Simulated SMOS levels 2 and 3 products: The effect of introducing argo data in the processing chain and its impact on the error induced by the vicinity of the coast

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3041-3050

  Talone, Marco ^a,b   Camps, Adriano ^a,b   Mourre, Baptiste ^b,c   Sabia, Roberto ^a,b   Vall Llossera, Mercè ^a,b   Gourrion, Jérôme ^b,c   Gabarró, Carolina ^b,c   Font, Jordi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

ARGO; Coastal effects; Level 3; Sea surface salinity (SSS); Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

ARGO; COASTAL EFFECTS; LEVEL 3; SEA-SURFACE SALINITY (SSS); SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS);

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA PROCESSING; EARTH (PLANET); GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERMITTIVITY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONE; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; OPEN OCEAN; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 70349305690     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2011618     Document Type: Article

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