Emmanuel P. Dinnat

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize present knowledge of the magnitude and the processes that contribute to the formation and evolution of vertical and horizontal variability in near-surface salinity in satellite-mounted microwave radiometers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a historical review of satellite SSS remote sensing with passive L-band radiometry beginning with the discussions of measurement principles, technology, sensing characteristics and complementarities of the three aforementioned missions.

TL;DR: In this article, a two-scale sea surface emissivity model was used to simulate brightness temperature at L band (1.4 GHz) and the influence of wind speed on Tb with various parameterizations of the sea wave spectrum was explored.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the strengths and limitations of current space-based observational capabilities for several important ArcticBoreal Zone components and make recommendations for improving upon these current capabilities, and recommend an interdisciplinary and stepwise approach to develop a comprehensive ABZ Observing Network (ABZON), beginning with an initial focus on observing networks designed to gain process-based understanding for individual ABZ components and systems.

TL;DR: In this article, realistic noise on the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) brightness temperatures (Tb's) is considered and possible consequences of Tb biases are examined, showing that the use of the first Stokes parameter instead of bipolarized Tb degrades the SSS precision by less than 10% in most regions.