Using saildrones to validate arctic sea-surface salinity from the smap satellite and from ocean models

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Vazquez-Cuervo, Jorge, Gentemann, Chelle, Tang, Wenqing, Carroll, Dustin, Zhang, Hong, Menemenlis, Dimitris, Gomez-Valdes, Jose, Bouali, Marouan, Steele, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SJSU ScholarWorks 2021
• Subjects: Coastal; Sea surface salinity; Validation; Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Yukon; Carroll; Sea ice; Yukon river
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/faculty_rsca/2426; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13050831; https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/context/faculty_rsca/article/3425/viewcontent/remotesensing_13_00831_v2.pdf

The Arctic Ocean is one of the most important and challenging regions to observe—it experiences the largest changes from climate warming, and at the same time is one of the most difficult to sample because of sea ice and extreme cold temperatures. Two NASA-sponsored deployments of the Saildrone vehi...