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...

surface is within the capillary fringe of saline groundwater. Soil salinity control involves watertable control and flushing with higher levels of applied...

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...

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...

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

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...

Observatory, Planck, Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity, BepiColombo, Galileo, Solar Orbiter, Automated Transfer Vehicle, Aeolus, and ICESat2. Beyond Gravity...

In the Messinian salinity crisis (also referred to as the Messinian event, and in its latest stage as the Lago Mare event) the Mediterranean Sea went...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Once the soil is saturated, runoff occurs. Therefore, surface runoff is a significantly factor in the controlling of soil moisture after medium and low intensity...

by increasing soil moisture availability, decreasing surface runoff, decreasing soil erosion, leading to an increased infiltration, and decreased flood...

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

shrubs and associated grasses typically produce abundant small seeds that are harvested by rodents and insects. The soil salinity and lack of moisture in...

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

summertime evolution of European soil moisture". Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B, Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere. 24 (6): 609–14. Bibcode:1999PCEB...

acidic soils. Fungi also grow well in dry, arid soils because fungi are aerobic, or dependent on oxygen, and the higher the moisture content in the soil, the...

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

temperature, moisture and soil pH, as well as soil habitat characteristics in controlling their spatial and temporal patterns. Soils are complex systems and their...

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

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...

range of geospatial applications, including vector and raster location representation, data fusion, and spatial databases. The most usual grids are for horizontal...

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...

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

BIOMASS CryoSat and CryoSat-2 EarthCARE FLEX Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Swarm...