Abstract
For two spaceborne passive microwave radiometers : Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) aboard the JAXA/ADEOS-II and AMSR-E aboard the NASA/AQUA, algorithms of retrieving sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface wind speed (SSW) have been developed. Retrieved SST from AMSR-E was compared with buoy SST, and root mean square (rms) of SST difference was 0.561°C for AMSR-E using one year data in 2003, and it was 0.633°C for AMSR using seven month data in 2003. Retrieved SSW was also compared with buoy SSW, and rms of the difference was 1.013 and 0.942m/s, respectively in the same period.
