Dual-channel technique for the reconstruction of the sea surface temperature field in the Tropical Atlantic

A technique for the reconstruction of the sea surface temperature (SST) fields is proposed which involves linear dual-channel methods for the atmospheric correction and four procedures of cloudiness filtration. The technique was employed for processing the IR images obtained from NOAA satellites at night in the Tropical Atlantic (36th cruise of theRV AKADEMIK VERNADSKY). Analysis of the SST charts showed the high efficiency of the technique proposed.UDK 551.465.16(261.5)Translated by Mikhail M. Trufanov.