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The complex dielectric constant of pure and sea water from microwave satellite observations
Abstract
We provide a new fit for the microwave complex dielectric constant of water in the salinity range between 0-40 ppt using two Debye relaxation wavelengths. For pure water, the fit is based on laboratory measurements in the temperature range between -20/spl deg/C and +40/spl deg/C including supercooled water and for frequencies up to 500 GHz. For sea water, our fit is valid for temperatures between -2/spl deg/C and +29/spl deg/C and for frequencies up to at least 90 GHz. At low frequencies, our new model is a modified version of the Klein-Swift model. We compare the results of the new fit with various other models and provide a validation using an extensive analysis of brightness temperatures from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Meissner, T., & Wentz, F. J.
- Venue
- IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Published
- 2004-09
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1836-1849
- ISSN
- 0196-2892 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2155537325
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- 803
- References
- 25
- FWCI
- 12.94
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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