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Aquarius Radiometer StatusAquarius was launched on June 10, 2011 as part of the Aquarius/SAC-D observatory and the instrument has been operating continuously since being turned on in August of the same year. The initial map of sea surface salinity was released one month later (September) and the quality of the retrieval has continuously improved since then. The Aquarius radiometers include several special features such as measurement of the third Stokes parameter, fast sampling, and careful thermal control, and a combined passive/active instrument. Aquarius is working well and in addition to helping measure salinity, the radiometer special features are generating new results.
Document ID
20150014248
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Le Vine, D. M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Piepmeier, J. R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Dinnat, E. P. (Chapman Univ. Orange, CA, United States)
de Matthaeis, P. (Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Utku, C. (Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Abraham, S. (Wyle Information Systems Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lagerloef, G.S.E. (Earth and Space Research Seattle, WA, United States)
Meissner, T. (Remote Sensing Systems, Inc. Santa Rosa, CA, United States)
Wentz, F. (Remote Sensing Systems, Inc. Santa Rosa, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
July 28, 2015
Publication Date
March 24, 2014
Publication Information
Publisher: IEEE
Subject Category
Oceanography
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN21984
Report Number: GSFC-E-DAA-TN21984
Meeting Information
Meeting: Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (Microrad 2014)
Location: Pasadena, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: March 24, 2014
End Date: March 27, 2014
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG12PL17C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG11HP16A
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX14AI61G
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Mircrowave Remote Sensing
Radiometry
L-band

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