Articles | Volume 21, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5201-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5201-2017
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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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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.