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Density plots of the satellite SST validation against (a) the IMB in-situ SST measurements and (b) the iQuam in-situ SST measurements. 

Density plots of the satellite SST validation against (a) the IMB in-situ SST measurements and (b) the iQuam in-situ SST measurements. 

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The INSAT-3D imager (4 km) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on-board Aqua and Terra space-platforms level-2 (1 km) sea surface temperature (SSTskin) product accuracy has been analysed over waters surrounding the Indian subcontinent by indirect comparison method using collocated bulk in-situ measurements (SSTdepth) fo...

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... general, the retrieval error (RMSE) of all the three satellites w.r.t. in-situ observations is in the range of around 0.60-0.70°C. Figures 2(a,b) show combined density plots for all the 3 years (October 2013-October 2016) indicating overall statistics of satellite valida- tion against in-situ measurements. The retrieval error is observed to be slightly higher in case of satellite SST validation against iQuam data set (RMSE ranging in 0.67-0.70°C) as compared to IMB in-situ SST data set (RMSE ranging in 0.60-0.66°C). The value of coefficient of determination (R 2 ) is also lower in case of validation against iQuam data set (0.55-0.71) than that against IMB data set (0.64-0.76). Like satellite observations, in- situ SST observations are also never fully accurate (Feng and Ignatov 2010) and are subjected to variations in their accuracy. However, the accuracy of buoy SST observa- tions is usually better than 0.5°C (Reynolds 2001) which in turn is much better than the SST measurements taken through ships having typical RMSE larger than 1°C (Kent, Challenor, and Taylor 1999). The use of ship-borne measurements may introduce errors of depth variations and may impact the accuracy of the SST retrievals ( Donlon et al. 2002). In order to confirm the accuracy of iQuam SST w.r.t. IMB SST, the former in-situ data set was collocated within a spatial window of ±1 km and temporal window of ±0.5 h of particular IMB SST observation. Although both in-situ SST data sets (IMB SST and iQuam SST) are found to be in good agreement (R 2 = 0.92) showing RMSE of about 0.34°C with a negligible bias of less than 0.01°C, use of conventional ships and IMOS ships in case of iQuam could probably lead to slight inaccuracy in the iQuam in-situ SST data set. The additional errors may be induced during transmission and processing stages of in-situ measurements. It has already been mentioned previously that the iQuam data set comprises in-situ observations from a large number of platforms including drifters, moorings, and ships. It is also well known that sensor accuracy differs greatly across these platform types. Therefore, it is imperative to determine the statistics of satellite SST validation against iQuam SST data set associated with each individual platform. Moreover, this exercise would be beneficial to confirm the exact reason behind inaccuracy in the iQuam in-situ SST data set. Table 2 shows combined statistical analysis of satellite SST validation against iQuam SST data set associated with each individual platform for all 3 years. In general, quality-controlled iQuam data set is globally obtained from eight different types of platforms, namely (1) ships (conventional), (2) drifting buoys (conventional drifters), (3) tropical mooring buoys (TMB), (4) coastal mooring buoys (CMB), (5) argo floats, (6) high resolution drifters, (7) IMOS ships, and (8) CRW buoys. Out of these eight platforms, the entire iQuam data set over this study region is found to be associated with only three platforms, namely conventional ships, TMB, and CMB. The statistical results clearly reveal that all three satellite sensors are showing higher RMSE (0.78-0.94°C) and least R 2 (0.32-0.66°C) when validated against iQuam SST data set obtained from conventional ships. On the other hand, satellite SST validation against TMB and CMB data sets is showing comparable results with RMSE ranging from 0.52°C to 0.65°C and R 2 ranging from 0.62°C to 0.79°C. The satellites are found to be underestimating SST obtained from all three platforms. Unlike the INSAT-3D which is having near similar RMSE (0.63-0.78°C) and bias (−0.16°C to −0.20°C) in case of all three in-situ platforms, the MODIS is showing considerably high retrieval error (RMSE = 0.84-0.94°C, bias = −0.20°C to −0.25°C) in case of validation against ship data set as compared to that against the other two platforms (RMSE = 0.52-0.61°C, bias = −0.03°C to −0.10°C). Figure 3 is showing percentage of match-up observations obtained on validation of satellite SST against iQuam SST asso- ciated with individual platform. Since the iQuam in-situ SST data sets obtained from all three platforms are significantly contributing to the validation statistics, therefore col- lective iQuam data set from all three platforms has been used for further study and analysis. Figures 4(a,b) show combined frequency histogram for all 3 years for the temperature difference between satellite observations and in-situ measurements. The temperature difference is in the range of −2.5°C to +2.5°C. In case of almost all three satellites, maximum number of satellite observations is found to be underestimating the in-situ SST observations. Overall, approximately 46-61% of the total collocated satellite SST data set is showing underestimation w.r.t. in-situ SST observation. In particular, around 58-61% observations of INSAT-3D are showing underestimation while in case of MODIS sensor, around 46-58% observations are indicating underestimation. A significant num- ber of INSAT-3D observations are showing temperature difference w.r.t. in-situ observa- tions in the range of −1-0.5°C. On the other hand, maximum number of MODIS observations are showing temperature difference in the range of ...
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... observations is in the range of around 0.60-0.70°C. Figures 2(a,b) show combined density plots for all the 3 years (October 2013-October 2016) indicating overall statistics of satellite valida- tion against in-situ measurements. The retrieval error is observed to be slightly higher in case of satellite SST validation against iQuam data set (RMSE ranging in 0.67-0.70°C) ...

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