Analysis of the potential and limitations of microwave radiometry for the retrieval of sea surface temperature: Definition of MICROWAT, a new mission concept

C. Prigent (1) , F. Aires (1) , Frédéric Bernardo (2) , J.-C. Orlhac , J.-M. Goutoule , H. Roquet (3) , C. Donlon (4)

1 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
2 Estellus
3 Météo-France
4 ESA - Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]; Planète et Univers [physics]

C. Prigent, F. Aires, Frédéric Bernardo, J.-C. Orlhac, J.-M. Goutoule, et al.. Analysis of the potential and limitations of microwave radiometry for the retrieval of sea surface temperature: Definition of MICROWAT, a new mission concept. Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, 2013, 118 (6), pp.3074-3086. ⟨10.1002/jgrc.20222⟩. ⟨hal-02524064⟩