Deriving sea surface salinity and density variations from satellite and aircraft microwave radiometer measurements: Application to coastal plumes using STARRS

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 765-784

  Burrage, Derek ^a   Wesson, Joel ^a   Miller, Jerry ^a,b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarius; Brightness temperature; Coastal plumes; Density; Emissivity; Microwave radiometry; Retrieval algorithm; Salinity, temperature, and roughness remote scanner (STARRS); Sea surface salinity (SSS); Soil moisture and ocean salinity (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHM; SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS);

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 40149111884     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.915404     Document Type: Article

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