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Summary of ESA’s SMOS Science Activities

Summary of ESA’s SMOS Science Activities. Michael Berger ESA – ESTEC Earth Observation Programmes Directorate Mission Science Division Land Surfaces Unit. 6 th SMOS Workshop, TUD Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006. ESA’s EO Programmes. Meteo. METEOSAT Second Generation MSG-1, -2, -3.

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Summary of ESA’s SMOS Science Activities

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  1. Summary of ESA’s SMOS Science Activities Michael Berger ESA – ESTEC Earth Observation Programmes Directorate Mission Science Division Land Surfaces Unit 6th SMOS Workshop, DTU Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006 6th SMOS Workshop, TUD Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006

  2. ESA’s EO Programmes Meteo METEOSAT Second GenerationMSG-1, -2, -3 METEOSATM-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 in cooperation with EUMETSAT Science GOCE to better understand the Earth SMOS Earth Explorers ADM/Aeolus CryoSat-2 SWARM EarthCARE Applications Services to initiate long term monitoring systems and services GMES Earthnet:European access to non-ESA missions: Landsat, SeaWifs, NOAA, JERS, MODIS, ALOS, Proba, Bird, Scisat... European users Since 1976 1990 2000 2010 METOP-1, -2, -3 ERS-1, -2 ENVISAT Sentinel-1/2/3 in cooperation with EC 6th SMOS Workshop, DTU Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006

  3. Open scientific questions at the beginning of Phase-A • Are the mission objectives realistic taking into account different signal ‘perturbing’ factors? • Do the anticipated accuracies only apply under certain conditions and for certain areas? • What are the characteristics of SMOS data (image reconstruction, aggregation, disaggregation)? • What are the anticipated impacts of SMOS on the different research fields? Over land: Biomass cover, land-use heterogeneity (mixed pixels, open water, urban), topography, dew, frost, litter, surface temperature Over sea: surface roughness (wind speed and direction), foam (quantification and modelling), dielectric constant, surface temperature Others: Atmospheric effects, Galactic noise, Ionospheric effects (Faraday), RFI, retrieval & cal/val schemes accounting for SMOS system characteristics 6th SMOS Workshop, DTU Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006

  4. Study and Campaigns 4 • Ocean Salinity and Soil Moisture Requirement Studies • SM and OS Retrieval Studies • SM and OS Synergy Studies • Image Reconstruction Study • coSMOS Data Analysis Study • SMOS End-to-end Performance Simulator (SEPS) • SMOS Retrieval Software (SRS) • WISE, LOSAC, EuroSTARRS, DOMEX, coSMOS • Coordination with national funded activities (Avignon, UPC and GWU dielectric measurements, pond measurements, SMOSREX and other algorithm development activities 6th SMOS Workshop, DTU Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006 6th SMOS Workshop, DTU Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006

  5. from Selection to Implementation to Exploitation Phase-A Phase-B Phase-C/D E1 Phase-E 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 FAR Launch PRR SRR/PDR CDR ESAC Reviews Lead Investigators & ESA Mission Scientist Project Manager & ESA Project Team Mission Manager EOPP (now EOPA), GSP SMOS development DUE, EOMD • Good support using different programmatic frameworks in defining the requirements • Good support for looking into issues related to the physics of the signal however retrieval pathes cut too early due to financial constraints. Parallel activities may lead to better products? • NRT requirement assessed by default for all EE now! • almost no support for preparing the data exploitation • ESA relies heavily on national support for cal/val – consolidated Cal/Val plan lacking 6th SMOS Workshop, DTU Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006

  6. Summary Matrix 6th SMOS Workshop, DTU Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006

  7. Outlook • Studies: SM Synergy Study • coSMOS data analysis • assimilation study with ECMWF • Campaigns: Nafe ’06 contribution? • HUT-2D, SMOSillo proof of concept • Dome-C preparation • Cal/Val: Plan consolidation • SM Network database support • Data exploitation AO prep. 6th SMOS Workshop, DTU Lyngby, Denmark, 15-17 May 2006

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