The use of a semi-empirircal emissivity model for a rough estimation of sea surface salinity from an airbone microwave radiometer

Scientia Marina

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-336

  Gabarró, Carolina ^a   Font, Jordi ^a   Miller, Jerry ^b   Camps, Adriano ^c   Burrage, Derek ^d   Wesson, Joe ^d   Piola, Alberto R ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Oceanographic compaigns; Radiometry; Remote sensing; Salinity measurements; SMOS

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA ACQUISITION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA SURFACE;

ARGENTINE SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZILIAN SHELF; RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48749101444     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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