Articles | Volume 14, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-337-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-337-2018
Research article
 | 
15 May 2018
Research article |  | 15 May 2018

Measuring currents, ice drift, and waves from space: the Sea surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring (SKIM) concept

Fabrice Ardhuin, Yevgueny Aksenov, Alvise Benetazzo, Laurent Bertino, Peter Brandt, Eric Caubet, Bertrand Chapron, Fabrice Collard, Sophie Cravatte, Jean-Marc Delouis, Frederic Dias, Gérald Dibarboure, Lucile Gaultier, Johnny Johannessen, Anton Korosov, Georgy Manucharyan, Dimitris Menemenlis, Melisa Menendez, Goulven Monnier, Alexis Mouche, Frédéric Nouguier, George Nurser, Pierre Rampal, Ad Reniers, Ernesto Rodriguez, Justin Stopa, Céline Tison, Clément Ubelmann, Erik van Sebille, and Jiping Xie

Related authors

Evaluation of operational ocean forecasting systems from the perspective of the users and the experts
Stefania A. Ciliberti, Enrique Alvarez Fanjul, Jay Pearlman, Kirsten Wilmer-Becker, Pierre Bahurel, Fabrice Ardhuin, Alain Arnaud, Mike Bell, Segolene Berthou, Laurent Bertino, Arthur Capet, Eric Chassignet, Stefano Ciavatta, Mauro Cirano, Emanuela Clementi, Gianpiero Cossarini, Gianpaolo Coro, Stuart Corney, Fraser Davidson, Marie Drevillon, Yann Drillet, Renaud Dussurget, Ghada El Serafy, Katja Fennel, Marcos Garcia Sotillo, Patrick Heimbach, Fabrice Hernandez, Patrick Hogan, Ibrahim Hoteit, Sudheer Joseph, Simon Josey, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, Simone Libralato, Marco Mancini, Pascal Matte, Angelique Melet, Yasumasa Miyazawa, Andrew M. Moore, Antonio Novellino, Andrew Porter, Heather Regan, Laia Romero, Andreas Schiller, John Siddorn, Joanna Staneva, Cecile Thomas-Courcoux, Marina Tonani, Jose Maria Garcia-Valdecasas, Jennifer Veitch, Karina von Schuckmann, Liying Wan, John Wilkin, and Romane Zufic
State Planet, 1-osr7, 2, https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-1-osr7-2-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-1-osr7-2-2023, 2023
Accuracy of numerical wave model results: application to the Atlantic coasts of Europe
Matias Alday, Fabrice Ardhuin, Guillaume Dodet, and Mickael Accensi
Ocean Sci., 18, 1665–1689, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1665-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1665-2022, 2022
Short summary
Measuring ocean total surface current velocity with the KuROS and KaRADOC airborne near-nadir Doppler radars: a multi-scale analysis in preparation for the SKIM mission
Louis Marié, Fabrice Collard, Frédéric Nouguier, Lucia Pineau-Guillou, Danièle Hauser, François Boy, Stéphane Méric, Peter Sutherland, Charles Peureux, Goulven Monnier, Bertrand Chapron, Adrien Martin, Pierre Dubois, Craig Donlon, Tania Casal, and Fabrice Ardhuin
Ocean Sci., 16, 1399–1429, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1399-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1399-2020, 2020
Short summary
Development of a two-way-coupled ocean–wave model: assessment on a global NEMO(v3.6)–WW3(v6.02) coupled configuration
Xavier Couvelard, Florian Lemarié, Guillaume Samson, Jean-Luc Redelsperger, Fabrice Ardhuin, Rachid Benshila, and Gurvan Madec
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 3067–3090, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3067-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3067-2020, 2020
Short summary
Towards a coupled model to investigate wave–sea ice interactions in the Arctic marginal ice zone
Guillaume Boutin, Camille Lique, Fabrice Ardhuin, Clément Rousset, Claude Talandier, Mickael Accensi, and Fanny Girard-Ardhuin
The Cryosphere, 14, 709–735, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-709-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-709-2020, 2020
Short summary

Related subject area

Approach: Remote Sensing | Depth range: Surface | Geographical range: All Geographic Regions | Phenomena: Current Field
Measuring ocean total surface current velocity with the KuROS and KaRADOC airborne near-nadir Doppler radars: a multi-scale analysis in preparation for the SKIM mission
Louis Marié, Fabrice Collard, Frédéric Nouguier, Lucia Pineau-Guillou, Danièle Hauser, François Boy, Stéphane Méric, Peter Sutherland, Charles Peureux, Goulven Monnier, Bertrand Chapron, Adrien Martin, Pierre Dubois, Craig Donlon, Tania Casal, and Fabrice Ardhuin
Ocean Sci., 16, 1399–1429, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1399-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1399-2020, 2020
Short summary
Multicore structures and the splitting and merging of eddies in global oceans from satellite altimeter data
Wei Cui, Wei Wang, Jie Zhang, and Jungang Yang
Ocean Sci., 15, 413–430, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-413-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-413-2019, 2019
Short summary
Jason continuity of services: continuing the Jason altimeter data records as Copernicus Sentinel-6
Remko Scharroo, Hans Bonekamp, Christelle Ponsard, François Parisot, Axel von Engeln, Milen Tahtadjiev, Kristiaan de Vriendt, and François Montagner
Ocean Sci., 12, 471–479, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-471-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-471-2016, 2016
Short summary
Eddy surface properties and propagation at Southern Hemisphere western boundary current systems
G. S. Pilo, M. M. Mata, and J. L. L. Azevedo
Ocean Sci., 11, 629–641, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-629-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-629-2015, 2015
Short summary

Cited articles

Aksenov, Y., Popova, E. E., Yool, A., Nurser, A. G., Williams, T. D., Bertino, L., and Bergh, J.: On the future navigability of Arctic sea routes: High-resolution projections of the Arctic Ocean and sea ice, Marine Policy, 75, 300–317, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.12.027, 2017.
Ardhuin, F., Marié, L., Rascle, N., Forget, P., and Roland, A.: Observation and estimation of Lagrangian, Stokes and Eulerian currents induced by wind and waves at the sea surface, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 2820–2838, https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JPO4169.1, 2009.
Ardhuin, F., Chapron, B., Collard, F., Smith, M., Stopa, J., Thomson, J., Doble, M., Wadhams, P., Blomquist, B., Persson, O., and Collins III, C. O.: Measuring ocean waves in sea ice using SAR imagery: A quasi-deterministic approach evaluated with Sentinel-1 and in situ data, Remote Sens. Environ., 189, 211–222, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.11.024, 2017a.
Ardhuin, F., Rascle, N., Chapron, B., Gula, J., Molemaker, J., Gille, S. T., Menemenlis, D., and Rocha, C.: Small scale currents have large effects on wind wave heights, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 4500–4517, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012413, 2017b.
Barrick, D. E.: First order theory and analysis of MF/HF/VHF scatter from the sea, IEEE T. Antennas Propagat., AP-20, 2–10, 1972.
Download
Short summary
The Sea surface KInematics Multiscale (SKIM) monitoring mission is a proposal for a future satellite that is designed to measure ocean currents and waves. Using a Doppler radar, the accurate measurement of currents requires the removal of the mean velocity due to ocean wave motions. This paper describes the main processing steps needed to produce currents and wave data from the radar measurements. With this technique, SKIM can provide unprecedented coverage and resolution, over the global ocean.