Title :
Large scale variability of SMOS sea surface salinity in 2010 and 2011: Ocean variability and other effects
Author :
Boutin, J. ; Martin, Nicolas ; Yin, X. ; Vergely, J.L.
Abstract :
The variability observed on SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) SSS (sea surface salinity) recorded in 2010 and 2011 is partly attributable to geophysical variations but also to imperfections in various corrections (e.g. sun aliases, sea surface scattering of the galactic signal). We perform a retrieval of bistatic coefficients from SMOS Tbs, suggesting more peaked coefficients than the ones currently used for simulating the galactic contribution.
Keywords :
ocean chemistry; AD 2010; AD 2011; SMOS sea surface salinity; bistatic coefficient retrieval; galactic contribution; geophysical variations; ocean variability; Extraterrestrial measurements; Orbits; Sea measurements; Sea surface salinity; Surface treatment; Microwave remote sensing; 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.2012.6352304
