http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1998/98JC02370.shtmlhttpbrowserThe development and operational application of nonlinear algorithms for the measurement of sea surface temperatures with the NOAA polar-orbiting environmental satellitesSince 1990, the NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS) has provided satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) measurements based on nonlinear SST algorithms, using advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) multiple-infrared window channel data. This paper develops linear and nonlinear SST algorithms from the radiative transfer equation.information