@inproceedings{74b30ecd0ba24964a693c6f8a06bbe23,
title = "Impacts of rainfall on aquarius sea surface salinity measurements",
abstract = "The effect of the rain in the SSS measurement is not a well understood phenomenon. Both instantaneous rain rate (RR) and previous rain accumulation (RA) can cause errors in the AQ SSS measurement. In this paper, we discuss the RR and RA from the CFRSL Rain Accumulation Product (AQ RA) that describes the instantaneous, occurring simultaneously with the AQ L-band IFOV, and accumulated rainfall, based on the 3B42 product. Also, we present examples of the AQ RA data that are compared to the AQ SSS retrievals. Comparison of these results demonstrate the correlation between SSS (1 cm) and the HYCOM oceanographic model, which represents the stead-state 5 m depth salinity. Also plans are presented to use the data to better understand the transient salinity gradient that occurs after a significant rainfall.",
keywords = "Aquarius, Effects of rainfall, Microwave radiometer, Salinity retrieval",
author = "Hamideh Ebrahimi and Shadi Aslebagh and Garcia, \{Andrea Santos\} and Jacob, \{Maria Mata\} and Jones, \{W. Linwood\} and William Asher",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.23919/oceans.2013.6741345",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780933957404",
series = "OCEANS 2013 MTS/IEEE - San Diego: An Ocean in Common",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
booktitle = "OCEANS 2013 MTS/IEEE - San Diego",
address = "United States",
note = "2013 MTS/IEEE San Diego Conference: An Ocean in Common, OCEANS 2013 ; Conference date: 23-09-2013 Through 26-09-2013",
}