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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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