Analysis of the behavior of microwave L-band emissions of organic-rich soils in the northern cold climate zone in support of the SMOS mission

• Main Authors: Bircher, Simone, Demontoux, François, Jonard, François, Razafindratsima, Stephen, Richaume, Philippe, Weihermüller, Lutz, Mialon, Arnaud, Andreasen, Mie, Rautiainen, Kimmo, Schwank, Mike, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre, Kerr, Yann, Understanding the Carbon and Water Cycles using SMOS Data and Models
• Other Authors: UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: SMOS; Soil moisture; Ocean salinity; L-band microwave; Soil physics; 1429; 2470; 3660; Sodankylä; Islay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/173292

L-band microwave (1.4 GHz) brightness temperature (TB) observations of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite are used to retrieve global soil moisture data, taking advantage of the large difference between the dielectric constant of dry soil and water. The retrieval is based on the L...