A reprocessing for climate of sea surface temperature from the along-track scanning radiometers: Basis in radiative transfer

► Radiative transfer simulation for physics-based retrieval of sea surface temperature. ► Impact of atmospheric trace gases at infra-red window wavelengths. ► Radiative transfer modelling of sea water emissivity. ► Effects of marine aerosol and stratospheric aerosol. ► Simulations of thermal window channels are accurate to ~ 0.1 K or better.