SMOS SAG 20, 2-3 nov 2006, ESAC

SMOS Science Advisory Group Meeting, 2-3 Nov 2006

Catherine BouzinacSteven DelwartPatrick Wursteisen

SMOS Cal/Val and Campaigns

SMOS SAG 20, 2-3 nov 2006, ESAC

1ECMWF2Italy

1Brazil2India

1Japan2Germany

1Uruguay2Canada

1UK2Australia

1Poland4Spain

1Finland3Netherlands

1China6US

1Austria7France

ProposalsCountryProposalsCountry

National Distribution of Cal/Val Proposals by PITotal = 39

SMOS Cal/Val Summary

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• 27 proposals involving soil moisture• 13 proposal involving ocean salinity• 4 proposals involve soil moisture and ocean salinity

– 3241 (Stammer) integrated German proposal– 3254 (Camps) integrated Spanish proposal– 3281 (Hallikainen) integrated Finnish proposal– 3274 (Zribi) integrated French proposal

• 2 proposals involve brightness temperature only– 3262 (Drusch) global monitoring of brightness temperatures– 3260 (Anterrieu) calibration of levels 1A and 1B

and image reconstruction • 1 proposal for the calibration of geolocalisation biases: 3282 (Cabot)

Soil Moisture / Ocean SalinitySMOS Cal/Val Summary

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• Airborne Radiometry (OS)Heron-3271 Martinez-3270 Burrage-3229

• France & SpainCamps-3254 Zribi-3274 Calvet-3168

Cabot-3282 Pellarin-3261 Anterrieu-3260 Gaillard-3276 Poulain-3244LopezBaeza-3252

• Dome C (TB)Kim-3273 Paloscia-3250

Linked Projects

SMOS Cal/Val Summary

• GLOWA (SM)Friesen-3280 Mauser-3236

• AMMA (SM)Friesen-3280 Zribi-3274 DeRosnay-3257

Magagi-3268

• ASCAT (SM)MartinezFernandez-3230 Wagner-3233

• SMOSMANIA (SM)Zribi-3274 Calvet-3168

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Vicarious Calibration Participants

• Anterrieu-AO-3260 (LICEF, image reconstruction, sun glint, inst. stability)• Burrage-AO-3229 (earth aliases, galactic noise)• Cabot-AO-3282 (geolocalisation)• Camps-AO-3254 (PMS, image reconstruction, sun glint, instr. stability)• Drusch-AO-3262 (global brightness temperature)• Gaillard-AO-3276 (ruf method)• Hallikainen-AO-3281 (NIR, CAS, ruf method, instrument stability)• Heron-AO-3271 (earth aliases, galactic noise, sun glint)• Kim-AO-3273 (Dome-C, dense forest)• LeVine-AO-3259 (faraday rotation, ruf method, RFI map, instr. stability)• Martinez-AO-3270 (earth aliases, galactic noise)• Marczewski-AO-3275 (sun glint, galactic noise, RFI map)• Paloscia-AO-3250 (Dome-C, dense forest, instrument stability)• Stammer-AO-3241 (RFI map)• Zhang-AO-3279 (ruf method, takelimgan desert)

SMOS SAG 20, 2-3 nov 2006, ESAC

•LAURA L-band AUtomatic RAdiometer (LopezBaeza)

•ELBARA Dicke horn 1.4 GHz radiometer (DeJeu, Stammer)

•LEWIS L-band radiometer for Estimating Water In Soils (Calvet, DeRosnay)

•PAU L-band and IR-radiometer with a GNSS-R receiver (Camps)

•TMRS Truck-Mounted dual-polarized Radiometer System (Hornbuckle)

•SLMR GSFC truck-mounted S- and L-band Microwave Radiometer (Jackson)

•IROE CNR-IFAC for Dome-C (Paloscia)

L-band Ground Radiometers

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•AMIRAS Airborne Microwave Interferometric Radiometer (Camps)

•HUT2D interferometric 1.4 GHz radiometer (Hallikainen)

•EMIRAD (LopezBaeza, Zribi)

•STARRS NRL Salinity Temperature And Roughness Remote Scanner V-pol

system with L-, C- and IR-band modules (Burrage)

•SLFMR Scanning Low Frequency Microwave Radiometer (Burrage)

•PLMR dual-Polarimetric L-Band Multi-beam Radiometer (Heron, Kim)

•PALS JPL Passive and Active, L- and S-band sensor (Jackson)

•ESTAR GSFC Electronically Steered Thinned Array Radiometer (LeVine)

•IROE CNR-IFAC (Paloscia)

L-band Airborne Radiometers

SMOS SAG 20, 2-3 nov 2006, ESAC

3241-Stammer: Juelich Forest3250-Paloscia: Tuscany Forest3254-Camps: Catalunya3168-Calvet and 3274-Zribi in south-west France

Temperate Forest

3238-DeJeu, 3233-Wagner, 3227-RobockGlobal

3268-Magagi: north-west Canada3281-Hallikainen: Finland3261-Pellarin: French Alps

Boreal Forest

3279-Zhang: Takelimgan Desert in ChinaArid

3219-Kalma: south-east Australia3257-DeRosnay and 3268-Magagi in Sahel3280-Friesen: Volta Basin3211-Kaihotsu: Mongolian Plateau3934-Martins: Brazilian Caatinga

Semi-arid land

3223-Singh and 3284-Patel in north IndiaTropical Agriculture

3221-Jackson and 3246-Hornbuckle in US3230-MartinezFez and 3252-LopezBaeza in Spain3236-Mauser: Danube Basin3269-Su: Netherlands

Temperate Agriculture

Soil Moisture Test SitesSMOS Cal/Val Summary

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Soil Moisture Test AreasSMOS Cal/Val Summary

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SMOS Cal/Val, SM Sections

Temperate low vegetation ATemperate crop land BTemperate deciduous forest CBoreal coniferous forest (taiga) DVineyards and orchards ETropical irrigated agriculture FCold shrub/grass land (tundra) GSemi arid shrub/grass land HTropical rain forest KSavanna LMaritime pines MDesert N

Mauser (Danube basin) ABLopezBaeza (Valencia Anchor) BE (fix radiom.)Hallikainen (Finland) DG (air radiom.)Calvet (France Spain) ABCMagagi (West Canada) DGStammer (Juelich forest) C (fix radiom.)Zribi (SW France) BM (air radiom.)DeRosnay (AMMA) HKFriesen (Volta basin) HKPellarin (Vercors) DGDeJeu (19 sites all over the world) allMartins (Brazil Caatinga) HKalma (SE Australia) BH (air radiom.)Kaihotsu (Mongolia Plateau) AGJackson (North America) B (air radiom.)Singh (Kanpur Kharagpur) FLPatel (NW India) HRobock (Central US) BMartinezFernandez (Duero basin) BEHWagner (global) allHornbuckle (Midwest US) BPaloscia (Forests) CD (air radiom.)Camps (Catalonia) ABC (air radiom.)Su (12 sites all over the world) allKim (???) K (air radiom.)Marczewski (Poland) ???Zhang (Takelimgan desert) N

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Baltic and Arctic Seas3281-Hallikainen

Atlantic Ocean fromArctic to Antarctic

3265-Gommenginger

Tropical PacificTasmanian Antarctic

3276-GaillardGlobal3259-LeVine

Great Barrier Reef3271-HeronCanary Islands, Bay ofBiscay, MediterraneanSea, Atlantic, Antarctic

3254-Camps3274-Zribi

Uruguay Coast3270-MartinezMediterranean Sea3244-Poulain

Canadian Waters3267-SimmsNorth AtlanticWestern Pacific

3241-Stammer

Gulf of Cadiz3266-NavarroGulf of Mexico3229-Burrage

Ocean Salinity Test SitesSMOS Cal/Val Summary

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Ocean Salinity Test AreasSMOS Cal/Val Summary

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SMOS Cal/Val, OS Sections

Cold sea with low salinity ACold sea with high salinity BWarm sea with low salinity CWarm sea with high salinity D

Cold < 15 C < WarmLow < 35 psu < High

Hallikainen (Baltic sea) A (air radiom.)Hallikainen (Arctic sea) A (air radiom.)Burrage (Mexico gulf) D (air radiom.)Stammer (Western Pacific) CStammer (North sea) A (fix radiom.)Zribi (Biscay gulf) BD (air radiom.)Camps (Biscay gulf) BD (air radiom.)Poulain (Mediterranean sea) BDLeVine (global) allHeron (Great Barrier Reef) D (air radiom.)Martinez (Uruguay coast) BD (air radiom.)Navarro (Cadiz gulf) DGaillard (Tropical Pacific) CGaillard (Tasmanian Antarctic)AGommenginger (North Atlantic)ABCDGommenginger (Arctic ocean) ASimms (Canadian seas) A

SMOS SAG 20, 2-3 nov 2006, ESAC

Kalma, Mauser, Paloscia, LopezBaeza, DeRosnay,Pellarin, Magagi, Su, Kim, Zribi, Friesen, Patel

Disaggregation/Upscaling

Calvet, Kaihotsu, Kalma, Jackson, Robock, Mauser,DeJeu, LopezBaeza, DeRosnay, Drusch, Magagi, Su,Zhang, Friesen

Assimilation

Calvet, Kaihotsu, Kalma, Jackson, Robock, MartinezFez,Mauser, DeJeu, Stammer, Hornbuckle, Paloscia,LopezBaeza, DeRosnay, Drusch, Magagi, Su, Kim, Zribi,Marczewski, Zhang, Friesen

Modelling

Calvet, Kaihotsu, Kalma, Jackson, Singh, Robock,MartinezFez, Mauser, DeJeu, Stammer, Hornbuckle,Paloscia, LopezBaeza, DeRosnay, Pellarin, Magagi, Su,Kim, Zribi, Marczewski, Zhang, Friesen, Hallikainen,Patel, Martins

In-situ data

Kalma, Jackson, Camps, Kim, Zribi, Hallikainen, PalosciaAirborne data

Principal InvestigatorsData or technique involved

Summary of data and methods used for SMSMOS Cal/Val Summary

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Principal InvestigatorsData or technique involved

Camps, Martinez, Gaillard, HallikainenDisaggregation/Upscaling

Burrage, Poulain, Camps, Drusch,Gommenginger

Assimilation

Burrage, Stammer, Poulain, Camps,Drusch, Gommenginger, Simms, Zribi,Gaillard

Modelling

Burrage, Stammer, Poulain, Camps,LeVine, Gommenginger, Navarro, Simms,Martinez, Heron, Zribi, Gaillard,Hallikainen

In-situ data

Burrage, Camps, Martinez, Heron, Zribi,Hallikainen

Airborne data

Summary of data and methods used for OSSMOS Cal/Val Summary

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COSMOS Nov-Dec 2005 Australia

•Cooperation with Australian Univ. Melbourne, Newcastle in frame of the National Australian Field Experiment (NAFE), coord. Jeff Walker.•Participation of European Teams (Free Univ. Amsterdam, CESBIO,

Univ. Valencia)•Use of Aero Commander Aircraft from Univ. Flinders, Adelaide.•DTU had to redesign interfaces of radiometer to aircraft.•High temperatures in November and no air conditioning in aircraft had an impact on stability and characterization of radiometer.•First radiometer data have been delivered to ESA but need to be reprocessed with proper temperature corrections.•Ground data available from NAFE via FTP.

SMOS Field Campaigns

SMOS SAG 20, 2-3 nov 2006, ESAC

COSMOS April 2006 North Sea

•EMIRAD from DTU•PARIS GOLDRTR from IEEC•Thermal infrared imager in the nose of the aircraft•All embarked on Skyvan aircraft from HUT/TKK, Finland•Campaign base in Stavanger airport, Norway, 4 weeks in April•In-situ measurements provided by NIVA and DNMI•12 flights: 8 SSS flights late evening, 4 Sun-glint flights late morning•Most flights concurrent to ENVISAT ASAR overpass•Support of BOOST/IFREMER for exploitation of ASAR data andflight planning in near-real time; analysis of complete data set untilMarch 2007 lead by Nicolas Reul.

SMOS Field Campaigns

SMOS SAG 20, 2-3 nov 2006, ESAC

•DOMEX Campaign organised with CNR-IFAC, Florence, Italy•Dec 2004 at DOME-Concordia in Antarctica•Tower-based L-band and C-band radiometers measurements•Contract activity concluded in Oct 2005 and data delivered to ESA in July 2006•Campaign results published in IEEE-TGARSS vol. 44, issue 10

•DOMEX-2 Contract initiated with IFAC in mid July 2006•Design of L-band radiometer modified to improve thermal behavior

and to allow year-round data acquisition•Potter horn for reduced side-lobes (to mitigate need for antenna pattern

and beam corrections)•Cooperation between IFAC (instrument Prime contractor) and ESTEC thermal experts•Long campaign of 12 months (option for 24) at Dome-C starting Nov/Dec 2007 (TBC)•ESA contract financing L-band radiometer improvement only•PNRA/IPEV proposals submitted for Concordia logistics support•National funding sources sought for C, Ka-band radiometer platform augmentation•Other fund required for complementary supporting scientific activities

Field Campaigns: DOMEX

SMOS SAG 20, 2-3 nov 2006, ESAC

•3236-Mauser (SM) Danube basin, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, ASAR, ATSR, AVHRR and ALOS-PALSAR•3238-DeJeu (SM) various sites, using L1 Tb, SMMR, TMI, AMSR, MERIS and ATSR data•3241-Stammer (OS) ???, using L1 Tb, L2 OS, ENVISAT, SSMI, TMI, AMSR, SMMR and AVHRR•3250-Paloscia (SM)various forests, using L1 Tb, ASAR and AMSR data•3252-LopezBaeza (SM)VAS, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, ASAR, ATSR, MERIS, LANDSAT-ASTER•3254-Camps (OS)Biscay gulf + Med sea, using L1 Tb, L2 OS, ATSR, MIPAS, MERIS, ASAR data•3257-DeRosnay (SM) west Africa, using L1 Tb, L2 SM, ASAR, MERIS, METOP-ASCAT and AMSR•3261-Pellarin (SM) Vercors, using L1 Tb and L2 SM data•3265-Gommenginger (OS) Atlantic ocean, using L1 Tb and L2 OS and ASAR data•3266-Navarro (OS) Cadiz gulf, using L2 OS and MERIS data•3269-Su (SM) various sites, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, ATSR, ASAR, MERIS, TMI and METOP-ASCAT•3274-Zribi (SM/OS)Biscay gulf + Med sea, using L1 Tb, L2 SM, L2 OS, ASAR and MERIS data•3280-Friesen (SM) Volta basin, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, MODIS, AMSR and TRMM data•3281-Hallikainen (SM/OS)Finland, using L1 Tb, L2 SM, L2 OS, ASAR, AMSR and ALOS-PALSAR

European Campaigns

SMOS SAG 20, 2-3 nov 2006, ESAC

•3211-Kaihotsu (SM) Mongolia plateau, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, ALOS-PALSAR and AMSR data•3219-Kalma (SM)southeast Australia, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, ATSR, ASAR and MERIS data•3221-Jackson (SM)north America, using L1 Tb and L2 SM and AMSR data•3223-Singh (SM) northeast India, using L2 SM, ATSR, ASAR, MERIS, SSMI, TMI and MSMR data•3229-Burrage (OS)Mexico gulf, using L1 Tb and L2 OS data•3238-DeJeu (SM) various sites, using L1 Tb, SMMR, TMI, AMSR, MERIS and ATSR data•3246-Hornbuckle (SM) midwest US, using L1 Tb and L2 SM data•3250-Paloscia (SM)various forests, using L1 Tb, ASAR and AMSR data•3257-DeRosnay (SM) west Africa, using L1 Tb, L2 SM, ASAR, MERIS, METOP-ASCAT and AMSR•3268-Magagi (SM) west Canada, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, ASAR, ATSR, SSMI and AMSR data•3269-Su (SM) various sites, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, ATSR, ASAR, MERIS, TMI and METOP-ASCAT•3270-Martinez (OS)Uruguay coast, using L1 Tb and L2 OS data•3271-Heron (OS)Great Barrier Reef, using L1 Tb and L2 OS data•3273-Kim (SM)tropical forest ???, using L1 Tb data•3275-Marczewski (SM) Poland, using L1 Tb and L2 SM and ASAR data•3279-Zhang (SM) China desert, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, ASAR, AMSR and SMMR data•3280-Friesen (SM) Volta basin, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, MODIS, AMSR and TRMM data•3284-Patel (SM) northwest India, using L1 Tb and L2 SM, ASAR, RADARSAT-SAR and RISAT-SAR•3934-Martins (SM) Brazil Caatinga, using L2 SM, ATSR and ASAR data

Non-European Campaigns