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Status of Remote Sensing of Salinity by AquariusAquarius is an L-band instrument designed to measure sea surface salinity from space. The instrument was launched in 2011 and data acquisition ended in June 2015 when control of the spacecraft was lost. Aquarius produced global maps of salinity with accuracy of 0.2 psu (Practical Salinity Unit) and special resolution of 150 kilometers as well as other products such as global maps of RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) and soil moisture. The mission will formally end December 2017.
Document ID
20180003256
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Le Vine, D. M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Dinnat, E. P. (Chapman Univ. Orange, CA, United States)
Brown, S. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Meissner, T. (Remote Sensing Systems, Inc. Santa Rosa, CA, United States)
Wentz, F. (Remote Sensing Systems, Inc. Santa Rosa, CA, United States)
Lagerloef, G. (Earth and Space Research Seattle, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
June 4, 2018
Publication Date
August 19, 2017
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Oceanography
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN51067
Meeting Information
Meeting: General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS), 2017
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Country: Canada
Start Date: August 19, 2017
End Date: August 26, 2017
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX14AI61G
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Use by or on behalf of the US Gov. Permitted.

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