Preparing the ESA-SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) mission - Overview of the user data products and data distribution strategy

Author

Pinori, Sabrina ; Crapolicchio, Raffaele ; Mecklenburg, Susanne

Author_Institution

Serco S.p.A, Frascati

fYear

2008

fDate

11-14 March 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The ESA Earth Explorer SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) mission will carry the first polar-orbiting 2-D interferometric radiometer (MIRAS- Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis) acquiring data of emitted microwave radiation at the frequency of 1.4 GHz (L-band). The SMOS mission products will provide different data types, each with its own characteristics. SMOS products are classified according to the different levels of processing and each product will contain specific data. The aim of this paper is to highlight the innovative satellite instrument and to present to the scientific user community the content of each product type.

Keywords

hydrological techniques; moisture; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; ESA Earth Explorer SMOS; ESA-SMOS mission; L band radiometry; MIRAS; Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission; data distribution strategy; frequency 1.4 GHz; polar orbiting 2D interferometric radiometer; user data products; Distribution strategy; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; SMOS mission; Sea measurements; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Spatial resolution; Microwave radiometry; interferometry; satellites products;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2008. MICRORAD 2008

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1986-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1987-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MICRAD.2008.4579480

Filename

4579480