A Follow-Up for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission

Autor: J. Vialard, M. J. Escorihuela, N. Jeannin, Yann Kerr, J. Costeraste, T. Amiot, R. Rodriguez-Suquet, Ahmad Al Bitar, Philippe Richaume, Baptiste Palacin, Francois Cabot, L. Costes, Arnaud Mialon, R. Caujolle, Ali Khazaal, Jacqueline Boutin, Eric Anterrieu, Thibaut Decoopman, Thierry Pellarin, Christophe Suere, L. Yu, Ghislain Picard, F. Vivier, Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez, Olivier Merlin
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: IGARSS
DOI: 10.1109/igarss47720.2021.9554241
Popis: The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite is performing systematic L-band observations since 2009, allowing a large number of science and operational applications. Several recent studies have shown the need of the continuity of L-band observations, in particular with an increased angular resolution. In this contribution, two instrumental concepts are presented to reach native resolutions of 5–10 km. In addition, using airborne data, it is also shown that the accuracy of downscaling coarser resolution L-band data to 5–10 km using a high resolution auxiliary data set, is significantly lower than that of native high resolution observations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE