DocumentCode
576530
Title
Large scale variability of SMOS sea surface salinity in 2010 and 2011: Ocean variability and other effects
Author
Boutin, J. ; Martin, Nicolas ; Yin, X. ; Vergely, J.L.
fYear
2012
fDate
22-27 July 2012
Firstpage
5753
Lastpage
5755
Abstract
The variability observed on SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) SSS (sea surface salinity) recorded in 2010 and 2011 is partly attributable to geophysical variations but also to imperfections in various corrections (e.g. sun aliases, sea surface scattering of the galactic signal). We perform a retrieval of bistatic coefficients from SMOS Tbs, suggesting more peaked coefficients than the ones currently used for simulating the galactic contribution.
Keywords
ocean chemistry; AD 2010; AD 2011; SMOS sea surface salinity; bistatic coefficient retrieval; galactic contribution; geophysical variations; ocean variability; Extraterrestrial measurements; Orbits; Sea measurements; Sea surface salinity; Surface treatment; Microwave remote sensing; Ocean salinity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Munich
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN
2153-6996
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352304
Filename
6352304
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