SMOS-IC data record of soil moisture and L-VOD: Historical development, applications and perspectives
Passive microwave remote sensing observations at L-band provide key and global
information on surface soil moisture and vegetation water content, which are related to the …
information on surface soil moisture and vegetation water content, which are related to the …
Global monitoring of the vegetation dynamics from the Vegetation Optical Depth (VOD): A review
Vegetation is a key element in the energy, water and carbon balances over the land
surfaces and is strongly impacted by climate change and anthropogenic effects. Remotely …
surfaces and is strongly impacted by climate change and anthropogenic effects. Remotely …
Summer soil drying exacerbated by earlier spring greening of northern vegetation
Earlier vegetation greening under climate change raises evapotranspiration and thus lowers
spring soil moisture, yet the extent and magnitude of this water deficit persistence into the …
spring soil moisture, yet the extent and magnitude of this water deficit persistence into the …
A new SMAP soil moisture and vegetation optical depth product (SMAP-IB): Algorithm, assessment and inter-comparison
Passive microwave remote sensing at L-band (1.4 GHz) provides an unprecedented
opportunity to estimate global surface soil moisture (SM) and vegetation water content (via …
opportunity to estimate global surface soil moisture (SM) and vegetation water content (via …
The global long-term microwave vegetation optical depth climate archive (VODCA)
Since the late 1970s, space-borne microwave radiometers have been providing
measurements of radiation emitted by the Earth's surface. From these measurements it is …
measurements of radiation emitted by the Earth's surface. From these measurements it is …
Recent divergence in the contributions of tropical and boreal forests to the terrestrial carbon sink
Anthropogenic land use and land cover changes (LULCC) have a large impact on the global
terrestrial carbon sink, but this effect is not well characterized according to biogeographical …
terrestrial carbon sink, but this effect is not well characterized according to biogeographical …
Global-scale assessment and inter-comparison of recently developed/reprocessed microwave satellite vegetation optical depth products
The vegetation optical depth (VOD), a vegetation index retrieved from passive or active
microwave remote sensing systems, is related to the intensity of microwave extinction effects …
microwave remote sensing systems, is related to the intensity of microwave extinction effects …
Satellite-observed pantropical carbon dynamics
Abstract Changes in terrestrial tropical carbon stocks have an important role in the global
carbon budget. However, current observational tools do not allow accurate and large-scale …
carbon budget. However, current observational tools do not allow accurate and large-scale …
The first global soil moisture and vegetation optical depth product retrieved from fused SMOS and SMAP L-band observations
Abstract ESA's Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS, since 2009) and NASA's Soil Moisture
Active Passive (SMAP, since 2015) are the only two space-borne L-band radiometer …
Active Passive (SMAP, since 2015) are the only two space-borne L-band radiometer …
Using satellite-based terrestrial water storage data: a review
Land water storage plays a key role for the Earth's climate, natural ecosystems, and human
activities. Since the launch of the first Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) …
activities. Since the launch of the first Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) …