The role of averaging for improving sea surface salinity retrieval from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite and impact of auxiliary data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-269

  Philipps, Sabine ^a   Boone, Christine ^a   Obligis, Estelle ^a  

^a CLS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

AUXILIARY DATA; OCEAN SALINITY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WIND SPEED;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847706099     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1954.1     Document Type: Article

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