Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) is a satellite which forms part of ESA's Living Planet Programme. It is intended to provide new insights into Earth's...

Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) is a NASA environmental monitoring satellite that measures soil moisture across the planet. It is designed to collect...

as water with a salinity of less than 1% that of the oceans – i.e. below around 0.35‰. Water with a salinity between this level and 1‰ is typically referred...

average salinity of 38‰, more saline than the global average of 34.7‰. Thus, oceanic waters in polar regions have lower salinity content than oceanic waters...

Satellite surface salinity refers to measurements of surface salinity made by remote sensing satellites. The radiative properties of the ocean surface...

Earth observation satellites, having constructed the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite. Wikinews has related news: French agency CNES to release...

SMOS may refer to: Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite, launched by the European Space Agency in fall 2009 Special Minister of State, a minister...

atmosphere on 11 November 2013. SMOS – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite will study ocean salinity and soil moisture; it was launched on 2 November 2009...

water reservoirs such as oceans, ice sheets, the atmosphere and soil moisture. The water cycle is essential to life on Earth and plays a large role in the...

instrument on the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite (SMOS). MIRAS employs a planar antenna composed of a central body (the so-called hub) and three telescoping...

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as well as large lake and river water levels, and soil moisture. In addition, each of the satellites will use GPS antennas to create at least 200 profiles...

sense, it can also contain soil moisture, permafrost (frozen soil), immobile water in very low permeability bedrock, and deep geothermal or oil formation...

liquid and frozen forms as soil moisture, groundwater and permafrost in the Earth's crust (to a depth of 2 km); oceans and seas, lakes, rivers and streams...

analysis and modeling. Soil salinity is the result of insufficient rainwater precipitation which leads to accumulation of soluble salt in soil horizon...

implementation currently (as of 2020) contribute to Copernicus: SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity), launched on 2 November 2009. CryoSat-2 (the measurement of...

weather prediction. The proposed Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite would provide the detail of soil moisture information on a daily basis may provide...

soil moisture, precipitation, evapotranspiration, and snow and ice, are measurable using remote sensing at various spatial-temporal resolutions and accuracies...

moorings to support NASA Aquaris and European Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) surface salinity satellite missions and climate research. The TRITON...

satellite SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) that was launched in November 2009. Previous satellites enabled measurement of ocean currents, sea surface...

SMOS-Ice project in preparation for the launch of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite. Because of the low frequency of the SMOS instrument,...

monitors 14 different variables common in forests, ranging from soil temperature to salinity. This information is connected live back to clients through dashboard...

from overgrazing, industrial development, urbanization, and poor farming practices; soil salinity rising due to the use of poor quality water; desertification...

through the transport of eroded rock and soil. Ocean salinity is derived mainly from the weathering of rocks and the transport of dissolved salts from...

windows to observe sea-surface salinity, soil moisture, sea-surface temperature, wind speed over ocean, precipitation and snow. The second type is used...

hurricanes surge upon shore from the ocean, salt is introduced to many freshwater areas and raises the salinity levels too high for some habitats to withstand...

that are still are not fully understood, but changes in fertility, salinity, moisture. temperature, SOC, sequestration, aggregation etc. are predicted....

Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is the first orbit mission to measure salinity of the Earth’s surface and able to show data...

(9,800 ft) deep. Average oceanic salinity is around 35 parts per thousand (ppt) (3.5%), and nearly all seawater has a salinity in the range of 30 to 38...

seawater (3 to 4% salinity), to water concentrated by evaporation to over twice the salinity of ocean seawater (up to 9% salinity). Beginning in 2010...