Title :
Soil moisture retrieval for the SMOS mission
Author :
Petitcolin, François ; Vergely, Jean-Luc ; Waldteufel, Philippe ; Cot, Charles
Author_Institution :
ACRI-ST, Antipolis, France
Abstract :
L-band passive microwave remote sensing sensors are able to provide estimates of the surface soil moisture on both spatial and temporal scales compatible with applications in the fields of meteorology and hydrology. This paper presents the design work for the soil moisture retrieval algorithm developed in the frame of the SMOS mission.
Keywords :
data acquisition; geophysical signal processing; hydrological techniques; meteorology; microwave imaging; remote sensing; soil; AD 2002; L-band passive microwave remote sensing; SMOS mission; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission; hydrology; meteorology; sensors; soil moisture retrieval; spatial scales; surface soil moisture estimation; temporal scales; Atmospheric modeling; Forward contracts; Information retrieval; Instruments; L-band; Optical noise; SMOS mission; Soil moisture; Surface soil; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293961
