Assessing temporal aliasing in satellite-based surface salinity measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1391-1400

  Vinogradova, Nadya T ^a   Ponte, Rui M ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIASED; ALIASING ERROR; ALIASING NOISE; AQUARIUS; ARCTIC REGIONS; GLOBAL MAPPING; HYBRID COORDINATE OCEAN MODELS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MEAN FIELD; OCEANIC REGIONS; REMOTE SENSING MISSIONS; SALINITY VARIABILITY; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SPATIAL AVERAGE; SYSTEM NOISE; TEMPORAL ALIASING; TROPICAL OCEAN; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

INSTRUMENT ERRORS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

EID: 84868270746     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00055.1     Document Type: Article

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