The Physics of Very-Near Surface Salinity Stratification and its Effects on Satellite Salinity

Julian J Schanze1, Scott R Springer2, Gary S E Lagerloef2 and Elizabeth Jennifer Thompson3, (1)Earth and Space Research, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)Earth & Space Research, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States