Publications

Communications

• Bermudo, Venet, Ledu, Landiech, Kerr, Barre, April 2005 :
  SMOS: An L-band interferometric radiometer mission
  5th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation Berlin.

• Moulin, Hahne, 2003 :
  Implementation of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Saliniity Variables by the Space SMOS Mission
  54th IAF Congress 2003 Bremen Germany.

• Kerr, Waldteufel, Wigneron, Font, Berger, 2003 :
  The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission
  IGAARS 2003, Toulouse.

Publications

Il y a plus de 400 articles publiés à ce jour (juin 2012) voici donc une petite sélection pour un premier contact avec SMOS.

Sur la mission elle-même et l'objectif de la mission

Expression de besoins

• Y. H. Kerr, A. Chanzy, J. P. Wigneron, T. J. Schmugge, and L. Laguerre, 1995 :
  Requirements for assessing soil moisture from space in arid and semi arid areas
  in Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Measurement Requirements and Radiometer Techniques, vol. ESA WPP-87, N. ESA, Pays-Bas, Ed., 1995, pp. 15-33.

• Y. H. Kerr and T. J. Jackson, 1995 :
  Working Group report on Soil Moisture
  in Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Land-Atmosphere Interactions, B. J. Choudhury, Y. H. Kerr, E. G. Njoku, and P. Pampaloni, Eds.: VSP, 1995, pp. 661-667.

La proposition elle-même !

• Kerr, Y. H., (1998).
  The SMOS Mission: MIRAS on RAMSES. A proposal to the call for Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission.
  Toulouse (F), CESBIO: 50p.

Mission et Concept

• Y. H. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, J. P. Wigneron, J. M. Martinuzzi, B. Lazard, J. M. Goutoule, and A. Lannes, 2000 :
  The soil moisture and ocean salinity (smos) mission An overview
  P. P. S. Paloscia, Ed.: VSP, 2000, pp. 467-475.

• P. Waldteufel, E. Anterrieu, J. M. Goutoule, and Y. H. Kerr, 2000 :
  Field of view characteristics of a 2-D interferometric antenna, as illustrated by the MIRAS/SMOS L-band concept
  P. P. S. Paloscia, Ed.: VSP, 2000, pp. 477-483.

• P. Silvestrin, M. Berger, Y. H. Kerr, and J. Font, 2001 :
  ESA's Second Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission: The soil Moisture and Ocean salinity Mission - SMOS
  IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Newsletter, pp. 11-14, 2001.

• Kerr, Y. H., P. Waldteufel, J. P. Wigneron, J. M. Martinuzzi, J. Font and M. Berger (2001).
  "Soil moisture retrieval from space: The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 39(8): 1729-1735.

• Waldteufel, P., J. Boutin and Y. Kerr (2003).
  "Selecting an optimal configuration for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission."
  Radio Science 38(3).

• Kerr, Y. H. (2007).
  "Soil moisture from space: Where are we?"
  Hydrogeology Journal 15(1): 117-120.

• Kerr, Y. H., P. Waldteufel, J. P. Wigneron, S. Delwart, F. Cabot, J. Boutin, M. J. Escorihuela, J. Font, N. Reul, C. Gruhier, S. E. Juglea, M. R. Drinkwater, A. Hahne, M. Martin-Neira and S. Mecklenburg (2010).
  "The SMOS Mission: New Tool for Monitoring Key Elements of the Global Water Cycle."
  Proceedings of the Ieee 98(5): 666-687.

Sur les algorithmes d'inversion

• Wigneron, J. P., T. Schmugge, A. Chanzy, J. C. Calvet and Y. Kerr (1998).
  "Use of passive microwave remote sensing to monitor soil moisture."
  Agronomie 18(1): 27-43.

• Wigneron, J. P., P. Waldteufel, A. Chanzy, J. C. Calvet and Y. Kerr (2000).
  "Two-dimensional microwave interferometer retrieval capabilities over land surfaces (SMOS mission)."
  Remote Sensing of Environment 73(3): 270-282.

• Wigneron, J. P., J. C. Calvet, P. De Rosnay, Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, K. Saleh, M. J. Escorihuela and A. Kruszewski (2004).
  "Soil Moisture Retrievals From Biangular L-Band Passive Microwave Observations."
  Ieee Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 1(4): 277-281.

• Saleh, K., Y. H. Kerr, P. Richaume, M. J. Escorihuela, R. Panciera, S. Delwart, G. Boulet, P. Maisongrande, J. P. Walker, P. Wursteisen and J. P. Wigneron (2009).
  "Soil moisture retrievals at L-band using a two-step inversion approach (COSMOS/NAFE'05 Experiment)."
  Remote Sensing of Environment 113(6): 1304-1312.

• Font, J., A. Camps, A. Borges, M. Martin-Neira, J. Boutin, N. Reul, Y. H. Kerr, A. Hahne and S. Mecklenburg (2010).
  "SMOS: The Challenging Sea Surface Salinity Measurement From Space."
  Proceedings of the Ieee 98(5): 649-665.

• Kerr, Y. H., P. Waldteufel, P. Richaume, J. P. Wigneron, P. Ferrazzoli, A. Mahmoodi, A. Al Bitar, F. Cabot, C. Gruhier, S. E. Juglea, D. Leroux, A. Mialon and S. Delwart (2012).
  "The SMOS Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1384-1403.

Etalonnage Validation de l'humidité des sols

• Gruhier, C., P. de Rosnay, S. Hasenauer, T. Holmes, R. de Jeu, Y. Kerr, E. Mougin, E. Njoku, F. Timouk, W. Wagner and M. Zribi (2010).
  "Soil moisture active and passive microwave products: intercomparison and evaluation over a Sahelian site."
  Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 14(1): 141-156.Ground instruments

• Al Bitar, A., D. Leroux, Y. H. Kerr, O. Merlin, P. Richaume, A. Sahoo and E. F. Wood (2012).
  "Evaluation of SMOS Soil Moisture Products Over Continental US Using the SCAN/SNOTEL Network."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1572-1586.

• Jackson, T. J., R. Bindlish, M. H. Cosh, T. J. Zhao, P. J. Starks, D. D. Bosch, M. Seyfried, M. S. Moran, D. C. Goodrich, Y. H. Kerr and D. Leroux (2012).
  "Validation of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Soil Moisture Over Watershed Networks in the U.S."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1530-1543.

• Albergel, C., P. de Rosnay, C. Gruhier, J. Munoz-Sabater, S. Hasenauer, L. Isaksen, Y. Kerr and W. Wagner (2012).
  "Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using global ground-based in situ observations."
  Remote Sensing of Environment 118: 215-226.

• Bircher, S., J. E. Balling, N. Skou and Y. H. Kerr (2012).
  "Validation of SMOS Brightness Temperatures During the HOBE Airborne Campaign, Western Denmark."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1468-1482.

Campagnes sol

• Lemaitre, F., J. C. Poussiere, Y. H. Kerr, M. Dejus, R. Durbe, P. de Rosnay and J. C. Calvet (2004).
  "Design and test of the ground-based L-band radiometer for estimating water in soils (LEWIS)."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 42(8): 1666-1676.

• de Rosnay, P., J. C. Calvet, Y. Kerr, J. P. Wigneron, F. Lemaitre, M. J. Escorihuela, J. M. Sabater, K. Saleh, J. L. Barrie, G. Bouhours, L. Coret, G. Cherel, G. Dedieu, R. Durbe, N. E. D. Fntz, F. Froissard, J. Hoedjes, A. Kruszewski, F. Lavenu, D. Suquia and P. Waldteufel (2006).
  "SMOSREX: A long term field campaign experiment for soil moisture and land surface processes remote sensing."
  Remote Sensing of Environment 102(3-4): 377-389.

• Mialon, A., J. P. Wigneron, P. de Rosnay, M. J. Escorihuela and Y. H. Kerr (2012).
  "Evaluating the L-MEB Model From Long-Term Microwave Measurements Over a Rough Field, SMOSREX 2006."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1458-1467.

• Schwank, M., J. P. Wigneron, E. Lopez-Baeza, I. Volksch, C. Matzler and Y. H. Kerr (2012).
  "L-Band Radiative Properties of Vine Vegetation at the MELBEX III SMOS Cal/Val Site."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1587-1601.

Théorie

• Kerr, Y. H. and E. G. Njoku (1990).
  "A Semiempirical Model For Interpreting Microwave Emission From Semiarid Land Surfaces As Seen From Space."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 28(3): 384-393.

• B. J. Choudhury, Y. H. Kerr, E. G. Njoku, and P. Pampaloni, 1995 :
  Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Land-Atmosphere Interactions
  VSP, 1995.

• Y. H. Kerr and J. P. Wigneron, 1995 :
  Vegetation models and observations: A review
  in Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Land-Atmosphere Interactions, B. J. Choudhury, Y. H. Kerr, E. G. Njoku, and P. Pampaloni, Eds.: VSP, The Netherlands, 1995, pp. 317-344.

• J.-P. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, and L. Prévot, 1997 :
  Retrieval of Soil and Vegetation Features from Passive Microwave Measurements
  Remote Sensing Reviews, vol. 15, pp. 157-177, 1997.

• J.-P. Wigneron, A. Chanzy, P. Waldteufel, J. C. Calvet, O. Marloie, J. P. Hanocq, and Y. H. Kerr, 2000 :
  Retrieval capabilities of L-Band 2-D interferometric radiometry over land surfaces (SMOS Mission)
  Netherlands: VSP, 2000.

• J.-P. Wigneron, T. Pellarin, J.-C. Calvet, P. de Rosnay, K. Saleh, and Y. Kerr, 2005 :
  L-MEB: A simple model at L-band for the continental areas - Application to the simulation of a half-degree resolution and global scale data set
  in Radiative Transfer Models for Microwave Radiometry, C. Mätzler, Ed. Stevenage, UK: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2005.

• Wigneron, J. P., Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, K. Saleh, M. J. Escorihuela, P. Richaume, P. Ferrazzoli, P. de Rosnay, R. Gurney, J. C. Calvet, J. P. Grant, M. Guglielmetti, B. Hornbuckle, C. Matzler, T. Pellarin and M. Schwank (2007).
  "L-band Microwave Emission of the Biosphere (L-MEB) Model: Description and calibration against experimental data sets over crop fields."
  Remote Sensing of Environment 107(4): 639-655.

• Escorihuela, M. J., Y. H. Kerr, P. de Rosnay, J. P. Wigneron, J. C. Calvet and F. Lemaitre (2007).
  "Simple model of the bare soil microwave emission at L-band."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 45(7): 1978-1987.

• Wigneron, J. P., A. Chanzy, Y. H. Kerr, H. Lawrence, J. C. Shi, M. J. Escorihuela, V. Mironov, A. Mialon, F. Demontoux, P. de Rosnay and K. Saleh-Contell (2011).
  "Evaluating an Improved Parameterization of the Soil Emission in L-MEB."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 49(4): 1177-1189.

• Schwank, M., J. P. Wigneron, E. Lopez-Baeza, I. Volksch, C. Matzler and Y. H. Kerr (2012).
  "L-Band Radiative Properties of Vine Vegetation at the MELBEX III SMOS Cal/Val Site."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1587-1601.

• Peischl, S., J. P. Walker, D. Ryu, Y. H. Kerr, R. Panciera and C. Rudiger (2012).
  "Wheat Canopy Structure and Surface Roughness Effects on Multiangle Observations at L-Band."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1498-1506.

Profondeur de sondage

• Raju, S., A. Chanzy, J. P. Wigneron, J. C. Calvet, Y. Kerr and L. Laguerre (1995).
  "Soil-Moisture And Temperature Profile Effects On Microwave Emission At Low-Frequencies."
  Remote Sensing of Environment 54(2): 85-97.

• Holmes, T. R. H., P. de Rosnay, R. de Jeu, R. J. P. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, J. C. Calvet, M. J. Escorihuela, K. Saleh and F. Lemaitre (2006).
  "A new parameterization of the effective temperature for L band radiometry."
  eophysical Research Letters 33(7).

• Escorihuela, M. J., A. Chanzy, J. P. Wigneron and Y. H. Kerr (2010).
  "Effective soil moisture sampling depth of L-band radiometry: A case study."
  Remote Sensing of Environment 114(5): 995-1001.

Désagrégation

• Pellenq, J., J. Kalma, G. Boulet, G. M. Saulnier, S. Wooldridge, Y. Kerr and A. Chehbouni (2003).
  "A disaggregation scheme for soil moisture based on topography and soil depth."
  Journal of Hydrology 276(1-4): 112-127.

• Merlin, O., A. Al Bitar, J. P. Walker and Y. Kerr (2010).
  "An improved algorithm for disaggregating microwave-derived soil moisture based on red, near-infrared and thermal-infrared data."
  Remote Sensing of Environment 114(10): 2305-2316.

• Merlin, O., C. Rudiger, A. Al Bitar, P. Richaume, J. P. Walker and Y. H. Kerr (2012).
  "Disaggregation of SMOS Soil Moisture in Southeastern Australia."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1556-1571.

Impact de la topographie

• Mialon, A., L. Coret, Y. H. Kerr, F. Secherre and J. P. Wigneron (2008).
  "Flagging the topographic impact on the SMOS signal."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 46(3): 689-694.

Détection RFI

• Oliva, R., E. Daganzo-Eusebio, Y. H. Kerr, S. Mecklenburg, S. Nieto, P. Richaume and C. Gruhier (2012).
  "SMOS Radio Frequency Interference Scenario: Status and Actions Taken to Improve the RFI Environment in the 1400-1427-MHz Passive Band."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1427-1439.

Applications

Ouragans

• Reul, N., J. Tenerelli, B. Chapron, D. Vandemark, Y. Quilfen and Y. Kerr (2012).
  "SMOS satellite L-band radiometer: A new capability for ocean surface remote sensing in hurricanes."
  Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 117.

Interception

• Wigneron, J. P., J. C. Calvet and Y. Kerr (1996).
  "Monitoring water interception by crop fields from passive microwave observations."
  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 80(2-4): 177-194.

Séries chronologiques longues

• Pellarin, T., J. P. Wigneron, J. C. Calvet, M. Berger, H. Douville, P. Ferrazzoli, Y. H. Kerr, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Pulliainen, L. P. Simmonds and P. Waldteufel (2003).
  "Two-year global simulation of L-band brightness temperatures over land."
  Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 41(9): 2135-2139.

Utilisation Scientifique

• Victor Klemas, 2011 :
  Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Salinity: An Overview with Case Studies
  Journal of Coastal Research, 27(5):830-838. 2011, doi: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-11-00060.1

Grand public

• J. Font, Y. Kerr, and M. Berger, 2000 :
  Measuring Ocean Salinity from Space: the European Space Agency's SMOS Mission
  in Backscatter, vol. 11, 2000, pp. 17-19.

• Y. H. Kerr, J. Font, P. Waldteufel, and M. Berger, 2000 :
  The Soil Moisture and Ocean salinity Mission: SMOS
  in Earth Observation Quarterly, 2000, pp. 18-26.