Overview of SMOS level 2 ocean salinity processing and first results

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3146-3149

  Font, J ^a   Boutin, J ^b   Reul, N ^c   Spurgeon, P ^d   Ballabrera, J ^a   Chuprin, A ^d   Gabarro C ^a   Gourrion, J ^a   Henocq C ^e   Lavender, S ^d   Martin, N ^b   Martinez J ^a   McCulloch, M ^d   Meirold Mautner, I ^e   Petitcolin, F ^e   Portabella, M ^a   Sabia, R ^a   Talone, M ^a   Tenerelli, J ^f   Turiel, A ^a   Vergely, J L ^e   Waldteufel, P ^b   Yin, X ^b   Zine, S ^g   more..

^a SMOS BEC (CSIC UPC)   (Spain)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d Le Grand Large Quai de la Douane   (United Kingdom)

^e ACRI ST   (France)

^f Brest Operational Observation System and Technologies (BOOST)   (France)

^g UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing; Sea surface salinity

Indexed keywords

SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE OPTICS; SURFACE WATERS;

COMMISSIONING PHASE; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; MICROWAVE IMAGING RADIOMETER WITH APERTURE SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 78650858838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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