• DocumentCode
    2133086
  • Title

    Soil moisture retrieval by SMOS: a global feasibility study

  • Author

    Pellarin, T. ; Calvet, J.C. ; Wigneron, J.-P. ; Simmonds, L.P. ; Lopez-Baeza, Ernesto ; Berger, M. ; Camps, A. ; Chanzy, A. ; Ferrazzoli, P. ; Hallikainen, M.T. ; Kerr, Y.H. ; Mätzler, C. ; Mauser, W. ; van de Griend, A. ; van den Hurk, B. ; van Oevelen,

  • Author_Institution
    Meteo-France/CNRM, Toulouse, France
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    3075
  • Abstract
    In preparation of the SMOS mission, synthetic L-band brightness temperatures are produced at the global scale and soil moisture retrieval algorithms are assessed.
  • Keywords
    hydrological techniques; microwave measurement; moisture measurement; radiometry; soil; terrain mapping; SMOS mission; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity; brightness temperature simulation; global feasibility study; global scale; regression coefficients; soil moisture retrieval algorithms; space-borne L-band radiometer; statistical retrieval algorithms; synthetic L-band brightness temperatures; Atmospheric modeling; Brightness temperature; L-band; Land surface; Radiometry; Snow; Soil moisture; Space technology; Surface soil; Vegetation mapping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7536-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026874
  • Filename
    1026874