SMOS salinity in the subtropical North Atlantic salinity maximum: 1. Comparison with Aquarius and in situ salinity

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8878-8896

  Hernandez, O ^a   Boutin, J ^a   Kolodziejczyk, N ^a   Reverdin, G ^a   Martin, N ^a   Gaillard, F ^b   Reul, N ^b   Vergely, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c ACRI ST   (France)

Author keywords

remote sensing; salinity; SMOS; subtropical North Atlantic

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS; ARGO; DATABASE; ERROR ANALYSIS; IN SITU TEST; INTERPOLATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SMOS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TRANSECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 85027956482     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009610     Document Type: Article

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