Arctic Sea Surface Salinity Retrieval from SMOS measures

IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2019), 28 July - 2 August 2019, Yokohama, Japan.- 1 page, figures Despite representing only the 1% of the total ocean’s water, the discharge by Arctic rivers accounts for about the 11% of the freshwater flow into the ocean. This huge...

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Main Authors: Martínez, Justino, Gabarró, Carolina, Olmedo, Estrella, González Gambau, Verónica, González-Haro, Cristina, Turiel, Antonio, Ballabrera-Poy, Joaquim, Bertino, Laurent, Raj, Roshin P., Xie, Jiping, Catany, Rafael, Arias, Manuel, Sabia, Roberto, Tang, Wenqing, Yueh, Simon
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/209308
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.21015.11681
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Summary:IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2019), 28 July - 2 August 2019, Yokohama, Japan.- 1 page, figures Despite representing only the 1% of the total ocean’s water, the discharge by Arctic rivers accounts for about the 11% of the freshwater flow into the ocean. This huge volume of low density freshwater restricts the mixing between surface and deep ocean layers, because of the induced strong stratification. The accumulation of low salinity water on top layers helps the formation of sea ice, increasing the Earth’s albedo. Remote sensing is actively contributing to complete the scarce measurements available in such extreme medium as the Arctic