REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BURDEKIN RIVER, NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA

The principles of remotely sensing sea surface salinity are briefly reviewed. The airborne instrument used for this study is a Scanning Low Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SLFMR). It has spatial resolution of typically 500m (depending on the altitude of the aircraft) and a salinity resolution of abo...

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Autores principales:	Heron,M.L, Prytz,A, Stieglitz,T, Burrage,D.M
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción 2004
Materias:	salinity microwave radiometer airborne remote sensing river plume Burdekin River
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-653820040002000502005-05-16REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BURDEKIN RIVER, NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIAHeron,M.LPrytz,AStieglitz,TBurrage,D.M salinity microwave radiometer airborne remote sensing river plume Burdekin River The principles of remotely sensing sea surface salinity are briefly reviewed. The airborne instrument used for this study is a Scanning Low Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SLFMR). It has spatial resolution of typically 500m (depending on the altitude of the aircraft) and a salinity resolution of about 1 psu. This configuration is suitable for studying the dynamics of river plumes as they form on the continental shelf. The Burdekin River is one of Australia's major rivers with about 2.4% of the annual runoff from the continent. This river is in the dry tropics and has severe transient peaks which last for days to weeks during the summer monsoon season. The case study shows the river plume during growth and decay phases and is supported with in situ vertical profiles of water salinity and temperature. The river plume forms a classic low density layer at the surface, but its development and movement along the coast is a feature of the regional oceanographyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de ConcepciónGayana (Concepción) v.68 n.2 suppl.TIProc 20042004-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382004000200050en10.4067/S0717-65382004000200050
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spellingShingle	salinity microwave radiometer airborne remote sensing river plume Burdekin River Heron,M.L Prytz,A Stieglitz,T Burrage,D.M REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BURDEKIN RIVER, NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA
description	The principles of remotely sensing sea surface salinity are briefly reviewed. The airborne instrument used for this study is a Scanning Low Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SLFMR). It has spatial resolution of typically 500m (depending on the altitude of the aircraft) and a salinity resolution of about 1 psu. This configuration is suitable for studying the dynamics of river plumes as they form on the continental shelf. The Burdekin River is one of Australia's major rivers with about 2.4% of the annual runoff from the continent. This river is in the dry tropics and has severe transient peaks which last for days to weeks during the summer monsoon season. The case study shows the river plume during growth and decay phases and is supported with in situ vertical profiles of water salinity and temperature. The river plume forms a classic low density layer at the surface, but its development and movement along the coast is a feature of the regional oceanography
author	Heron,M.L Prytz,A Stieglitz,T Burrage,D.M
author_facet	Heron,M.L Prytz,A Stieglitz,T Burrage,D.M
author_sort	Heron,M.L
title	REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BURDEKIN RIVER, NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA
title_short	REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BURDEKIN RIVER, NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA
title_full	REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BURDEKIN RIVER, NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA
title_fullStr	REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BURDEKIN RIVER, NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA
title_full_unstemmed	REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BURDEKIN RIVER, NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA
title_sort	remote sensing of sea surface salinity: a case study in the burdekin river, north-eastern australia
publisher	Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción
publishDate	2004
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REMOTE SENSING OF SEA SURFACE SALINITY: A CASE STUDY IN THE BURDEKIN RIVER, NORTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA

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