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SMOS L1C and L2 Validation in AustraliaExtensive airborne field campaigns (Australian Airborne Cal/val Experiments for SMOS - AACES) were undertaken during the 2010 summer and winter seasons of the southern hemisphere. The purpose of those campaigns was the validation of the Level 1c (brightness temperature) and Level 2 (soil moisture) products of the ESA-led Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission. As SMOS is the first satellite to globally map L-band (1.4GHz) emissions from the Earth?s surface, and the first 2-dimensional interferometric microwave radiometer used for Earth observation, large scale and long-term validation campaigns have been conducted world-wide, of which AACES is the most extensive. AACES combined large scale medium-resolution airborne L-band and spectral observations, along with high-resolution in-situ measurements of soil moisture across a 50,000km2 area of the Murrumbidgee River catchment, located in south-eastern Australia. This paper presents a qualitative assessment of the SMOS brightness temperature and soil moisture products.
Document ID
20120015899
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Rudiger, Christoph (Monash Univ. Melbourne, Australia)
Walker, Jeffrey P. (Monash Univ. Melbourne, Australia)
Kerr, Yann H. (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Paris, France)
Mialon, Arnaud (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Paris, France)
Merlin, Olivier (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales Paris, France)
Kim, Edward J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 26, 2013
Publication Date
July 23, 2012
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.CPR.7252.2012
Meeting Information
Meeting: IEEE 2012 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Location: Munich
Country: Germany
Start Date: July 23, 2012
End Date: July 27, 2012
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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