Derivation of an experimental satellite-based T-S diagram

Author

Sabia, R. ; Ballabrera, J. ; Lagerloef, G. ; Bayler, E. ; Talone, M. ; Chao, Y. ; Donlon, C. ; Prieto, D. Fernández- ; Font, J.

Author_Institution

Eur. Space Agency, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

5760

Lastpage

5763

Abstract

A preliminary attempt of deriving a purely satellite-based Temperature-Salinity (T-S) diagram is presented, with the overall aim of assessing to what extent is possible, and in which geographical areas, to identify and trace water masses by satellite. This has been performed by using recent SMOS and Aquarius satellite SSS products in conjunction with spaceborne SST data. A baseline T-S diagram is arranged from climatology data, differentiating 7 ocean zones and mapping them into the T-S domain. Therefore, a comparison with satellite data is carried out, highlighting, for this preliminary test, which are the most challenging zones and where, in turn, they mutually agree in a reasonable way.

Keywords

artificial satellites; ocean temperature; oceanographic techniques; Aquarius satellite SSS products; SMOS; baseline T-S diagram; climatology data; geographical areas; ocean zones; satellite-based temperature-salinity diagram; spaceborne SST data; trace water masses; Ocean temperature; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface salinity; Aquarius; SMOS; Sea Surface Salinity; Sea Surface Temperature; T-S diagrams;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352302

Filename

6352302