• DocumentCode
    1843711
  • Title

    The Aquarius salinity retrieval algorithm

  • Author

    Meissner, Thomas ; Wentz, Frank ; Lagerloef, Gary ; Le Vine, David

  • Author_Institution
    Remote Sensing Syst., Santa Rosa, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    5-9 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This paper gives an overview of the algorithm for retrieving sea surface salinity from the AQUARIUS L-band radiometer and its physical background.
  • Keywords
    ocean chemistry; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; seawater; AQUARIUS L-band radiometer; Aquarius salinity retrieval algorithm; sea surface salinity; Digital TV; Aquarius; L-band radiometers; Sea surface salinity; sea surface roughness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2012 12th Specialist Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1468-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MicroRad.2012.6185227
  • Filename
    6185227