PAU in SeoSAT: A proposed hybrid L-band microwave radiometer/GPS reflectometer to improve Sea Surface Salinity estimates from space

Author

Camps, A. ; Rodríguez-Álvarez, N. ; Bosch-Lluis, X. ; Marchán, J.F. ; Ramos-Pérez, I. ; Segarra, M. ; Sagués, Ll ; Tarragó, D. ; Cunado, O. ; Vilaseca, R. ; Tomàs, A. ; Mas, J. ; Guillamón, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona

fYear

2008

fDate

11-14 March 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

It is generally accepted that the best way to retrieve sea surface salinity (SSS) is by means of L-band radiometry (1400-1427 MHz). However, in addition to the polarization and the incidence angle, the SSS and the sea surface temperature (SST), the sea surface brightness temperature depends on the sea state. This work describes a hybrid L-band radiometer & GPS L1 reflectometer proposed to infer sea state information at similar surface roughness scales and therefore improve the sea state correction in surface salinity estimates.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; ocean temperature; oceanographic equipment; radiometers; reflectometers; GPS reflectometer; PAU instrument; SeoSAT; brightness temperature; frequency 1400 MHz to 1427 MHz; hybrid L-band microwave radiometer; sea surface salinity; sea surface temperature; Global Positioning System; L-band; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Sea surface salinity; Surface roughness; Temperature dependence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2008. MICRORAD 2008

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1986-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1987-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MICRAD.2008.4579467

Filename

4579467