Title :
Monitoring land surface soil moisture from multiangular SMOS observations
Author :
Wigneron, J.-P. ; Ferrazzoli, P. ; Calvet, J.C. ; Pellarin, T. ; Waldteufel, P. ; Kerr, Y.
Author_Institution :
INRA Bioclimatologie, Villenave D´´Ornon, France
Abstract :
The main objective of the SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) mission over the land surfaces, is to monitor soil moisture (SM) with a frequent (3-day revisit) and global coverage (ground resolution of ∼50 km). In this paper, we present some examples of the current activities aiming at developing and improving SM retrieval methods.
Keywords :
data acquisition; hydrological techniques; moisture measurement; remote sensing; soil; SMOS mission; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity; land surface soil moisture monitoring; multiangular SMOS observations; retrieval methods; Brightness temperature; Crops; L-band; Microwave radiometry; Monitoring; Samarium; Soil moisture; Spatial resolution; 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.2003.1293659
