SMOS powers tool for monitoring long-term droughts
Above : Comparison between SSI-24 and gridded SPI-24 of the Ebro basin for November 2017 This article is adapted from […]
Are reanalyses reliable for soil moisture extremes and fl...
Above : flood detection on October 2024, near lake Chad and the Niger Delta. Detection is based on the upper […]
Accounting for spatial specificities improves biomass est...
Passive microwave radiometers, such as SMOS, measure the Earth’s natural microwave emissions. As this radiation travels upwards, the soil emission […]
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L-Band radiometry for Earth’s Essential Climate Variables
Above : Illustration of L-band microwave radiometry satellites (SMOS, SMAP, Aquarius) used to monitor the ECVs discussed in the newly […]
New version of SMOS Soil Freeze and Thaw state product
From the Finnish Meteorological Institute : A new paper has recently been published, detailing recent updates and validation of the […]
Happy 16th birthday !!
From Yann Kerr : SMOS turned 16 on November 2nd ! Now it can officially start taking driving lessons, open […]
Monitoring of Hurricane Melissa from space
From Nicolas Reul (IFREMER) Hurricane Melissa reached Jamaica at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, October 28, according to NOAA’s National Hurricane […]
Ground temperature below the snow finally measured by sat...
Particularly susceptible to global warming, Arctic regions are seeing their frozen soils melt at an accelerating rate. As a consequence, […]
Assessing carbon flux estimates over the Arctic and Subar...
How will rising temperatures impact carbon fluxes in Arctic and Subarctic regions ? These areas hold large reserves of soil […]