Soil moisture monitoring with SMOS

Yann H. Kerr; Jean Pierre Wigneron; Philippe Waldteufel; Jean-Christophe Calvet; Michael Berger

doi:10.1117/12.454183

28 January 2002 Soil moisture monitoring with SMOS

Yann H. Kerr, Jean Pierre Wigneron, Philippe Waldteufel, Jean-Christophe Calvet, Michael Berger

Proceedings Volume 4542, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology III; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454183
Event: International Symposium on Remote Sensing, 2001, Toulouse, France

Abstract

The SMOS L-band 2-D interferometer is based on an innovative concept of bi-dimensional aperture synthesis method. The instrument is a Y shaped structure consisting of 3 coplanar arms. The sensor has new and very significant capabilities especially in terms of multi-angular view configuration.. This paper will describe the SMOS concept in terms of instrument (characteristics) investigates the main aspects of the retrieval capabilities of the 2-D microwave interferometer for monitoring soil moisture, vegetation biomass and surface temperature. The analysis is based on model inversion taking into account the instrument characteristics. The standard error of estimate of the surface variables is computed as a function of the sensor configuration system and of the uncertainties associated with the spatial measurements. The inversion process is based on a standard minimisation routine that computes both retrieved variables and standard error associated with the retrievals. The potential of SMOS, depending on the view angle configuration and the use of the sole 1.4 GHz is investigated. These questions are key issues to define the observation configuration of SMOS that meets the scientific requirements and the technical constraints of the spatial missions.

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Yann H. Kerr, Jean Pierre Wigneron, Philippe Waldteufel, Jean-Christophe Calvet, and Michael Berger "Soil moisture monitoring with SMOS", Proc. SPIE 4542, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology III, (28 January 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454183

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