Estimate of the robustness of XBT temperature measurements from SOOP in the Mediterranean by comparison with ARGO profiles
Abstract
Main purpose of this work is the comparison between XBT (eXpendable BathyThermograph) temperature profiles recorded in the Tyrrhenian Sea during the SOOP (Ship Of Opportunity Programme) activity with commercial ships (since September 1999) and Argo profiles (since May 2004). In particular, analysis was focused on the Genoa-Palermo transect, historically managed by ENEA S. Teresa Research Centre. XBT temperature profiles were matched with Argo quasi-collocated in space (and quasi-simultaneous in time) profiles, in order to assess the reliability of XBT temperature measurements. Space-time matching conditions were chosen to be as strict as possible.
Event details
- Event
- MetroSea 2019
- Technical Committee
- TC19
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- Place
- Genoa, ITALY
- Time
- 3 October 2019 - 5 October 2019
- Website
- http://www.metrosea.org