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 Centre Pg. Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, Barcelona SPAIN URL:

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! (

QWG-10, 4-6 February, ESRIN (Italy)3 / 10  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 ( Note: this is current or coming soon (for some aspects) situation

SMOS-BEC QWG-7, ESRIN 31-January – 1 February 2012 netCDF files netCDF files Transects Temporal evolution Animations MAP VISUALIZATION TOOLS BEC L3-L4 products server (

QWG-10, 4-6 February, ESRIN (Italy)5 / 10  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 (

QWG-10, 4-6 February, ESRIN (Italy)6 / 10  For ocean applications the following products are served at a regular grid of 1º:  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. Ocean products (

QWG-10, 4-6 February, ESRIN (Italy)7 / 10  For ocean applications the following products are served at a regular grid of 1º:  L4 SMOS SSS fused with SST. The temporal resolution are 9 days, monthly and annual. Ocean products (

QWG-10, 4-6 February, ESRIN (Italy)8 / 10  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 ( ) Ocean products (

QWG-10, 4-6 February, ESRIN (Italy)9 / 10  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 (

QWG-10, 4-6 February, ESRIN (Italy)10 / 10  The web site also includes:  Description of all available products  Blog with recent news on SMOS products and research activities Additional contents (

QWG-10, 4-6 February, ESRIN (Italy)11 / 10  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… (

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