This document provides an annual summary of the performance of the European Space Agency (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) brightness temperature (Tb) monitoring run routinely at the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The period covered is September 2020 to August 2021. Several different monitoring plots are presented, and notable features are described in detail. Also, potential improvements to the monitoring system are proposed
BT - Contract Report for ESA SMOS ESL contract 4000130567/20/I-BG DA - 05/2022 DO - 10.21957/lc3zcuvgn LA - eng M3 - ESA Contract Report N2 -This document provides an annual summary of the performance of the European Space Agency (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) brightness temperature (Tb) monitoring run routinely at the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The period covered is September 2020 to August 2021. Several different monitoring plots are presented, and notable features are described in detail. Also, potential improvements to the monitoring system are proposed
PB - ECMWF PY - 2022 T2 - Contract Report for ESA SMOS ESL contract 4000130567/20/I-BG TI - Annual SMOS brightness temperature monitoring report 2020/21 UR - https://www.ecmwf.int/node/20377 ER -