AQUARIUS: a passive/active microwave sensor to monitor sea surface salinity globally from space | Zendy

David M. Le Vine | Zendy; Gary Lagerloef | Zendy; F. R. Colomb | Zendy; Yi Chao | Zendy

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<title>AQUARIUS: a passive/active microwave sensor to monitor sea surface salinity globally from space</title>

Author(s) -

David M. Le Vine,

Gary Lagerloef,

F. R. Colomb,

Yi Chao

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

proceedings of spie, the international society for optical engineering/proceedings of spie

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1996-756X

pISSN - 0277-786X

DOI - 10.1117/12.579424

Subject(s) - satellite , salinity , environmental science , sea surface height , meteorology , remote sensing , oceanography , sea surface temperature , geography , geology , aerospace engineering , engineering

Salinity is important for understanding ocean dynamics, energy exchange with the atmosphere and the global water cycle. Existing data is limited and much of the ocean has never even been sampled. Sea surface salinity can be measured remotely by satellite and a three year mission for this purpose called Aquarius/SAC-D has recently been selected by NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) program. The objective is to map the salinity field globally with a spatial resolution of 100 km and a monthly average accuracy of 0.2 psu. The mission, scheduled for launch in 2008, is a partnership of the United States National Aeronauatics and Space Agency (NASA) and the Argentine Comision Nacional de Actividades Epaciales (CONAE).

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