Thursday, May 11, 2017

SMOS brings Mediterranean salinity into focus

11-05-2017 02:12 PM CEST


ESA's SMOS mission maps variations in soil moisture and salt in the surface waters of the open oceans. When the satellite was designed, it was not envisaged that it would be able to measure salinity in smaller seas like the Mediterranean, but SMOS has again surpassed expectations.

 

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.


This message has been sent by ESA Web Portal, ESRIN, 00044 Frascati (RM), Italy

No comments:

Post a Comment