Contents
1 Oceans from Space, a Once-a-Decade Review of Progress:
Satellite Oceanography in a Changing World . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Jim F. R. Gower
2 Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of the Ocean: An Overview . .
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Chelle L. Gentemann, Frank J. Wentz, Marty Brewer,
Kyle Hilburn, and Deborah Smith
3 SMOS and Aquarius/SAC-D Missions: The Era of
Spaceborne Salinity Measurements is About to Begin . . . . . . . .
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Gary Lagerloef and Jordi Font
4 Discoveries About Tropical Cyclones Provided by
Microwave Remote Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Kristina B. Katsaros
5 Direct Surface Current Field Imaging from Space by
Along-Track InSAR and Conventional SAR . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Roland Romeiser, Johnny Johannessen, Bertrand Chapron,
Fabrice Collard, Vladimir Kudryavtsev, Hartmut Runge, and
Steffen Suchandt
6 Scatterometer’s Unique Capability
in Measuring Ocean Surface Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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W. Timothy Liu, Xiaosu Xie, and Wenqing Tang
7 Interpretation of SAR Signatures of the Sea Surface:
A Multi-sensor Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Leonid M. Mitnik and Vyacheslav A. Dubina
8 Perspectives on Oil Spill Detection Using Synthetic
Aperture Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Michele Vespe, Monica Posada, Guido Ferraro, and
Harm Greidanus
9 Determining Ocean Circulation and Sea Level from
Satellite Altimetry: Progress and Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lee-Lueng Fu
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