SAC-D/Aquarius

Sensor Summary	Aquarius is the primary instrument aboard the Argentine SAC-D (Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas-D) spacecraft. The instrument has three L-band microwave radiometers plus a scatterometer designed for the measurement of global sea surface salinity. The spacecraft flies in a sun-synchronous orbit with a local equator-crossing time of 6PM (ascending).
Data Record Period	Our set of data records covers the entire routine operations period from 2011-06-10 to 2015-06-07.
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Data Access	Aquarius Data
Documentation	Salinity Website Aquarius Documentation
Data Citation	Suggested Citation for SAC-D/Aquarius data: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Ocean Biology Processing Group. Aquarius/SAC-D {Dataset Name} Data; NASA OB.DAAC, Greenbelt, MD, USA. doi: {DOI}. Accessed on 03/29/2023 The PO.DAAC is the official archive center for the Aquarius sensor. DOI's for this sensor can be found on the "Information" tab of the desired dataset via the PO.DAAC's Dataset Discovery Tool. For further information, please refer to our Citations page.