Technical Note Phase II WP1100: SMOS Monitoring Report. Number 2: Nov 2010-Nov 2011
| Title | Technical Note Phase II WP1100: SMOS Monitoring Report. Number 2: Nov 2010-Nov 2011
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01/2012
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ESA/ESRIN Contract 4000101703/10/NL/FF/fk
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2012:ESA/ESRIN Contract 4000101703/10/NL/FF/fk
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ESA Contract Report
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| Abstract | Contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is involved in global monitoring and data assimilation of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission data. For the first time, a new innovative remote sensing technique based on radiometric aperture synthesis is used in SMOS to observe soil moisture over continental surfaces and ocean salinity over oceans. Monitoring SMOS data (i.e. the comparison between the observed value and the model equivalent of that observation) is therefore of special interest and a requirement prior to assimilation experiments. This report is the second Monitoring Report delivered to ESA. The objective is to report on the monitoring activities of SMOS data over land and sea on a long term basis, investigating also the multi-angular and multi-polarised aspect of the SMOS observations. This report presents results for one year (November 2010- November 2011) of SMOS data monitoring in Near Real Time obtained through the SMOS monitoring suite at ECMWF. |
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