Article
?
AI-assigned paper type based on the abstract. Classification may not be perfect — flag errors using the feedback button.
Tier 2
?
Original research — experimental, observational, or case-control study. Direct primary evidence.
Marine & Wildlife
Policy & Risk
Sign in to save
SKIM, a Candidate Satellite Mission Exploring Global Ocean Currents and Waves
Frontiers in Marine Science2019
88 citations
?
Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Score: 40
?
0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Christophe Maes,
Fabrice Ardhuin,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Marie‐Hélène Rio,
Peter Brandt,
Marie‐Hélène Rio,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Dimitris Menemenlis,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Jamie D. Shutler,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Dimitris Menemenlis,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Lucile Gaultier,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Craig Donlon,
Michel Tsamados
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Jamie D. Shutler,
Erik van Sebille,
Christophe Maes,
Christophe Maes,
Christophe Maes,
Christophe Maes,
Christophe Maes,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Christophe Maes,
Alessandro Battaglia,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
François Boy,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Clément Ubelmann,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Fabrice Ardhuin,
Fabrice Ardhuin,
Craig Donlon,
Tânia Casal,
Bertrand Chapron,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Fabrice Collard,
Erik van Sebille,
Erik van Sebille,
Christophe Maes,
Sophie Cravatte,
J.‐M. Delouis,
Erik De Witte,
Erik De Witte,
Christophe Maes,
Gérald Dibarboure,
Geir Engen,
Geir Engen,
Harald Johnsen,
Erik van Sebille,
Camille Lique,
Paco López‐Dekker,
Erik van Sebille,
Christophe Maes,
Erik van Sebille,
Adrien Martin,
Adrien Martin,
Louis Marié,
Dimitris Menemenlis,
Frédéric Nouguier,
Charles Peureux,
Pierre Rampal,
Gerhard Ressler,
Gerhard Ressler,
Marie‐Hélène Rio,
Marie‐Hélène Rio,
Björn Rommen,
Björn Rommen,
Jamie D. Shutler,
Martin Süess,
Erik van Sebille,
Michel Tsamados
Clément Ubelmann,
Erik van Sebille,
Martin van den Oever,
Martin van den Oever,
Detlef Stammer,
Michel Tsamados
Michel Tsamados
Summary
Researchers described the Sea surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring (SKIM) satellite mission concept, designed to measure global ocean surface currents and waves including in the Arctic up to 82.5 degrees north, with applications including tracking of buoyant marine debris accumulation zones.
Study Type
Environmental
The Sea surface KInematics Multiscale monitoring (SKIM) satellite mission is designed to explore ocean surface current and waves. This includes tropical currents, notably the unknown patterns of divergence and their impact on the ocean heat budget near the Equator, monitoring of the emerging Arctic up to 82.5$^{\circ}$N. SKIM will also make unprecedented direct measurements of strong currents, from boundary currents to the Antarctic circumpolar current, and their interaction with ocean waves with expected impacts on air-sea fluxes and extreme waves. For the first time, SKIM will directly measure the ocean surface current vector from space. The main instrument on SKIM is a Ka-band conically scanning, multi-beam Doppler radar altimeter/wave scatterometer that includes a state-of-the-art nadir beam comparable to the Poseidon-4 instrument on Sentinel 6. The well proven Doppler pulse-pair technique will give a surface drift velocity representative of the top two meters of the ocean, after subtracting a large wave-induced contribution. Horizontal velocity components will be obtained with an accuracy better than 7 cm/s for horizontal wavelengths larger than 80~km and time resolutions larger than 15 days, with a mean revisit time of 4 days for of 99\% of the global oceans. This will provide unique and innovative measurements that will further our understanding of the transports in the upper ocean layer, permanently distributing heat, carbon, plankton, and plastics. SKIM will also benefit from co-located measurements of water vapor, rain rate, sea ice concentration, and wind vectors provided by the European operational satellite MetOp-SG(B), allowing many joint analyses. SKIM is one of the two candidate satellite missions under development for ESA Earth Explorer 9. The other candidate is the Far infrared Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM). The final selection will be announced by September 2019, for a launch in the coming