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The Bright Decade of Ocean Salinity from Space

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Sea Surface Salinity is a crucial climatic variable due to its twofold role as both a passive and an active tracer of oceanic processes. Despite its relevance, however, it could not be measured from space, mainly because of technological limitations, until 2009. Since then, the generation and assessment of satellite salinity has become a game-changer in physical and biogeochemical oceanography, as well as in climate science. Three satellite sensors with salinity-measuring capabilities (SMOS-Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity, Aquarius, and SMAP-Soil Moisture Active Passive) have been launched in the previous decade, each characterized by specific measurement concepts and features and ad hoc validation approaches. The increasing usage of spaceborne salinity products has produced a variety of results and applications, which are here summarized under three specific domains: climate, scientific, and operational. Finally, short-to-mid-term perspectives, indicating both the expected improvements in terms of algorithms and also looking at novel mission concepts (that will provide continuation of these measurements in the decade to come) have been described.

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hal-05206186 , version 1 (12-08-2025)

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Roberto Sabia, Jacqueline Boutin, Nicolas Reul, Tong Lee, Simon H. Yueh. The Bright Decade of Ocean Salinity from Space. Remote Sensing, 2025, 17 (13), 2261 (21p.). ⟨10.3390/rs17132261⟩. ⟨hal-05206186⟩
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