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the global water cycle. Proc IEEE 98(5):666–687
73. McMullan K, Brown M, Martín-Neira M, Rits W, Ekholm S, Marti J, Lemanczyk J (2008)
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74. Rodriguez-Fernandez N, Aires F, Richaume P, Kerr YH, Prigent C, Kolassa J, Cabot F,
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application to SMOS. IEEE Trans Geosci Rem Sens 53(11)
75. Kerr YH, Waldteufel P, Richaume P, Wigneron J-P, Ferrazzoli P, Mahmoodi A, Al Bitar A,
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78. Al-Yaari A, Wigneron J-P, Kerr Y, Rodriguez-Fernandez N, O'Neill P, Jackson T,
De Lannoy G, Al Bitar A, Mialon A, Richaume P (2017) Evaluating soil moisture retrievals
from ESA’s SMOS and NASA’s SMAP brightness temperature datasets. Remote Sens Environ
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79. Mohammed PN, Aksoy M, Piepmeier JR, Johnson JT, Bringer A (2016) SMAP L-band
microwave radiometer: RFI mitigation prelaunch analysis and first year on-orbit observations.
IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens 54(10):6035–6047
80. Calvet J-C, Wigneron J-P, Walker J, Karbou F, Chanzy A, Albergel C (2011) Sensitivity of
passive microwave observations to soil moisture and vegetation water content: L-band to
W-band. IEEE Trans Geosci Rem Sens 49(4):1190–1199
81. Albergel C, de Rosnay P, Gruhier C, Muñoz-Sabater J, Hasenauer S, Isaksen L, Kerr Y,
Wagner W (2012) Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using
global ground-based in situ observations. Remote Sens Environ 118:215–226
82. Albergel C, Zakharova E, Calvet J-C, Zribi M, Pardé M, Wigneron J-P, Novello N, Kerr Y,
Mialon A, Fritz N-E-D (2011) A first assessment of the SMOS data in southwestern France
using in situ and airborne soil moisture estimates: the CAROLS airborne campaign. Remote
Sens Environ 115(10):2718–2728
83. Collow TW, Robock A, Basara JB, Illston BG (2012) Evaluation of SMOS retrievals of soil
moisture over the central United States with currently available in situ observations. J Geophys
Res Atmos 117(D9)
84. Panciera R, Walker JP, Kalma JD, Kim EJ, Hacker JM, Merlin O, Berger M, Skou N (2008)
The NAFE'05/CoSMOS data set: toward SMOS soil moisture retrieval, downscaling, and
assimilation. IEEE Trans Geosci Rem Sens 46(3):736–745
85. Piles M, Camps A, Vall-Llossera M, Corbella I, Panciera R, Rudiger C, Kerr YH, Walker J
(2011) Downscaling SMOS-derived soil moisture using MODIS visible/infrared data. IEEE
Trans Geosci Rem Sens 49(9):3156–3166
86. Singh VP (2012) Computer models of watershed hydrology. Water Resources Publications,
Littleton
87. Al-Yaari A, Wigneron J-P, Ducharne A, Kerr Y, de Rosnay P, de Jeu R, Govind A, Al Bitar A,
Albergel C, Muñoz-Sabater J (2014) Global-scale evaluation of two satellite-based passive
microwave soil moisture datasets (SMOS and AMSR-E) with respect to Land Data Assimilation System estimates. Remote Sens Environ 149:181–195
Satellite Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture for Hydrological Applications. . .
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IEEE Trans Geosci Rem Sens 53(5):2784–2801
71. NASA JPL (2015) NASA soil moisture radar ends operations, Mission Science Continues.
NASA. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature¼4710
72. Kerr YH, Waldteufel P, Wigneron J-P, Delwart S, Cabot FO, Boutin J, Escorihuela M-J,
Font J, Reul N, Gruhier C (2010) The SMOS mission: new tool for monitoring key elements of
the global water cycle. Proc IEEE 98(5):666–687
73. McMullan K, Brown M, Martín-Neira M, Rits W, Ekholm S, Marti J, Lemanczyk J (2008)
SMOS: the payload. IEEE Trans Geosci Rem Sens 46(3):594–605
74. Rodriguez-Fernandez N, Aires F, Richaume P, Kerr YH, Prigent C, Kolassa J, Cabot F,
Jiménez C, Mahmoodi A, Drusch M (2015) Soil moisture retrieval using neural networks:
application to SMOS. IEEE Trans Geosci Rem Sens 53(11)
75. Kerr YH, Waldteufel P, Richaume P, Wigneron J-P, Ferrazzoli P, Mahmoodi A, Al Bitar A,
Cabot F, Gruhier C, Juglea SE (2012) The SMOS soil moisture retrieval algorithm. IEEE
Trans Geosci Rem Sens 50(5):1384–1403
76. Piepmeier J, Mohammed P, De Amici G, Kim E, Peng J, Ruf C, Hanna M, Yueh S, Entekhabi
D (2016) Soil moisture active passive (SMAP) project algorithm theoretical basis document
SMAP L1B radiometer data product: L1B_TB
77. Chan SK, Bindlish R, O'Neill PE, Njoku E, Jackson T, Colliander A, Chen F, Burgin M,
Dunbar S, Piepmeier J (2016) Assessment of the SMAP passive soil moisture product. IEEE
Trans Geosci Remote Sens 54(8):4994–5007
78. Al-Yaari A, Wigneron J-P, Kerr Y, Rodriguez-Fernandez N, O'Neill P, Jackson T,
De Lannoy G, Al Bitar A, Mialon A, Richaume P (2017) Evaluating soil moisture retrievals
from ESA’s SMOS and NASA’s SMAP brightness temperature datasets. Remote Sens Environ
193:257–273
79. Mohammed PN, Aksoy M, Piepmeier JR, Johnson JT, Bringer A (2016) SMAP L-band
microwave radiometer: RFI mitigation prelaunch analysis and first year on-orbit observations.
IEEE Trans Geosci Remote Sens 54(10):6035–6047
80. Calvet J-C, Wigneron J-P, Walker J, Karbou F, Chanzy A, Albergel C (2011) Sensitivity of
passive microwave observations to soil moisture and vegetation water content: L-band to
W-band. IEEE Trans Geosci Rem Sens 49(4):1190–1199
81. Albergel C, de Rosnay P, Gruhier C, Muñoz-Sabater J, Hasenauer S, Isaksen L, Kerr Y,
Wagner W (2012) Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using
global ground-based in situ observations. Remote Sens Environ 118:215–226
82. Albergel C, Zakharova E, Calvet J-C, Zribi M, Pardé M, Wigneron J-P, Novello N, Kerr Y,
Mialon A, Fritz N-E-D (2011) A first assessment of the SMOS data in southwestern France
using in situ and airborne soil moisture estimates: the CAROLS airborne campaign. Remote
Sens Environ 115(10):2718–2728
83. Collow TW, Robock A, Basara JB, Illston BG (2012) Evaluation of SMOS retrievals of soil
moisture over the central United States with currently available in situ observations. J Geophys
Res Atmos 117(D9)
84. Panciera R, Walker JP, Kalma JD, Kim EJ, Hacker JM, Merlin O, Berger M, Skou N (2008)
The NAFE'05/CoSMOS data set: toward SMOS soil moisture retrieval, downscaling, and
assimilation. IEEE Trans Geosci Rem Sens 46(3):736–745
85. Piles M, Camps A, Vall-Llossera M, Corbella I, Panciera R, Rudiger C, Kerr YH, Walker J
(2011) Downscaling SMOS-derived soil moisture using MODIS visible/infrared data. IEEE
Trans Geosci Rem Sens 49(9):3156–3166
86. Singh VP (2012) Computer models of watershed hydrology. Water Resources Publications,
Littleton
87. Al-Yaari A, Wigneron J-P, Ducharne A, Kerr Y, de Rosnay P, de Jeu R, Govind A, Al Bitar A,
Albergel C, Muñoz-Sabater J (2014) Global-scale evaluation of two satellite-based passive
microwave soil moisture datasets (SMOS and AMSR-E) with respect to Land Data Assimilation System estimates. Remote Sens Environ 149:181–195
Satellite Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture for Hydrological Applications. . .
279