From field experiments to salinity products: a tribute to the contributions of Jordi Font to the SMOS mission

This article summarizes some of the activities in which Jordi Font, research professor and head of the Department of Physical and Technological Oceanography, Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC, Spanish National Research Council) in Barcelona, has been involved as co-Principal Investigator for Ocean...

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Published in:Scientia Marina
Main Authors: Camps Carmona, Adriano José, Gabarró Prats, Carolina, Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena, Blanch Boris, Sebastián, Aguasca Solé, Alberto, Torres Torres, Francisco, Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi, Duffo Ubeda, Núria, Turiel Martínez, Antonio, Portabella, Marcos, Ballabrera Poy, Joaquim, González Gambau, V., Martinez, Justino, Villarino Villarino, Ramón, Monerris Belda, Sandra, Bosch Lluís, Xavier, Sabia, Roberto, Talone, Marco, Piles Guillem, Maria, Pablos Hernández, Miriam, Valencia Domènech, Enric
Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RSLAB - Grup de Recerca en Teledetecció, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. ANTENNALAB - Grup d'Antenes i Sistemes Radio, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RF&MW - Grup de Recerca de sistemes, dispositius i materials de RF i microones, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CTE-CRAE - Grup de Recerca en Ciències i Tecnologies de l'Espai
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Teledetecció
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Ciències de la terra i de la vida
Remote sensing
Soil moisture
SMOS
radiometry
interferometry
calibration
validation
salinity
sea ice
GNSS-R
Teledetecció
Sòls > Humitat
Sea ice
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2117/98458
https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04285.04A
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Summary:This article summarizes some of the activities in which Jordi Font, research professor and head of the Department of Physical and Technological Oceanography, Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC, Spanish National Research Council) in Barcelona, has been involved as co-Principal Investigator for Ocean Salinity of the European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Earth Explorer Mission from the perspective of the Remote Sensing Lab at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. We have probably left out some of his many contributions to salinity remote sensing, but we hope that this review will give an idea of the importance of his work. We focus on the following issues: 1) the new accurate measurements of the sea water dielectric constant, 2) the WISE and EuroSTARRS field experiments that helped to define the geophysical model function relating brightness temperature to sea state, 3) the FROG 2003 field experiment that helped to understand the emission of sea foam, 4) GNSS-R techniques for improving sea surface salinity retrieval, 5) instrument characterization campaigns, and 6) the operational implementation of the Processing Centre of Levels 3 and 4 at the SMOS Barcelona Expert Centre. Peer Reviewed Postprint (published version)

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