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dc.contributor.authorArdhuin, Fabrice
dc.contributor.authorBrandt, Peter
dc.contributor.authorGaultier, Lucile
dc.contributor.authorDonlon, Craig James
dc.contributor.authorBattaglia, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorBoy, Francois
dc.contributor.authorCasal, Tania
dc.contributor.authorChapron, Bertrand
dc.contributor.authorCollard, Fabrice
dc.contributor.authorCravatte, Sophie
dc.contributor.authorDelouis, Jean-Marc
dc.contributor.authorDe Witte, Erik
dc.contributor.authorDibarboure, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorEngen, Geir
dc.contributor.authorJohnsen, Harald
dc.contributor.authorLique, Camille
dc.contributor.authorLópez-Dekker, Paco
dc.contributor.authorMaes, Christophe
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Adrien
dc.contributor.authorMarie, Louis
dc.contributor.authorMenemenlis, Dimitris
dc.contributor.authorNouguier, Frederic
dc.contributor.authorPeureux, Charles
dc.contributor.authorRampal, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorRessler, Gerhard
dc.contributor.authorRio, Marie-Helene
dc.contributor.authorRommen, Bjorn
dc.contributor.authorShutler, Jamie D.
dc.contributor.authorSuess, Martin
dc.contributor.authorTsamados, Michel
dc.contributor.authorUbelmann, Clement
dc.contributor.authorvan Sebille, Erik
dc.contributor.authorvan den Oever, Martin
dc.contributor.authorStammer, Detlef
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-14T08:28:25Z
dc.date.available2019-10-14T08:28:25Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-30
dc.description.abstractThe Sea surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring (SKIM) satellite mission is designed to explore ocean surface current and waves. This includes tropical currents, notably the poorly known patterns of divergence and their impact on the ocean heat budget, and monitoring of the emerging Arctic up to 82.5°N. SKIM will also make unprecedented direct measurements of strong currents, from boundary currents to the Antarctic circumpolar current, and their interaction with ocean waves with expected impacts on air-sea fluxes and extreme waves. For the first time, SKIM will directly measure the ocean surface current vector from space. The main instrument on SKIM is a Ka-band conically scanning, multi-beam Doppler radar altimeter/wave scatterometer that includes a state-of-the-art nadir beam comparable to the Poseidon-4 instrument on Sentinel 6. The well proven Doppler pulse-pair technique will give a surface drift velocity representative of the top meter of the ocean, after subtracting a large wave-induced contribution. Horizontal velocity components will be obtained with an accuracy better than 7 cm/s for horizontal wavelengths larger than 80 km and time resolutions larger than 15 days, with a mean revisit time of 4 days for of 99% of the global oceans. This will provide unique and innovative measurements that will further our understanding of the transports in the upper ocean layer, permanently distributing heat, carbon, plankton, and plastics. SKIM will also benefit from co-located measurements of water vapor, rain rate, sea ice concentration, and wind vectors provided by the European operational satellite MetOp-SG(B), allowing many joint analyses. SKIM is one of the two candidate satellite missions under development for ESA Earth Explorer 9. The other candidate is the Far infrared Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM). The final selection will be announced by September 2019, for a launch in the coming decade.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Space Agencyen_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00209>https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00209</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationArdhuin, F., Brandt, P., Gaultier, L., Donlon, C., Battaglia, A., Boy, F., ... Stammer, D. (2019). SKIM, a Candidate Satellite Mission Exploring Global Ocean Currents and Waves. <i>Frontiers in Marine Science, 6</i>, 209. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00209en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1694924
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fmars.2019.00209
dc.identifier.issn2296-7745
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16386
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.relation.journalFrontiers in Marine Science
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Oceanography: 452en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450::Oseanografi: 452en_US
dc.subjectocean currenten_US
dc.subjecttropicsen_US
dc.subjectArcticen_US
dc.subjectDoppleren_US
dc.subjectaltimetryen_US
dc.subjectsea stateen_US
dc.subjectremote sensingen_US
dc.subjectocean wavesen_US
dc.titleSKIM, a Candidate Satellite Mission Exploring Global Ocean Currents and Wavesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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