface skin temperature is the temperature measured by an infrared radiometer typically operating at wavelengths in the range 3.7 - 12 micrometers. It represents the temperature within the conductive diffusion-dominated sub-layer at a depth of approximately 10 - 20 micrometers below the air-sea interface. Measurements of this quantity are subject to a large potential diurnal cycle including cool skin layer effects (especially at night under clear skies and low wind speed conditions) and warm layer effects in the daytime.