- Monitoring global biomass : a scientific challenge
Earth is covered with vegetation which stocks and releases carbon. Understanding the fluctuations of the so called Above Ground Biomass… Read more: Monitoring global biomass : a scientific challenge - How can freezing sap affect Vegetation Optical Depth retrievals?
A new study expands on previous findings from the Sodankylä region of Finland (2019), where a model linking temperature and… Read more: How can freezing sap affect Vegetation Optical Depth retrievals? - Open position for a postdoctoral scientist
A post-doctoral scientist position is opened in CESBIO’s passive microwaves group, regarding the study of long time series of soil… Read more: Open position for a postdoctoral scientist - SMOS Monitored Chido
From Nicolas Reul IFREMER As you are well aware, TC Chido, 7-16 Dec 2024, did some drastic damage in Mayotte.… Read more: SMOS Monitored Chido - Mapping uncertainties in SMOS soil moisture data
A new study assessing the quality of SMOS soil moisture estimates (L2 product) has recently been published ! This analysis, part… Read more: Mapping uncertainties in SMOS soil moisture data - Happy 15th birthday SMOS !!!
On November 2nd 2024, SMOS celebrated its 15th anniversary! Launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome SMOS for a three+two year mission,… Read more: Happy 15th birthday SMOS !!! - A SMOS 30 km spatial resolution data set for snow melt monitoring at L-band
Large areas of Greenland or Antarctica’s margins melt each summer, affecting the ice sheet mass balance. This wet/dry snow state… Read more: A SMOS 30 km spatial resolution data set for snow melt monitoring at L-band - SMOS team at the Fête de la Science !
14 years of soil moisture measurements on display at the Observatoire Midi Pyrénées © S. Boitard The recent Fête… Read more: SMOS team at the Fête de la Science !
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