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 […]
Above-Ground Biomass
CATDS
cryosphere
ground measurements
L band continuation
L2
land
Team SMOS
Vegetation Optical Depth
How can freezing sap affect Vegetation Optical Depth retr...
A new study expands on previous findings from the Sodankylä region of Finland (2019), where a model linking temperature and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Above-Ground Biomass
cryosphere
Data
L band continuation
land
Ocean
RFI
Satellite
Team SMOS
Team SMOS Plus
Vegetation Optical Depth
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, […]
A SMOS 30 km spatial resolution data set for snow melt mo...
Large areas of Greenland or Antarctica’s margins melt each summer, affecting the ice sheet mass balance. This wet/dry snow state […]
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 […]
Can root zone soil moisture detect irrigation signals ?
The root-zone soil moisture refers to the amount of water present in the layer where plants can freely absorb it. […]
State of the Climate reports a decline of global soil moi...
The American Meteorological Society recently published its 34th annual State of the Climate report, which makes a review of the […]