Monitoraggio Satellitare 2014/2015

The Aquarius/sac-d Satellite Mission, Its Microwave Remote Sensing Instruments And Their Applications - Seminario

Ore 14:30 in Aula Pitagora

Aquarius is a combined passive/active L-band microwave sensor developed as part of the Aquarius/SAC-D in a partnership between the U.S. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and the Argentinian CONAE (Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales). The main objective of the mission is to map the salinity at the surface of the ocean from space. The data will support studies of the coupling between ocean circulation, global water cycle, and climate. Aquarius consists of three L-band (1.41 GHz) radiometers and an L-band (1.26 GHz) scatterometer. In addition to estimating the sea surface salinity, data from these instruments can be used for a variety of other applications, such as studying soil moisture and sea ice, monitoring Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), etc. This presentation will give an overview of the sensor operating principles as well as examples of its scientific applications.