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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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| Vinogradova, Nadya; Lee, Tong; Boutin, Jacqueline; Drushka, Kyla; Fournier, Severine; Sabia, Roberto; Stammer, Detlef; Bayler, Eric; Reul, Nicolas; Gordon, Arnold; Melnichenko, Oleg; Li, Laifang; Hackert, Eric; Martin, Matthew; Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas; Hasson, Audrey; Brown, Shannon; Misra, Sidharth; Lindstrom, Eric. |
| Advances in L-band microwave satellite radiometry in the past decade, pioneered by ESA’s SMOS and NASA’s Aquarius and SMAP missions, have demonstrated an unprecedented capability to observe global sea surface salinity (SSS) from space. Measurements from these missions are the only means to probe the very-near surface salinity (top cm), providing a unique monitoring capability for the interfacial exchanges of water between the atmosphere and the upper-ocean, and delivering a wealth of information on various salinity processes in the ocean, linkages with the climate and water cycle, including land-sea connections, and providing constraints for ocean prediction models. The satellite SSS data are complimentary to the existing in situ systems such as Argo that... |
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Palavras-chave: Salinity; Remote sensing; Earth's observing systems; Future satellite missions; SMAP; SMOS; Aquarius. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00498/60985/64391.pdf |
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| Fournier, Severine; Lee, Tong; Wang, Xiaochun; Armitage, Thomas W. K.; Wang, Ou; Fukumori, Ichiro; Kwok, Ron. |
| The changing Arctic freshwater content and distribution have significant implications for ocean circulation, climate, and water and biogeochemical cycles. The paucity of in‐situ salinity measurements in the Arctic Ocean has limited our ability to study Arctic‐Ocean freshwater variability. Although satellite‐derived sea surface height (SSH) and ocean bottom pressure (OBP) have been used together to infer depth‐integrated freshwater content changes, these measurements are limited in sampling and resolution. Motivated by the recent development of sea surface salinity (SSS) remote sensing, we explore the use of SSS as a proxy for Arctic freshwater changes. As a first step, here we conduct a proof‐of‐concept study by analyzing the output of an ocean‐ice state... |
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Palavras-chave: Arctic; Sea surface height; Gravimetry; Sea surface salinity; Freshwater. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00630/74164/73778.pdf |
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| Reul, Nicolas; Fournier, Severine; Boutin, Jacqueline; Hernandez, Olga; Maes, Christophe; Chapron, Bertrand; Alory, Gael; Quilfen, Yves; Tenerelli, Joseph; Morisset, Simmon; Kerr, Yann; Mecklenburg, Susanne; Delwart, Steven. |
| While it is well known that the ocean is one of the most important component of the climate system, with a heat capacity 1,100 times greater than the atmosphere, the ocean is also the primary reservoir for freshwater transport to the atmosphere and largest component of the global water cycle. Two new satellite sensors, the ESA Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and the NASA Aquarius SAC-D missions, are now providing the first space-borne measurements of the sea surface salinity (SSS). In this paper, we present examples demonstrating how SMOS-derived SSS data are being used to better characterize key land–ocean and atmosphere–ocean interaction processes that occur within the marine hydrological cycle. In particular, SMOS with its ocean mapping... |
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Palavras-chave: Sea surface salinity; SMOS satellite; Passive microwave remote sensing; Oceanic freshwater cycle. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00152/26334/24430.pdf |
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