SMOS and applications: First glance at synergistic and new results

Yann H. Kerr (1) , Jean-Pierre Wigneron (2) , Ali Mahmoodi (1) , Al Bitar Ahmad (1) , Arnaud Mialon (1) , Simone Bircher (1) , Beatriz Molero (1) , Philippe Richaume (1) , François Cabot (1) , Nemesio Rodriguez‐fernandez (1) , Marie Parrens (1) , Amen Al-Yaari (2) , Roberto Fernández-Morán (2, 3)

1 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère
2 UMR ISPA - Interactions Sol Plante Atmosphère
3 UV - Universitat de València

The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission has been collecting data for over 7 years. The whole data set has been reprocessed (Version 620 for levels 1 and 2 and version 3 for level 3 CATDS) an used to see trends and finalise potential applications. This ESA led mission for Earth Observation is dedicated to provide soil moisture over continental surfaces (with an accuracy goal of 0.04 m3/m3), vegetation water content over land, and ocean salinity. After 7 years it seems important to start using data for having a look at anomalies and see how they can relate to large scale events. Also we now have access the Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP) mission and there are obvious synergisms to infer.

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

Yann H. Kerr, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Ali Mahmoodi, Al Bitar Ahmad, Arnaud Mialon, et al.. SMOS and applications: First glance at synergistic and new results. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Jul 2017, Fort Worth, United States. ⟨10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8128270⟩. ⟨hal-02737123⟩