SMOS after six years in operations: first glance at climatic trends and anomalies

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

1 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère
2 INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers
3 UMR ISPA - Interactions Sol Plante Atmosphère

The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission has been collecting data for 6 years. The whole data set has just been reprocessed (Version 620 for levels 1 and 2 and version 3 for level 3 CATDS). 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 6 years it seems important to start using data for having a look at anomalies and see how they can relate to large scale events.

Mots clés: sea surface; ocean temperature; vegetation mapping

Mots clés: SMOS mission

Domaines: Sciences de la Terre

Yann H. Kerr, Ali Mahmoodi, Al Bitar Ahmad, Arnaud Mialon, Simone Bircher, et al.. SMOS after six years in operations: first glance at climatic trends and anomalies. IGARSS 2016 Advancing the understanding of our living planet, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS). USA., Jul 2016, Pékin, China. ⟨10.1109/IGARSS.2016.7729420⟩. ⟨hal-02740191⟩