• DocumentCode
    576252
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    22-27 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    389
  • Lastpage
    391
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1160-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2153-6996
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351556
  • Filename
    6351556
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=576252