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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2010.26.1.59

Review of SMOS Mission and Current Operation  

Park, Hyuk (Remote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC))
Lee, Ho-Jin (Satreci)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.26, no.1, 2010 , pp. 59-64 More about this Journal
Abstract
The second satellite in ESA's Earth Explorer series, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission was launched into orbit at November 1, 2009. The SMOS will play a key role in the monitoring of climate change on a global scale using the payload of L-band synthetic aperture radiometer. It is the first ever satellite designed both to map sea surface salinity and to monitor soil moisture on a global scale, and will provide the important data to study the water cycle among oceans, the atmosphere and land. To introduce the operation of the SMOS, this paper shows brief summary of appearance and current operation.
Keywords
Soil moisture; Ocean salinity; Synthetic Aperture Radiometer;
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