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Workshop demonstrates benefits of soil moisture data validation tool
3 July 2024
Soil moisture scientists had the opportunity to train with an ESA validation service at a recent workshop. The tool, which is highly rated by the CEOS Working Group on Calibration and Validation, provides valuable support for validating data.
SMOS data distribution resumed
13 Mar 2024
SMOS data distribution to end users was resumed on 12 March 2024 after confirmation of the adequate quality of the current data.
SMOS data outage since 22 February 2024
28 Feb 2024
SMOS went into safe mode on 22 February 2024 at 05:10 UTC for reasons that are still under investigation.
Go-to guide to Third Party Mission data offering
27 Feb 2024
ESA’s latest Third Party Missions Data Access Guide has been published, providing technical details and information on available data collections for all current or past Third Party Missions.
New reanalysis dataset impacts SMOS Level 3 and 4 sea ice thickness
19 Feb 2024
On 24 January 2024 the JRA55 reanalysis dataset was terminated and updated with the Japanese Reanalysis for Three Quarters of a Century.
Highlighting the value of SMOS data in space weather applications
17 Jan 2024
Data from ESA’s SMOS mission are driving many space weather applications, ranging from air navigation, characterisation of solar flares, space weather modelling and ionospheric electron content mapping.
Ensuring soil moisture data quality with reference measurements
10 Jan 2024
ESA is taking steps to verify the accuracy of soil moisture estimation with the Fiducial Reference Measurements for Soil Moisture (FRM4SM) project and a new version of the Quality Assurance for Soil Moisture (QA4SM) service.
Update for the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor configuration
5 Dec 2023
An updated configuration of the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor was deployed at the IFREMER and ESA operational ground segment on 4th December 2023.
SMOS Winds product configuration updates
10 Nov 2023
Since 5 November 2023, several level 1 products used as input to the SMOS winds processor were flagged as warning due to antenna temperature exceeding 29° C for some of the units located in arm-A.
2nd SMOS for Space Weather Workshop
27 Sept 2023
The 2nd Workshop on SMOS for Space Weather will take place on 27th October 2023, hosted by the Space Weather Group of the University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain).
Scientists to showcase value of Earth observation data at EGU
21 Apr 2023
Remote sensing scientists are getting ready to present innovative and exciting applications of satellite data at the European Geosciences Union general assembly which will take place from 24 to 28 April in Vienna, Austria.
Overachieving SMOS mission primed for continued success
27 Mar 2023
ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission (SMOS) was the second Earth Explorer launched in 2009. Over 13 years on, having already vastly exceeded its predicted lifetime and initial objectives, the mission has been further extended until at least the end of 2025.
ESA's excellent Earth Explorer missions extended to 2025
21 Mar 2023
Since 2009, ESA’s Earth Explorer missions have pioneered breakthrough technologies and transformed our understanding of Earth’s system, from its core to the outer stretches of the atmosphere.
SMOS data advances space weather and ionospheric research
2 Dec 2022
ESA is taking steps to innovate ways to use SMOS data to support solar scientists and the space weather community, as set out in a workshop held recently in ESRIN.
Minor Update for the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor
23 Nov 2022
An updated version of the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor - Version 302 - was released on the 23 November 2022.
How SNAP facilitates access to ESA Third Party Missions data
13 Sept 2022
The tool – called the Sentinel Applications Platform (SNAP) – incorporates high-quality remote sensing data from numerous missions, including those operated by the agency’s international partners, known as Third Party Missions (TPM).
New Data Voucher for Planetscope on-demand
31 Aug 2022
ESA’s Third Party Missions Programme offers researchers, scientists and companies from around the world access to Planet’s high-frequency, high-resolution satellite data for non-commercial use.
QA4SM Evolution in FRM4SM presented at sixth Soil Moisture Validation Workshop
6 June 2022
The use and distribution of EO Soil Moisture (SM) data calls for rigorous, automated quality assessment procedures.
SMOS reprocessed Sea Surface Wind Speed dataset is now available
1 June 2022
The entire SMOS L1B archive has been reprocessed with the latest version of the Sea Surface Wind Speed processor V300 which was deployed into the SMOS wind near real time service in August 2021.
PlanetScope and Skysat data available through ESA’s Third Party Missions Programme
20 May 2022
Through ESA’s Third Party Missions Programme, researchers, scientists and companies from around the world can apply to access Planet’s high-frequency, high-resolution satellite data for non-commercial use.