Salinity Gradients in Coastal Waters by Airborne Microwave Radiometer Remote Sensing

A project was proposed, and funded, to use the airborne polarimetric L-band multi-beam radiometer (PLMR) to observe salinity gradients across the continental shelf in order to evaluate the cross-shelf mixing and residence time for water in the Great Barrier Reef. This paper examines issues of accura...

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Published inOCEANS 2006 - Asia Pacific pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors Heron, M.L., Ridd, P.V., Prytz, A., Yonghong Wang, Hacker, J.M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2006
Subjects
Brightness temperature
Electromagnetic heating
Microwave radiometry
Ocean temperature
Remote sensing
Sea measurements
Sea surface
Sea surface salinity
Temperature sensors
Wind speed
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Summary:A project was proposed, and funded, to use the airborne polarimetric L-band multi-beam radiometer (PLMR) to observe salinity gradients across the continental shelf in order to evaluate the cross-shelf mixing and residence time for water in the Great Barrier Reef. This paper examines issues of accuracy and uses first results from the project to demonstrate that the PLMR is capable of observing salinity gradients of the order of 0.01 PSU per km.
ISBN:9781424401376
1424401372
DOI:10.1109/OCEANSAP.2006.4393916