Editorial for the Special Issue “Sea Surface Salinity Remote Sensing”

This Special Issue gathers papers reporting research on various aspects of remote sensing of sea surface salinity (SSS) and the use of satellites SSS in oceanography. It includes contributions presenting improvements in empirical or theoretical radiative transfer models; mitigation techniques of ext...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Dinnat, Xiaobin Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-05-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/11/1300
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spelling doaj-9fc1c3371b404ca8b876bd368b95898c2020-11-25T00:31:13ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922019-05-011111130010.3390/rs11111300rs11111300Editorial for the Special Issue “Sea Surface Salinity Remote Sensing”Emmanuel Dinnat0Xiaobin Yin1NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USABeijing PIESAT Information Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 100195, ChinaThis Special Issue gathers papers reporting research on various aspects of remote sensing of sea surface salinity (SSS) and the use of satellites SSS in oceanography. It includes contributions presenting improvements in empirical or theoretical radiative transfer models; mitigation techniques of external interference such as radio frequency interferences (RFI) and land contamination; comparisons and validation of remote sensing products with in situ observations; retrieval techniques for improved coastal SSS monitoring, high latitude SSS monitoring and assessment of ocean interactions with the cryosphere; and data fusion techniques combining SSS with sea surface temperature (SST). New instrument technology for the future of SSS remote sensing is also presented.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/11/1300sea surface salinityocean surface roughnessmicrowave radiometryremote sensingforward modelretrieval algorithm
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Xiaobin Yin
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Editorial for the Special Issue “Sea Surface Salinity Remote Sensing”
Remote Sensing
sea surface salinity
ocean surface roughness
microwave radiometry
remote sensing
forward model
retrieval algorithm
author_facet Emmanuel Dinnat
Xiaobin Yin
author_sort Emmanuel Dinnat
title Editorial for the Special Issue “Sea Surface Salinity Remote Sensing”
title_short Editorial for the Special Issue “Sea Surface Salinity Remote Sensing”
title_full Editorial for the Special Issue “Sea Surface Salinity Remote Sensing”
title_fullStr Editorial for the Special Issue “Sea Surface Salinity Remote Sensing”
title_full_unstemmed Editorial for the Special Issue “Sea Surface Salinity Remote Sensing”
title_sort editorial for the special issue “sea surface salinity remote sensing”
publisher MDPI AG
series Remote Sensing
issn 2072-4292
publishDate 2019-05-01
description This Special Issue gathers papers reporting research on various aspects of remote sensing of sea surface salinity (SSS) and the use of satellites SSS in oceanography. It includes contributions presenting improvements in empirical or theoretical radiative transfer models; mitigation techniques of external interference such as radio frequency interferences (RFI) and land contamination; comparisons and validation of remote sensing products with in situ observations; retrieval techniques for improved coastal SSS monitoring, high latitude SSS monitoring and assessment of ocean interactions with the cryosphere; and data fusion techniques combining SSS with sea surface temperature (SST). New instrument technology for the future of SSS remote sensing is also presented.
topic sea surface salinity
ocean surface roughness
microwave radiometry
remote sensing
forward model
retrieval algorithm
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/11/1300
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