This document provides an annual summary of the performance of the European Space Agency (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) brightness temperature (Tb) monitoring run routinely at the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The period covered is September 2019 to August 2020. Several different monitoring plots are presented, and notable features are described in detail. Also, potential improvements to the monitoring system are proposed.
BT - ESA Contract Report DA - 01/2021 DO - 10.21957/kbzamln6f LA - eng N2 -This document provides an annual summary of the performance of the European Space Agency (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) brightness temperature (Tb) monitoring run routinely at the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The period covered is September 2019 to August 2020. Several different monitoring plots are presented, and notable features are described in detail. Also, potential improvements to the monitoring system are proposed.
PY - 2021 T2 - ESA Contract Report TI - Annual SMOS brightness temperature monitoring report UR - https://www.ecmwf.int/node/19868 ER -