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| Reul, Nicolas; Grodsky, S.a.; Arias, M.; Boutin, J.; Catany, R.; Chapron, Bertrand; D'Amico, F; Dinnat, E.; Donlon, C.; Fore, A.; Fournier, Severine; Guimbard, Sebastien; Hasson, A.; Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas; Lagerloef, G.; Lee, T.; Le Vine, D.m.; Lindstrom, E.; Maes, Christophe; Mecklenburg, S.; Meissner, T.; Olmedo, E.; Sabia, R.; Tenerelli, Joseph; Thouvenin-masson, C.; Turiel, A.; Vergely, J.l.; Vinogradova, N.; Wentz, F.; Yueh, S.. |
| Operated since the end of 2009, the European Space Agency (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite mission is the first orbiting radiometer that collects regular and global observations from space of two Essential Climate Variables of the Global Climate Observing System: Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) and Soil Moisture. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aquarius mission, with the primary objective to provide global SSS measurements from space operated from mid-2011 to mid-2015. NASA's Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) mission, primarily dedicated to soil moisture measurements, but also monitoring SSS, has been operating since early 2015. The primary sensors onboard these three missions are passive microwave radiometers... |
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Palavras-chave: Sea surface salinity; Ocean microwave remote sensing; Radiometer; L-band; SMOS; Aquarius/SAC-D; SMAP. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00615/72750/71894.pdf |
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| Hauser, D.; Caudal, G.; Guimbard, Sebastien; Mouche, Alexis. |
| Radar observations of the sea surface at C-Band and small incidence angles are used to investigate some properties of the surface slope probability density function (pdf). The method is based on the analysis of the variation of the radar cross-section with incidence angle, assuming a backscattering process following the Geometrical Optics theory. First, we assess the limit of this model in our experimental configuration by using simulations of radar cross-sections with a more accurate backscattering model, namely the Physical Optics model. We show that roughness properties with scales larger than 12 cm can be analyzed in our configuration (C-Band, incidence 7 to 16 degrees). The radar data are then analyzed in terms of filtered mean square slope under the... |
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| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/11028/33570.pdf |
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| Guimbard, Sebastien; Reul, Nicolas; Chapron, Bertrand; Umbert, M.; Maes, C.. |
| The Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool (EPFP) is a large region of low Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) defined by values lower than 34 practical salinity scale within [5°S-30°N, 75°W-180°W]. The fresh pool dynamically responds to strong regional and seasonally varying ocean-atmosphere-land interactions (including monsoon rain, trade and gap winds and strong currents). Using more than five years of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite sea surface salinity (SSS) and complementary satellite wind, rain, currents, and sea surface temperature data together with a historical ensemble of in situ products, the present study explores the seasonal and interannual dynamics of the fresh pool over the period 2004-2015. An important interannual variability of the maximal... |
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| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00371/48245/48380.pdf |
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| Grodsky, Semyon A.; Reul, Nicolas; Bentamy, Abderrahim; Vandemark, Douglas; Guimbard, Sebastien. |
| One of the saltiest seas, the Mediterranean, experiences significant salinity variations in near surface layers. Satellite sea surface salinity (SSS) data obtained using Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission indicate steady salinification of the eastern Mediterranean Levantine Basin at a rate of ~0.14 psu/year during 2015–2018. Satellite-observed salinity changes are confirmed by Argo float data and suggest possible changes in properties of the Levantine Intermediate Water. Eastern Mediterranean salinification often coincides with a freshening of the western Ionian Sea. Based on satellite altimetry geostrophic currents, these salinity changes are concurrent with a weakening cyclonic circulation in the Levantine Basin and strengthening anticyclonic... |
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| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00503/61430/65113.pdf |
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| Reul, Nicolas; Chapron, Bertrand; Zabolotskikh, E.; Donlon, C.; Quilfen, Yves; Guimbard, Sebastien; Piolle, Jean-francois. |
| Five years of SMOS L-band brightness temperature data intercepting a large number of tropical cyclones (TCs) are analyzed. The storm-induced half-power radio-brightness contrast (ΔI) is defined as the difference between the brightness observed at a specific wind force and that for a smooth water surface with the same physical parameters. ΔI can be related to surface wind speed and has been estimated for ~ 300 TCs that intercept with SMOS measurements. ΔI, expressed in a common storm-centric coordinate system, shows that mean brightness contrast monotonically increases with increased storm intensity ranging from ~ 5 K for strong storms to ~ 24 K for the most intense Category 5 TCs. A remarkable feature of the 2D mean ΔI fields and their variability is that... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00324/43542/43178.pdf |
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