The use of a semi-empirical emissivity model for a rough estimation of sea surface salinity from an airborne microwave radiometer
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1 Institut de Ciències del Mar CSIC, Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education, 1201 New York Avenue, Washington, DC 20005, USA. 3 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. 4 Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, 39529, MS, USA. 5 Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ayacucho 1245, P, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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