Title :
Aquarius instrument design for sea surface salinity measurements
Author :
Yueh, Simon H. ; Wilson, William J. ; Edelstein, Wendy ; Farra, Don ; Johnson, Mark ; Pellerano, Fernando ; LeVine, David ; Hilderbrand, Peter
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Sea surface salinity is a key parameter for the study of ocean circulation, global water cycle and hence climate changes. In response to these measurement needs, Aquarius was selected recently for the third NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Announcement of Opportunity for a planned launch date in September 2008. The characteristics of the Aquarius instrument are provided in this paper.
Keywords :
climatology; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; AD 2008 09; Aquarius instrument design; NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder; climate changes; global water cycle; ocean circulation; sea surface salinity measurements; Calibration; Diodes; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Oceans; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Sea surface salinity; Spaceborne radar; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294588
