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Data description paper
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Data description paper |
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Nine years of SMOS sea surface salinity global maps at the Barcelona Expert Center
Estrella Olmedo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC,
P. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Cristina González-Haro
Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC,
P. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Nina Hoareau
Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC,
P. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Marta Umbert
Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC,
P. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Verónica González-Gambau
Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC,
P. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Justino Martínez
Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC,
P. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Carolina Gabarró
Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC,
P. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Antonio Turiel
Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) and Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), CSIC,
P. Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Short summary
After more than 10 years in orbit, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) European mission is still a unique, high-quality instrument for providing soil moisture over land and sea surface salinity (SSS) over the oceans. At the Barcelona
Expert Center (BEC), a new reprocessing of 9 years (2011–2019) of global SMOS SSS maps has been generated. This work presents the algorithms used in the generation of the BEC global SMOS SSS product v2.0, as well as an extensive quality assessment.
After more than 10 years in orbit, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) European mission...
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