Demonstration of ocean surface salinity microwave measurements from space using AMSR-E data over the Amazon plume

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Jul 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3613607r&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 13, CiteID L13607

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Geophysics

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Oceanography: General: Remote Sensing And Electromagnetic Processes (0689, 2487, 3285, 4455, 6934), Exploration Geophysics: Remote Sensing, Oceanography: General: Equatorial Oceanography, Oceanography: General: Physical And Chemical Properties Of Seawater

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Microwave Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) measurements can be performed by isolating the emissivity response to salinity changes from numerous geophysical effects, including surface temperature and wind waves. At L-band frequencies (1 to 2 GHz), the sensitivity to SSS is sufficient but it falls off quickly as frequency is increased. Nevertheless, methods using higher microwave frequencies with much lower SSS sensitivity than at L band, can already be tested. In particular, combining 6 and 10 GHz data in vertical polarization efficiently minimizes sea surface roughness and thermal impacts. Using AMSR-E data, the retrieved bi-monthly maps of SSS at 0.5° resolution over the region of the Amazon plume show relative accuracy in-line with the future L-band dedicated mission objectives.

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