Title :
Sea surface salinity as measured by SMOS and by surface autonomous drifters
Author :
Boutin, J. ; Martin, N. ; Yin, X. ; Reverdin, G. ; Morrisset, S.
Author_Institution :
LOCEAN/IPSL, UPMC, Paris, France
Abstract :
The sea surface salinity (SSS) retrieved from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission are systematically lower than ARGO SSS in rainy regions. These freshenings increase (in absolute value) with increasing SSM/I rain rates (-0.2psu/mm/hr) closely collocated in time with SMOS SSS. They are attributed to a stratification of the salinity in the first meters of the ocean surface following a rain event.
Keywords :
rain; ARGO SSS; SMOS mission; SSM/I rain rates; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity; ocean surface; rainy regions; sea surface salinity; surface autonomous drifters; Ocean temperature; Pollution measurement; Rain; Sea measurements; Sea surface salinity; Microwave Radiometry; Ocean Salinity;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351556
