Title :
Enhanced resolution for Aquarius salinity retrieval near land-water boundaries
Author :
Utku, Cuneyt ; Le Vine, D.M.
Author_Institution :
Goddard Space Flight Center, USRA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
A numerical reconstruction of the brightness temperature is examined as a potential way to improve the retrieval of salinity from Aquarius measurements closer to land-water boundaries. A test case using simulated ocean-land scenes suggest promise for the technique.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; salinity (geophysical); Aquarius measurements; Aquarius salinity retrieval; brightness temperature; land-water boundaries; numerical reconstruction; salinity retrieval; simulated ocean-land scenes; Antenna measurements; Brightness temperature; Image reconstruction; Land surface temperature; Ocean temperature; Sea surface; Temperature measurement; L-Band; Microwave Remote Sensing; Sea Surface Salinity;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2014 13th Specialist Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-4645-7
DOI :
10.1109/MicroRad.2014.6878912
