Special Issue "Satellite-Based Sea Surface Salinity for Ocean Observation"
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 January 2024 | Viewed by 2864
Special Issue Editor
2. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Stennis Space Center, Hancock County, MS 39529, USA
Interests: ocean salinity; freshwater dynamics; variability of ocean currents; microplastics; air-sea interactions; tropical climate variability; ocean leadership and capacity building
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Salinity plays an important role in the global ocean including water mass formation, density and circulation, heat storage, air–sea interactions, and the hydrological cycle. Understanding salinity variability is therefore paramount toward understanding global climate. In the past, salinity measurements have been sparse. The launch of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS), Aquarius, and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellites opened up a new era for providing global oceans’ surface salinity observations, which have improved our understanding of salinity variability and dynamics, among others. The scientific value of data collected by these salinity satellites is fostering both oceanographic and climate-related studies.
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the successes, applications, and impacts of satellite-derived sea surface salinity measurements on oceanographic research. It also highlights several ongoing innovative, synergetic uses of other satellite-derived parameters (e.g., SST, altimetry, scatterometry, ocean color), in situ measurements and numerical models to further our understanding of the global earth system, especially ocean variability, dynamics, and air–sea interactions. In this Special Issue, we welcome papers exploring all areas in remote sensing of salinity.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Successes, and challenges of satellite-derived sea surface salinity missions;
- Improvements in sea surface salinity retrieval and products;
- Improving retrieval techniques for coastal sea surface salinity;
- Effects of rain on satellite salinity retrieval;
- Comparison, evaluation, and validation of satellite-derived sea surface salinity;
- Sea surface salinity variability using satellite(s), in situ observations, and ocean models;
- Ocean salinity budgets, fluxes, and transports;
- Salinity-influenced stratification, and air–sea interactions;
- Use of satellite-derived sea surface salinity in understanding freshwater plumes;
- Data assimilation of satellite-derived sea surface salinity to improve ocean studies and forecasting;
- Role of satellite-derived sea surface salinity in understanding ocean and climate change;
- Using satellite-derived sea surface salinity products to improve understanding of the hydrological cycle;
- Novel applications of satellite-derived sea surface salinity products.
Dr. Ebenezer Sackitey Nyadjro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sea surface salinity
- SMAP
- SMOS
- Aquarius
- remote sensing
- data assimilation
- freshwater dynamics