Aquarius overview and up date

Author

Le Vine, D.M. ; Lagerloef, G.S.E. ; de Matthaeis, Paolo ; Dinnat, E.P. ; Abraham, S.

Author_Institution

Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

16-23 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Aquarius is an L-band instrument designed to map the surface salinity field of the global oceans. It consists of three L-band (1.41 GHz) radiometers and an L-band (1.26 GHz) scatterometer. The radiometers are the primary instruments for measuring salinity and the scatterometer provides a correction for surface roughness. Aquarius was launched in June 2011 and has been mapping the surface salinity field since it was turned on in August. In addition, Aquarius is now producing maps of radio frequency interference (RFI), Faraday rotation and soil moisture.

Keywords

Faraday effect; oceanographic equipment; radiofrequency interference; radiometers; salinity (geophysical); soil; AD 2011 06; Aquarius overview; Aquarius up date; Faraday rotation; L-band instrument design; L-band scatterometer; RFI mapping; global ocean surface salinity field mapping; primary radiometer instrument; radio frequency interference mapping; salinity measurement; soil moisture; surface roughness correction; three L-band radiometer; Aerospace electronics; L-band; Radiometers; Sea measurements; Sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929699

Filename

6929699