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

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Reul, N ^a   Saux Picart, S ^a   Chapron, B ^a   Vandemark, D ^b   Tournadre, J ^a   Salisbury, J ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-LINE; L-BAND FREQUENCIES; MISSION OBJECTIVES; OCEAN SURFACES; RELATIVE ACCURACY; SALINITY CHANGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL IMPACTS; VERTICAL POLARIZATION; WIND WAVE;

MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND EFFECTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

EMISSIVITY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PLUME; POLARIZATION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70349254108     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038860     Document Type: Article

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