SMOS Level3 and Level 4 Research Products Provided by the Barcelona Expert Center

QWG-10 – 4-6 February 2013 – ESRIN (Italy)

SMOS Level3 and Level 4 Research Products Provided by the Barcelona Expert Center

Jordi Font and BEC team

SMOS Barcelona Expert CentrePg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, Barcelona SPAINE-mail: [email protected]: www.smos-bec.icm.csic.es

QWG-10 , 4-6 February, ESRIN (Italy) 2 / 10

Experimental Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) and Soil Moisture (SM) maps are being developed and distributed at the SMOS Barcelona Expert Center (SMOS-BEC) to take the most out of SMOS observations.

New webpage, new blog, new products, new times! (http://cp34-bec.cmima.csic.es/)


Data is distributed in NetCDF format using THREDDS and maps are served through a Web Map Service (ncWMS) at the SMOS-BEC distribution data website.

Products are generated separately using ascending, descending or both orbit types

For ocean products, both absolute SSS value and its anomaly (differences between value and climatology data (WOA 2009)) are included

For land products, both absolute SM value and its quality index (DQX) are included

Data distribution and general description (http://cp34-bec.cmima.csic.es/)

Note: this is current or coming soon (for some aspects) situation

SMOS-BEC QWG-7, ESRIN 31-January – 1 February 2012

netCDFfiles

netCDFfiles

Transects

Temporal evolution

Animations

MAP VISUALIZATIO

N TOOLS

MAP VISUALIZATIO

N TOOLS

BEC L3-L4 products server (http://cp34-bec.cmima.csic.es/)


For ocean applications the following products are served at a regular grid of 1º:

Spatio-temporal weighted averaging of the level 2 SSS, averaging 3 and 9 days, every 3 days. Monthly and annual maps are also provided.

Ocean products (http://cp34-bec.cmima.csic.es/)



Level 3 maps from optimal interpolation of level 2 SSS data. Nine-day averaged maps are produced every 3 days, as well as monthly, seasonal and annual maps.




L4 SMOS SSS fused with SST. The temporal resolution are 9 days, monthly and annual.



For ocean applications the following products are served at a regular grid of 0.25º:

Singularity Exponents product obtained applying singularity analysis on SST from OSTIA (<hhtp://www.myocean.eu>)



For land applications, a downscaling algorithm that combines SMOS radiometric estimates with MODIS VIS/IR data has been implemented to distribute 1 km SM maps.

SM maps at 1 km spatial resolution over the Iberian Peninsula are distributed through the SMOS-BEC data distribution service: delayed-mode and near real-time (delay < 12h)

Land products (http://cp34-bec.cmima.csic.es/NRT)


The web site also includes:

Description of all available products

Blog with recent news on SMOS products and research activities

Additional contents (http://cp34-bec.cmima.csic.es/)


New Level 3 land products will be available shortly:

Daily product with SM, vegetation optical depth, soil roughness and dielectric constant in ISEA4h9

Daily SM product on a 0.25º regular grid Daily SM product obtained with a 3-day moving window on a

0.25º regular grid. 10-day product on a 0.25º regular grid. Monthly SM and vegetation optical depth product on a 0.25º

regular grid (natural months are considered) Yearly SM and vegetation optical depth product on a 0.25º

regular grid (natural years are considered)

New ocean products at 0.25º will be available shortly

STAY TUNED FOR LATEST RESEARCH RESULTS AND NEW PRODUCTS!

Future contents… (http://cp34-bec.cmima.csic.es/)

SMOS Barcelona Expert Centre (SMOS-BEC)Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, E-08003 Barcelona, SPAINTel. (+34) 93 230 95 00; Fax. (+34) 93 230 95 55URL: www.smos-bec.icm.csic.es

SMOS Level3 and Level 4 Research Products Provided by the Barcelona Expert Center

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