Abstract: The authors compare wind speed retrieved from the Geosat altimeter, from two Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) microwave radiometers. The SSM/I F08 and SSM/I F10, and from the European Space Agency ERS-1 scatterometer. ...

Abstract: Sea surface salinity (SSS) data were collected in the Bay of Biscay between April and November 2005. The major source of data is 15 surface drifters deployed during the COSMOS experiment in early April and early May 2005 ...

Abstract: The accuracy of temperature measurements from drifters is first examined for 16 drifters (manufactured either by Metocean Data Systems or by Pacific Gyre) deployed with two temperature sensors in the tropical or North ...

Abstract: alinity measurements from 119 surface drifters in 2007?12 were assessed; 80% [Surface Velocity Program with a barometer with a salinity sensor (SVP-BS)] and 75% [SVP with salinity (SVP-S)] of the salinity data were found ...

Abstract: his study describes how the hull temperature (Ttop) measurements from multisensor surface velocity program (SVP) drifters can be combined with other measurements to provide quantitative information on near-surface vertical ...

Abstract: emote sensing of salinity using satellite-mounted microwave radiometers provides new perspectives for studying ocean dynamics and the global hydrological cycle. Calibration and validation of these measurements is challenging ...