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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
Above-Ground Biomass
Cal/Val
cryosphere
L band continuation
land
Ocean
Satellite
Team SMOS
Vegetation Optical Depth
workshop
SMOS celebrates 15 years in Orbit
This is a kind reminder of the upcoming abstract submission deadline for the SMOS Science conference. This confrence will be […]
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 […]
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 […]
SMAP Compatible SMOS data available at CATDS
Figure 1: Panel A: SMOS Level-3 brightness temperatures after being bias-corrected with respect to SMAP Enhanced Level-3 brightness temperatures. H […]