SMOS first data analysis for sea surface salinity determination

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 3654-3670

  Font, Jordi ^a   Boutin, Jacqueline ^b   Reul, Nicolas ^c   Spurgeon, Paul ^d   Ballabrera Poy, Joaquim ^a   Chuprin, Andrei ^d   Gabarró, Carolina ^a   Gourrion, Jérôme ^a   Guimbard, Sébastien ^a   Hénocq, Claire ^e   Lavender, Samantha ^d   Martin, Nicolas ^b   Martínez, Justino ^a   McCulloch, Michael ^d   Meirold Mautner, Ingo ^e   Mugerin, César ^e   Petitcolin, François ^e   Portabella, Marcos ^a   Sabia, Roberto ^f   Talone, Marco ^g   Tenerelli, Joseph ^h   Turiel, Antonio ^a   Vergely, Jean Luc ^e   Waldteufel, Philippe ^b   Yin, Xiaobin ^b   Zine, Sonia ⁱ   Delwart, Steven ^f   more..

^a Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

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

^e ACRI ST   (France)

^f ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^g SERCO ASSURANCE   (United Kingdom)

^h CLS   (France)

ⁱ UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; SOIL MOISTURE;

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; L-BAND FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVE IMAGING RADIOMETER USING APERTURE SYNTHESIS; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS);

SURFACE WATERS;

DATA PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETER; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SMOS;

EID: 84873691065     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.716541     Document Type: Article

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