D r E n g . W o jc ie c h M a rc z e w sk iS p a c e R e se a rc h C e n tre , P o lish A c a d e m y o f S c in c e s

u l. B a rty c k a 1 8 A , 0 0 -7 1 6 W a rsa w< w m a r@ c b k .w a w .p l>

COPAL sem inar W arsaw, January 2008

"Airborne Flights in Poland for the ESA Mission SMOS, in the frames of the

project SWEX and SVRT Cal/Val Program"

Purpose:- SM - Soil Moisture and- SSS - Sea Surface Salin ity

monitoring ECVs (Environmenatal Climate Variables)

recommended by GCOS for monitoring Global C limate Change

Mission is provided by ESA, Living Planet, GMES

conducted byCESBIO, Toulouse

Cal/Val program - conducted by SVRT

h ttp :/ /w ww .esa .in t/esaLP /LP sm os .h tm l

h ttp :/ /w ww .cesb io .ups -tlse .fr/us /indexsm os .h tm l

(SMOS Validation and Retrieval Team )

h ttp :/ /w ww .w m o.ch /pages /p rog /gcos /P ub lica tions/gcos -107 .pd f

Oct. 30, 2008,3-5 life time

E S A M ission S M O S

h ttp :/ /w ww .esa .in t/esaLP /LP sm os .h tm l

h ttp :/ /w ww .cesb io .ups -tlse .fr/us /indexsm os .h tm l

(SMOS Validation and Retrieval Team )

h ttp :/ /w ww .w m o.ch /pages /p rog /gcos /P ub lica tions/gcos -107 .pd f

Oct. 30, 2008,3-5 life time

Curren tly is the on ly W ATER M ission on GLOBAL SCALES

SMOS swath is 500, or 1000kmrevisiting places in 3-4 days

pixel 40x40km

C al/V a l C a m p a ig n s a re p lan e d a ll o ve r th e w o rld

E arth O bservation SystemLiving P lanet G M E S

41 p ro jects

S W E X (S o il W a ter a n d E n erg y eX ch a n g e)

SVR T C al/Va l

consortium SW EX is open on new contributionsC BK P AN , W arsawcoordination

IG iK, W arsaw1) wetland cam paigns B iebrza , W ie lkopo lskaIA PA N, Lublin2) we tland P olesie, land cam paign P od las ie

IGF P AN , W arsawwetland N arew

IMU Z, Bydgoszcz3) land cam pa igns W est. Pomerania, Ż uławy, N oteć, K ujawy

IG iPZ P AN , W arsaw4) land /fores t cam paign B eskid N isk i, S zym barkA Ś IO Ś, Kielce5) land /fores t cam pa ign Ś wię tokrzyskie M nts.

S W EX 3275

S kyv an w ith E M IR A D

S ing le a ir track s D anu be cam paign

B T snapshot m aps B T brow se m aps

L 1 da ta leve lL 1 da ta leve l

Simulated SMOS Observations in BT

L 2 d a ta lev e l

Retrieved SM maps

A lt . 3 0 0 m , 1 0 0 0 m , (2 0 0 0 m )

V a lid a tio n R e h ea rs a lc am p a ig n s

O p e ra t io n a l li fe

C o m m is s io n in g p h a s e V a lid a tio n f lig h ts

N ew tes t s ite s n e ed ede sp . fo r a s in g le p ix e l4 0 x 4 0 k m fu lly c o v e red b y 2 k m a ir f lig h t tra ck sa n d in -s itu m e a su rem en tsin W E T L A N D a rea s

IM U Z

IM U Z

IM U ZIM U Z

IG iK

P O LE S IE /IA P A N /IN TE R R E G

IA P A N

A Ś IO Ś

IG iP Z P A N

IA P A N

200 8 A O -32 7 5 te s t s ites

IG iK

IG F P A N

P oss ib le tracks in P o land