A LOOK AT CYGNSS DEPENDENCE ON SEA SURFACE SALINITY AND SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

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Abstract

The GNSS reflectometry response to sea surface salinity (SSS) and sea surface temperature (SST) is explored using CyGNSS normalized bistatic radar cross section measurements (NBRCS). SSS data from the NASA's Soil Moisture Active-Passive instrument is used for this analysis, including data from NOAA Optimum SST measurements. This study shows that CyGNSS NBRCS is in fact dependent on the SSS under all wind speed conditions, where CyGNSS NBRCS monotonically increases as the salinity increases. CyGNSS NBRCS dependence on the SST is shown to be weaker, compared to its dependence on the SSS. Impact to NOAA current 25 km wind speed product is also assessed where the wind speed error (i.e. CyGNSS-ECMWF) increases with decreasing salinity, whereas the error varies with increasing SST. These findings warrant the inclusion of both SSS and SST effects into future GNSS based wind retrieval algorithms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages6927-6930
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665427920
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2022 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: Jul 17 2022Jul 22 2022

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Volume2022-July

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2022
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period07/17/2207/22/22

Keywords

  • Geophysical measurements
  • Global Positioning System
  • Microwave reflectometry
  • Ocean salinity
  • Ocean temperature
  • Radar measurements
  • Remote sensing
  • Scattering
  • Sea surface
  • Wind

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