SMOS Third Mission Reprocessing after 10 Years in Orbit
After more than 10 years in orbit, the SMOS team has started a new reprocessing campaign for the SMOS measurements, which includes the changes in calibration and image reconstruction that have been made to the Level 1 Operational Processor (L1OP) during the past few years. The current <i>L<...
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| author | Roger Oliva Manuel Martín-Neira Ignasi Corbella Josep Closa Albert Zurita François Cabot Ali Khazaal Philippe Richaume Juha Kainulainen Jose Barbosa Gonçalo Lopes Joseph Tenerelli Raul Díez-García Veronica González-Gambau Raffaele Crapolicchio |
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| description | After more than 10 years in orbit, the SMOS team has started a new reprocessing campaign for the SMOS measurements, which includes the changes in calibration and image reconstruction that have been made to the Level 1 Operational Processor (L1OP) during the past few years. The current <i>L</i><sub>1</sub> processor, version v620, was used for the second mission reprocessing in 2014. The new version, v724, is the one run in the third mission reprocessing and will become the new operational processor. The present paper explains the major changes applied and analyses the quality of the data with different metrics. The results have been obtained with numerous individual tests that have confirmed the benefits of the evolutions and an end-to-end processing campaign involving three years of data used to assess the improvements of the SMOS measurements quantitatively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b45ce4d8e2f45c1a555e06caf20d5942023-11-20T01:10:15ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922020-05-011210164510.3390/rs12101645SMOS Third Mission Reprocessing after 10 Years in OrbitRoger Oliva0Manuel Martín-Neira1Ignasi Corbella2Josep Closa3Albert Zurita4François Cabot5Ali Khazaal6Philippe Richaume7Juha Kainulainen8Jose Barbosa9Gonçalo Lopes10Joseph Tenerelli11Raul Díez-García12Veronica González-Gambau13Raffaele Crapolicchio14Zenithal Blue Technologies S.L.U., 08023 Barcelona, SpainEuropean Space Research and Technology Centre, European Space Agency, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The NetherlandsRemote Sensing Laboratory, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, SpainAirbus Defence and Space, Microwave Instruments department, 28692 Madrid, SpainAirbus Defence and Space, Microwave Instruments department, 28692 Madrid, SpainCentre D’Etudes Spatiales de la Boisphere, 31400 Toulouse, FranceCentre D’Etudes Spatiales de la Boisphere, 31400 Toulouse, FranceCentre D’Etudes Spatiales de la Boisphere, 31400 Toulouse, FranceHarp Technologies, 02150 Espoo, FinlandResearch and Development in Aerospace, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandDeimos Engenheria, 1998-023 Lisbon, PortugalOceanDataLab, 29280 Locmaria Plouzané, FranceEuropean Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, 28692 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Physical Oceanography, Institute of Marine Sciences, CSIC and Barcelona Expertise Center, 08003 Barcelona, SpainEuropean Space Research Institute, European Space Agency, 00044 Frascati, ItalyAfter more than 10 years in orbit, the SMOS team has started a new reprocessing campaign for the SMOS measurements, which includes the changes in calibration and image reconstruction that have been made to the Level 1 Operational Processor (L1OP) during the past few years. The current <i>L</i><sub>1</sub> processor, version v620, was used for the second mission reprocessing in 2014. The new version, v724, is the one run in the third mission reprocessing and will become the new operational processor. The present paper explains the major changes applied and analyses the quality of the data with different metrics. The results have been obtained with numerous individual tests that have confirmed the benefits of the evolutions and an end-to-end processing campaign involving three years of data used to assess the improvements of the SMOS measurements quantitatively.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/10/1645SMOScalibrationradiometryreprocessing |
| spellingShingle | Roger Oliva Manuel Martín-Neira Ignasi Corbella Josep Closa Albert Zurita François Cabot Ali Khazaal Philippe Richaume Juha Kainulainen Jose Barbosa Gonçalo Lopes Joseph Tenerelli Raul Díez-García Veronica González-Gambau Raffaele Crapolicchio SMOS Third Mission Reprocessing after 10 Years in Orbit Remote Sensing SMOS calibration radiometry reprocessing |
| title | SMOS Third Mission Reprocessing after 10 Years in Orbit |
| title_full | SMOS Third Mission Reprocessing after 10 Years in Orbit |
| title_fullStr | SMOS Third Mission Reprocessing after 10 Years in Orbit |
| title_full_unstemmed | SMOS Third Mission Reprocessing after 10 Years in Orbit |
| title_short | SMOS Third Mission Reprocessing after 10 Years in Orbit |
| title_sort | smos third mission reprocessing after 10 years in orbit |
| topic | SMOS calibration radiometry reprocessing |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/10/1645 |
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