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Development Of An Oceanic Rain Accumulation Product In Support Of Sea Surface Salinity Measurements From Aquarius/Sac-D, Shadi Aslebagh
Development Of An Oceanic Rain Accumulation Product In Support Of Sea Surface Salinity Measurements From Aquarius/Sac-D, Shadi Aslebagh
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Aquarius/SAC-D is a joint mission by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), Argentine Space Agency. The satellite was launched in June 2011 and the prime remote sensing instrument is also named Aquarius (AQ). The main objective of this science program is to provide Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) maps of the global oceans every 7 days for understanding the Earth’s hydrologic cycle and for assessing long-term global climate change. The Aquarius instrument was built jointly by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It is an active/passive L-band remote sensor …