The theory of measuring coastal-zone salinity from airborne microwave radiometers is developed. The theory, as presented, shows that precision measurements of salinity favor the lower microwave frequencies. To this end, L- and S-Band systems were built, and the flight results have shown that accuracies of at least one part per thousand were achieved.The aircraft results focus on flights conducted over the Chesapeake Bay and the mouth of the Savanna River off the Georgia Coast. This paper presents no new work, but rather summarizes the capabilities of the remote sensing technique.


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    Title :

    Passive microwave remote sensing of salinity in coastal zones


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    Conference:

    International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment ; 1987 ; Ann Arbor, MI, United States


    Publication date :

    1987-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    No indication


    Language :

    English


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