Surface salinity retrieved from SMOS measurements over the global ocean: Imprecisions due to sea surface roughness and temperature uncertainties

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1432-1447

  Boutin, Jacqueline ^a   Waldteufel, Philippe ^b   Martin, Nicolas ^a   Caudal, Gérard ^a   Dinnat, Emmanuel ^a  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETRY; SEAWATER; SOILS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS); SOIL MOISTURE;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

GLOBAL OCEAN; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 5044228517     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<1432:SSRFSM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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