Title :
Aquarius overview and up date
Author :
Le Vine, D.M. ; Lagerloef, G.S.E. ; de Matthaeis, Paolo ; Dinnat, E.P. ; Abraham, S.
Author_Institution :
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
Aquarius is an L-band instrument designed to map the surface salinity field of the global oceans. It consists of three L-band (1.41 GHz) radiometers and an L-band (1.26 GHz) scatterometer. The radiometers are the primary instruments for measuring salinity and the scatterometer provides a correction for surface roughness. Aquarius was launched in June 2011 and has been mapping the surface salinity field since it was turned on in August. In addition, Aquarius is now producing maps of radio frequency interference (RFI), Faraday rotation and soil moisture.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; oceanographic equipment; radiofrequency interference; radiometers; salinity (geophysical); soil; AD 2011 06; Aquarius overview; Aquarius up date; Faraday rotation; L-band instrument design; L-band scatterometer; RFI mapping; global ocean surface salinity field mapping; primary radiometer instrument; radio frequency interference mapping; salinity measurement; soil moisture; surface roughness correction; three L-band radiometer; Aerospace electronics; L-band; Radiometers; Sea measurements; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929699
