Sensitivities to ocean and sea ice parameters as a function of CIMR channels for arctic, mid-latitude, and tropical conditions.
Lise Kilic
Catherine Prigent
carlos jimenez
10.6084/m9.figshare.11709765.v1
https://figshare.com/articles/figure/Sensitivities_to_ocean_and_sea_ice_parameters_as_a_function_of_CIMR_channels_for_arctic_mid-latitude_and_tropical_conditions_/11709765
<div>The
figure illustrates the sensitivities of the low passive microwave
brightness temperature at the top-of-the-atmosphere, in terms of Sea
Surface Temperature (SST), Sea Surface Salinity (SSS), Ocean Wind Speed
(OWS) and Sea Ice Concentration (SIC) as a function of frequency from 1
to 40 GHz. The Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) channels
are indicated at the top of the figure. Three different geophysical
conditions are considered: arctic, mid-latitude and tropical. For each
parameter the sensitivity is normalized by the maximum of sensitivity
between the three considered environments, for the full frequency range
from 1 to 40 GHz. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The
sensitivities have been computed using the ocean radiative transfer
model of Remote Sensing Systems (Meissner and Wentz, 2012), the sea ice emissivities
estimated from the ESA sea ice Round Robin Data Package (Pedersen et al., 2019), and the
atmospheric radiative transfer model of Rosenkranz (Rosenkranz, 2017).</div>
2020-01-27 10:38:45
CIMR
Sensitivity
Ocean
Microwaves
Sea Ice Concentration
Oceanography
Environmental Science
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Meteorology