Title :
Retrieved Sea Surface Salinity Dependence on Multisource Auxiliary Data within the SMOS mission
Author :
Sabia, Roberto ; Camps, Adriano ; Vall-llossera, Mercé ; Reul, Nicolas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Theory & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona
Abstract :
In the framework of the "synergetic aspects and auxiliary data concepts for sea surface salinity measurements from space" project, efforts have been oriented towards a quantitative analysis of sea surface salinity (SSS) retrieval using different auxiliary data sets. This study aims to contribute to the assessment of the SMOS salinity retrieval error budget, in view of the upcoming ground segment development. An estimation of different auxiliary parameters influence on retrieved SSS was performed, in order to quantitatively predict at what extent is reasonable to expect to retrieve salinity. Statistical distributions of the spatio-temporal averaged errors are provided
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; seawater; SMOS mission; SMOS salinity retrieval error budget; multisource auxiliary data; sea surface salinity retrieval; spatiotemporal averaged errors; Brightness temperature; Information retrieval; Instruments; Microwave imaging; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; SMOS mission; Sea measurements; Sea surface salinity; Wind forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE MicroRad, 2006
Conference_Location :
SanJuan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9417-8
DOI :
10.1109/MICRAD.2006.1677072
