Investigation of the relationship between ERS scatterometer derived superficial SM (H-SAF) and both LSA-SAF SMET and ECMWF upper layer SM

01.06.2008 - 31.12.2009

Assigned research project

Evapotranspiration is the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration from the earth's land surface to atmosphere. It depends on atmospheric conditions (atmospheric water content, temperature, wind) and the availability of water in the soil. The objective of the project is to study the feasibility of using soil moisture data retrieved from ERS scatterometer observations for estimating evapotranspiration on a European scale. The project is cooperation between the Satellite Application Facility in Support of Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H-SAF) and the Land Surface Analysis Satellite Applications Facility (LSA SAF).

People

Project leader

Wolfgang Wagner (E120)

Project personnel

Stefan Hasenauer (E120)

Institute

E120 - Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation

Contract/collaboration

Universidade de Lisboa Fundacao da Faculdade de Ciencias

Research focus

Environmental Monitoring and Climate Adaptation: 100%

Keywords

German	English
Bodenfeuchtigkeit	Soil Moisture
Evapotranspiration	Evapotranspiration
Datenassimilation	Data Assimilation

External partner

Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

Publications

Publications