Ocean surface salinity remote sensing with the JPL Passive/Active L-/S-band (PALS) microwave instrument

Author

Wilson, William J. ; Yueh, Simon H. ; Li, Fuk K. ; Dinardo, Steve ; Chao, Yi ; Koblinsky, Chet ; Lagerloef, Gary ; Howden, Stephan

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

937

Abstract

Describes the measurements acquired by the aircraft Passive/Active L-/S-band (PALS) instrument from two field campaigns in 1999 and 2000. These measurements were in support of the development of ocean surface salinity remote sensing techniques for the future Aquarius space mission. The 2000 measurements demonstrated the aircraft radiometer stability of ±0.3 K over time periods of 30 minutes with a salinity measurement accuracy of 0.2 PSS (Practical Salinity Scale or parts per thousand)

Keywords

airborne radar; microwave measurement; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; Aquarius space mission; Atlantic Ocean; California coast; ESSP program; Earth System Science Pathfinder; Gulf Stream; JPL Passive/Active L-/S-band microwave instrument; Monterey Bay; Norfolk; PALS; Pacific Ocean; Virginia; aircraft instrument; aircraft radiometer stability; field campaigns; ocean measurements; ocean surface salinity remote sensing; remote sensing techniques; salinity measurement accuracy; Aircraft; Instruments; Oceans; Radiometry; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Space missions; Stability; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976686

Filename

976686