Suomi NPP VIIRS Sea Ice Temperature, 4/1/2016 - click to enlarge
Ice Surface Temperature
Team Lead: Jeff Key
Product Description
IST is the radiating, or "skin", temperature at the ice surface. It includes the aggregate temperature of objects comprising the ice surface, including snow and melt water on the ice.
The IST algorithm is based on heritage AVHRR & MODIS IST algorithms (Key and Haefliger (1992) and Key et al. (1997)). The baseline split window algorithm uses calibrated TOA brightness temperatures in VIIRS bands M15 & M16.
The JPSS VIIRS Ice Surface Temperature Product will be produced for each VIIRS image and will provide values over all water surfaces of the globe:
- Clear sky, ice pixels only
- Daytime and nighttime
Product and Data Access
Ice Surface Temperature, for Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, for both day and night, clear sky pixels only
Users
- NIC, National/Naval Ice Center
- Naval Research Laboratory
- OSPO, Office of Satellite and Product Operations
- STAR, Center for Satellite Applications and Research
- University of Washington, Polar Science Center
- GSFC, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Hydrological Sciences Branch
- NWS, National Weather Service, including the Alaska Ice Desk