1. Development and validation of the SMOS-IC version 2 (V2) soil moisture product
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Frédéric Frappart, J. P. Wigneron, Xiangzhuo Liu, Lei Fan, Mengjia Wang, Xiaojun Li, Christophe Moisy, Amen Al-Yaari, Interactions Sol Plante Atmosphère (UMR ISPA), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques de Bordeaux-Aquitaine (Bordeaux Sciences Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (NUIST), Pôle Matériel Végétal, UMT Géno-Vigne, and IFV Pôle Rhône-Méditerranée
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validation ,Vegetation optical depth ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Moisture ,Meteorology ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,Biosphere ,Inversion (meteorology) ,02 engineering and technology ,Vegetation ,01 natural sciences ,Carbon cycle ,vegetation optical depth ,L-band ,13. Climate action ,Environmental science ,Product (category theory) ,soil moisture ,SMOS-IC ,[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment ,Water content ,021101 geological & geomatics engineering ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,SMOS - Abstract
International audience; Since the first version of the SMOS-IC retrieval product was released in 2017, its soil moisture (SM) and L-band Vegetation Optical depth (VOD) retrievals have proven to be a very interesting alternative product for the SMOS mission. This product relies on a two-parameter inversion of the L-MEB model (L-band Microwave Emission of the Biosphere) which is independent of auxiliary data, a key feature making it well-suited for application in hydrology, agriculture, climate, and carbon cycle. This paper describes the development and validation of the most recent SMOS-IC version (V2) soil moisture product. Compared with the previous version (V105), a new constraint was applied on VOD in the cost function which is minimized in the retrieval process. Soil moisture retrievals from SMOS-IC V2 & V105 were inter-compared against the “European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts” (ECMWF) modelled SM and the “International Soil Moisture Network” (ISMN) in-situ measurements during 2011-2017 over France. It was found that the average retrieval uncertainty of the new version product was lower than that of the old version, particularly when vegetation density increased. The new version of the SMOS-IC soil moisture product will be made available to the public through the CATDS (Centre Aval de Traitements des Données SMOS) website.
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- 2020
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