Sea surface salinity estimates from spaceborne L-band radiometers: An overview of the first decade of observation (2010–2019)

N Reul, SA Grodsky, M Arias, J Boutin, R Catany… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Operated since the end of 2009, the European Space Agency (ESA) Soil Moisture and
Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite mission is the first orbiting radiometer that collects regular …

Satellite remote sensing of surface winds, waves, and currents: where are we now?

D Hauser, S Abdalla, F Ardhuin, JR Bidlot… - Surveys in …, 2023 - Springer
This review paper reports on the state-of-the-art concerning observations of surface winds,
waves, and currents from space and their use for scientific research and subsequent …

SMOS: The challenging sea surface salinity measurement from space

J Font, A Camps, A Borges… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity, European Space Agency, is the first satellite mission
addressing the challenge of measuring sea surface salinity from space. It uses an L-band …

SMOS satellite L‐band radiometer: A new capability for ocean surface remote sensing in hurricanes

N Reul, J Tenerelli, B Chapron… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission currently provides multiangular L‐
band (1.4 GHz) brightness temperature images of the Earth. Because upwelling radiation at …

First assessment of SMOS data over open ocean: Part II—Sea surface salinity

J Boutin, N Martin, X Yin, J Font, N Reul… - … on Geoscience and …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We validate Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) sea surface salinity (SSS) retrieved
during August 2010 from the European Space Agency SMOS processing. Biases appear …

The determination of surface salinity with the European SMOS space mission

J Font, GSE Lagerloef, DM Le Vine… - … on geoscience and …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission aims at
obtaining global maps of soil moisture and sea surface salinity from space for large-scale …

Overview of the SMOS sea surface salinity prototype processor

S Zine, J Boutin, J Font, N Reul… - … on Geoscience and …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The L-band interferometric radiometer onboard the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission
will measure polarized brightness temperatures (Tb). The measurements are affected by …

SMOS first data analysis for sea surface salinity determination

J Font, J Boutin, N Reul, P Spurgeon… - … Journal of Remote …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS), launched on 2 November 2009, is the first satellite
mission addressing sea surface salinity (SSS) measurement from space. Its unique payload …

On the determination of global ocean wind and wave climate from satellite observations

IR Young, MA Donelan - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Three extensive global wind speed and wave height datasets (altimeter, radiometer, model
reanalysis) are analysed to investigate the global wind speed and wave height climate …

Issues concerning the sea emissivity modeling at L band for retrieving surface salinity

EP Dinnat, J Boutin, G Caudal, J Etcheto - Radio Science, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to prepare the sea surface salinity (SSS) retrieval in the frame of the Soil Moisture
and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission we conduct sensitivity studies to quantify uncertainties …