DocumentCode
411020
Title
Aquarius instrument design for sea surface salinity measurements
Author
Yueh, Simon H. ; Wilson, William J. ; Edelstein, Wendy ; Farra, Don ; Johnson, Mark ; Pellerano, Fernando ; LeVine, David ; Hilderbrand, Peter
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume
4
fYear
2003
fDate
21-25 July 2003
Firstpage
2795
Abstract
Sea surface salinity is a key parameter for the study of ocean circulation, global water cycle and hence climate changes. In response to these measurement needs, Aquarius was selected recently for the third NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Announcement of Opportunity for a planned launch date in September 2008. The characteristics of the Aquarius instrument are provided in this paper.
Keywords
climatology; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; AD 2008 09; Aquarius instrument design; NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder; climate changes; global water cycle; ocean circulation; sea surface salinity measurements; Calibration; Diodes; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Oceans; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Sea surface salinity; Spaceborne radar; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7929-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294588
Filename
1294588
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