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| Yin, Xiaobin; Boutin, Jacqueline; Martin, Nicolas; Spurgeon, Paul; Vergely, Jean-luc; Gaillard, Fabienne. |
| The wind speed (WS) provided by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is used to initialize the retrieval process of WS and Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) obtained by the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission. This process compensates for the lack of onboard instrument providing a measure of ocean surface WS independent of the L-band radiometer measurements. The SMOS-retrieved WS in the center of the swath (± 300 km) is adjusted regarding to its a priori estimate. The quality of the SMOS-retrieved SSS (SSSSMOS) is better at the center of the swath than at the edge of the swatch because the larger number of brightness temperature measurements available at the center of the swath reduces the effects of noise and because the... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: SMOS; SSMIS; ECMWF; Wind speed; Salinity. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00158/26970/25261.pdf |
