Development and applications of STARRS: a next generation airborne salinity imager

Abstract

A new generation of airborne salinity imager, the Salinity Temperature and Roughness Remote Scanner (STARRS), has been designed and is currently under construction with delivery expected shortly. With both significantly lower noise levels and enhanced capability to measure secondary parameters, including sea surface temperature and roughness, STARRS will serve as both an operational survey tool and as a test-bed for refinement of retrieval algorithms.

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Jim Zaitzeff (deceased 1999) and NOAA to the development of airborne remote sensing of salinity. J. Miller is supported by ONR/NRL.

Notes

^*Present address: ONRIFO, 223 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5TH, UK. E-mail: [email protected]

An updated version of a paper originally presented at Oceans from Space ‘Venice 2000’ Symposium, Venice, Italy, 9–13 October 2000.

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Notes on contributors

Jerry L. Miller*

*Present address: ONRIFO, 223 Old Marylebone Road, London NW1 5TH, UK. E-mail: [email protected]