SMOS near-real-time soil moisture product: processor overview and first validation results

Rodríguez-Fernández, Nemesio J.; Muñoz Sabater, Joaquin; Richaume, Philippe; de Rosnay, Patricia; Kerr, Yann H.; Albergel, Clement; Drusch, Matthias; Mecklenburg, Susanne

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5201-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5201-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5201-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 10

Research article

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17 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 17 Oct 2017

SMOS near-real-time soil moisture product: processor overview and first validation results

Nemesio J. Rodríguez-Fernández, Joaquin Muñoz Sabater, Philippe Richaume, Patricia de Rosnay, Yann H. Kerr, Clement Albergel, Matthias Drusch, and Susanne Mecklenburg

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RC1: 'Comments on SMOS near real time soil moisture product: processor overview and first validation results by Rodríguez-Fernández et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 May 2017
- AC2: 'Thanks for these constructif comments', Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez, 28 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Interactive comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Jun 2017
- AC3: 'Thanks for the constructive comments', Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez, 28 Jul 2017
RC3: 'Relevant for operational applicatons of SMOS', Wolfgang Wagner, 26 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Thanks for these constructif comments', Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez, 27 Jul 2017
EC1: 'Editorial comment', Gerrit H. de Rooij, 28 Jul 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (02 Aug 2017) by Gerrit H. de Rooij

AR by Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez on behalf of the Authors (29 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Aug 2017) by Gerrit H. de Rooij

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (03 Sep 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Sep 2017) by Gerrit H. de Rooij

AR by Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez on behalf of the Authors (06 Sep 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

The new SMOS satellite near-real-time (NRT) soil moisture (SM) product based on a neural network is presented. The NRT SM product has been evaluated with respect to the SMOS Level 2 product and against a large number of in situ measurements showing performances similar to those of the Level 2 product but it is available in less than 3.5 h after sensing. The new product is distributed by the European Space Agency and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.