Oceans and seas:Bucket temperature
Sea surface temperature is now usually measured by satellite for large scale applications: This image shows the 1997 El Nino (white area in tropics)seen by TOPEX/Poseidon. Source: NASA
Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: July 2, 2012, 8:48 am
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C Michael Hogan
Bucket temperature is the surface temperature of the ocean as measured by a bucket thermometer. This can also be the temperature measured by immersing a surface thermometer into a freshly drawn bucket of seawater. Often this measurement is simply called sea surface temperature.
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Steve Baum (Lead Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Bucket temperature". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 30, 2010; Last revised Date July 2, 2012; Retrieved June 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Bucket_temperature?topic=49523>
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Bucket temperature is the surface temperature of the ocean as measured by a bucket thermometer. This can also be the temperature measured by immersing a surface thermometer into a freshly drawn bucket of seawater. Often this measurement is simply called sea surface temperature.
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