NSIDC Request for New GCMD Keyword: SMOS L-band Radiometer
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 12:51 pm America/New_York
Hello,
NSIDC would like to request the following be added as a GCND keyword under:
Earth Remote Sensing Instruments >> Passive Remote Sensing >> Spectrometers/Radiometers >> Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Short name: SMOS L-BAND RADIOMETER
Long name: SMOS L-Band Radiometer
Definition:
Funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission was launched on 2 November 2009. Its first mission is to provide, from microwave L-band measurements, global observations of variability in soil moisture and sea surface salinity due to continuous exchange in Earth's water cycle between the oceans, the atmosphere and the land. These key geophysical parameters, soil moisture for hydrology studies and salinity for enhanced understanding of ocean circulation, are both vital for climate change models.
Source link: https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/smos
NSIDC would like to request the following be added as a GCND keyword under:
Earth Remote Sensing Instruments >> Passive Remote Sensing >> Spectrometers/Radiometers >> Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
Short name: SMOS L-BAND RADIOMETER
Long name: SMOS L-Band Radiometer
Definition:
Funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission was launched on 2 November 2009. Its first mission is to provide, from microwave L-band measurements, global observations of variability in soil moisture and sea surface salinity due to continuous exchange in Earth's water cycle between the oceans, the atmosphere and the land. These key geophysical parameters, soil moisture for hydrology studies and salinity for enhanced understanding of ocean circulation, are both vital for climate change models.
Source link: https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/smos