SMOS measurements preliminary validation against modeled brightness temperatures and external-source salinity data

Author

Sabia, R. ; Gourrion, J. ; Portabella, M. ; Gabarró, C. ; Talone, M. ; Ballabrera, J. ; Turiel, A. ; Martinez, J. ; Camps, A. ; Aretxabaleta, A.L. ; Monerris, A. ; Font, J.

Author_Institution

Unitat de Tecnol. Marina (UTM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

3166

Lastpage

3169

Abstract

Preliminary results obtained during the commissioning phase of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission are described, devoting special attention to the characterization of the systematic errors found in the measurements and the corresponding impact in the retrieved salinity product. The identified issues and objectives to consolidate and improve the processing chain are also described.

Keywords

geophysical signal processing; hydrological techniques; moisture; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; seawater; soil; SMOS commissioning phase; SMOS measurement validation; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission; external source salinity data; modeled brightness temperature; processing chain; salinity product; Accuracy; Computational modeling; Extraterrestrial measurements; Satellites; Sea measurements; Temperature measurement; Bias mitigation; SMOS mission; Salinity retrieval;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651336

Filename

5651336