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Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4047-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4047-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
Data description article
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15 Jun 2026
Data description article |  | 15 Jun 2026

An operational global L-band soil moisture and vegetation optical depth dataset from optimized 40° SMOS brightness temperatures for 2010–2024

Zanpin Xing, Xiaojun Li, Frédéric Frappart, Gabrielle De Lannoy, Thomas Jagdhuber, Jian Peng, Lei Fan, Hongliang Ma, Lanka Karthikeyan, Xiangzhuo Liu, Mengjia Wang, Lin Zhao, Yongqin Liu, and Jean-Pierre Wigneron

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Microwave satellite observations of Earth’s land surface are important for tracking global soil moisture and vegetation water content. We use data from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite to first reduce noise and contamination in microwave signals, then produce more reliable long-term records of these variables. Tests against ground stations and other satellites show that the new record performs better than existing products and supports drought, freeze-thaw, and carbon monitoring.
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