SMOS land validation activities at the Valencia Anchor Station

Ernesto Lopez-Baeza (1) , Carmen Antolin (2) , Fernando Belda (3) , E. Carbo (2) , Amparo Coll Pajaron (1) , Teodoro Estrela (4) , Roberto Fernández Moran (1) , Arancha Fidalgo (4) , Onofre Gabaldo (4) , Silvia Enache Juglea (5) , Yann H. Kerr (5) , Heather Lawrence (1) , Maciej Miernecki (6, 1) , Cristina Millan (7) , Christophe Moisy (6) , Nathalie Novello (6) , Paula Maria Salgado Hernanz (1) , Mike Schwank (8) , Jorge Tamayo (3) , Jean-Pierre Wigneron (6) , Mehrez Zribi (5)

1 Department of Earth Physics and Thermodynamics [Valencia]
2 Center for Desertification Research (CIDE).
3 AEMET - Spanish State Meteorological Agency
4 Jucar River Basin Authority
5 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère
6 EPHYSE - Écologie fonctionnelle et physique de l'environnement
7 Center for Desertification Research (CIDE)
8 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL

This paper presents an overview of the extensive and intensive activity carried out at the Valencia Anchor Station (VAS) site to contribute to SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) land products validation. Special attention is dedicated to the various radiometry experiments hosted at the VAS that were performed at different spatial scales, from the plot scale to the regional scale (up to 50 km), using ground-based measurements airborne-based observations and SMOS products.

Mots clés: ELBARA-II; L-band radiometry experiments; SMOS; soil moisture; Valencia Anchor Station; vegetation water content

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, Carmen Antolin, Fernando Belda, E. Carbo, Amparo Coll Pajaron, et al.. SMOS land validation activities at the Valencia Anchor Station. XV Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección INTA, Oct 2013, Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), Spain. ⟨hal-01190018⟩