First evaluation of the simultaneous SMOS and ELBARA-II observations in the Mediterranean region

Jean-Pierre Wigneron (1) , Mike Schwank (2) , Ernesto Lopez-Baeza (3) , Yann H. Kerr (4) , Nathalie Novello (1) , Cristina Millan (3) , Christophe Moisy (1) , Philippe Richaume (4) , Arnaud Mialon (4) , Al Bitar Ahmad (4) , François Cabot (4) , Heather Lawrence (1) , Dominique Guyon (1) , Jean-Christophe Calvet (5) , Jennifer Grant (6) , Tânia Casal (6) , Patricia de Rosnay (7) , Kauzar Saleh Contell (8) , Ali Mahmoodi (9) , Steven Delwart (10) , Suzanne Mecklenburg (6)

1 EPHYSE - Écologie fonctionnelle et physique de l'environnement
2 GFZ - German Research Centre for Geosciences - Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam
3 UV - Universitat de València
4 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère
5 CNRM - Centre national de recherches météorologiques
6 ESA - Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency
7 ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
8 Centro para el Desarollo de la Technología Industrial - Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology
9 Array Systems Computing
10 ESRIN - European Space Research Institute

Mots clés: soil moisture; optical depth; retrievals; mediterranean environment; level 2 algorithm; brightness temperature; vineyards; soil; NDVI; MODIS;

Mots clés: SMOS

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Sciences de l'environnement

Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Mike Schwank, Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, Yann H. Kerr, Nathalie Novello, et al.. First evaluation of the simultaneous SMOS and ELBARA-II observations in the Mediterranean region. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012, 124, pp.26-37. ⟨10.1016/j.rse.2012.04.014⟩. ⟨hal-02648762⟩