Why are there large green areas in the middle of the SST satellite data?
There are two explanations for this occurring: 1. Sun Glint Under certain conditions, water can act as a spectacular reflector, much like a mirror and as a result sun glint occurs when the sunlight is reflected from the ocean’s surface back to the satellite. The sun glint can contaminate an approximately elliptical area many kilometres long and over thousands of square kilometres of the swath. Because sun glint can cause false temperature readings, it is often removed from satellite images by the processing software and thus you get large areas were no data appears.
There are two explanations for this occurring: 1. Sun Glint Under certain conditions, water can act as a spectacular reflector, much like a mirror and as a result sun glint occurs when the sunlight is reflected from the ocean’s surface back to the satellite. The sun glint can contaminate an approximately elliptical area many kilometres long and over thousands of square kilometres of the swath. Because sun glint can cause false temperature readings, it is often removed from satellite images by the processing software and thus you get large areas where no data appears.
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