After almost 10 years in orbit: first glance at synergisms and new results
Résumé
The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission has been collecting data for over 9 years. The whole data currently being reprocessed (Version 721 for levels 1 and 2 and version 4 for level 3 CATDS) an used to see trends and finalise potential applications. This ESA led mission for Earth Observation is dedicated to provide soil moisture over continental surfaces (with an accuracy goal of 0.04 m3/m3), vegetation water content over land, and ocean salinity. After 9 years it seems important to start using data for having a look at anomalies and see how they can relate to large scale events. Also we now have access the Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP) mission and there are obvious synergisms to infer.