The Aquarius salinity retrieval algorithm

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 386-388

  Meissner, Thomas ^a   Wentz, Frank ^a   Hilburn, Kyle ^a   Lagerloef, Gary ^a   Le Vine, David ^b  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarius; L band radiometers; sea surface roughness; Sea surface salinity

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS; L-BAND RADIOMETER; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WATERS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84873130870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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