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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Toward high latitude areas (2/2) : soil moisture retrieva...
© Julia Boike – View of the Mackenzie Delta with its open water areas (lakes and meandering rivers) In a […]
Toward high latitude areas (1/2) : Finnish Meteorological...
SMOS was originally designed to measure ocean salinity and soil moisture / vegetation optical depth from space. Over time its […]
Cave art and climate: how satellites and chaos theory cou...
© Museum of Altamira and Cave of Altamira, Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport. Photographer P Saura Tracking the cave […]
A new Drought Index derived from SMOS data is available a...
Europe experience severe drought last summer. Such conditions need to be monitored and understood especially with regards to agronomical droughts […]
New root zone soil moisture product is updated (and opera...
As you may be aware a root zone soil moisture science product was available (made by Ahmad Al bitar and […]