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Sensor Performance, Products and Algorithms
The Sensor Performance, Products and Algorithms (SPPA) is the element of the ESA Earth Observation ground segment responsible and performing the following activities:
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Algorithm Development Developing and upgrading the data processing algorithms in order to meet mission requirements and user needs. |
Cal/Val Calibrating the sensors (through the update of on-board and on-ground configuration data) in order to meet product quality requirements. Validating the generated products assessing, by independent means, the quality of the generated EO data products. |
Routine Quality Control Monitoring routinely the status of the spacecraft (payload and platform) and to check if the derived products meet the quality requirements along mission life-time. The activities related to the SPPA constitute a long and continuous process involving a number of various actors with different competencies and objectives. |
News
SMOS offers new perspective on hurricanes
28 September 2018
ESA's SMOS mission can offer an entirely new perspective on hurricanes and typhoons events. Read more on ESA news here
The SMOS Newsletter July 2018 has been published and it is accessible here
Stay up-to-date with the ESA SMOS Mission: Newsletter December 2017
06 December 2017
The SMOS Newsletter December 2017 has been published and it is accessible here
Improved SMOS level 2 soil moisture products released to users
21 November 2017
Improved SMOS level 2 soil moisture products v650 released to users. For further information see here
