Over 30 years of global soil moisture observations for climate applications
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 04:00
in Astronomy & Space
Water held in soil plays an important role in the climate system. The dataset released by ESA is the first remote-sensing soil moisture data record spanning the period 1978 to 2010 – a predecessor of the data now being provided by ESA’s SMOS mission.
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