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SSS Arctic product version 2 is available
Seven years (2011–2017) of 25 km nine-day Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) objectively analyzed maps in the Arctic and sub-Arctic oceans (50∘ N–90∘ N) are now...
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Important changes in the distribution of BEC products
Three years ago, the BEC team introduced a new method for the retrieval of SSS from SMOS data: the debiased non-Bayesian approach. The method was first used to derive the first maps of SMOS SSS in the...
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New release of global SMOS soil moisture products at BEC
We are pleased to announce the new near real-time global SMOS L3 soil moisture products v003. These products have different averaging periods (and frequency rates): 1-day (daily) maps in both ISEA 4H9...
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New SMOS Sea Ice Concentration products
In a continuous effort to improve the quality of our data and provide a better service to our users, we present the new SMOS Sea Ice Concentration (SIC) product for the Arctic Ocean . The new product...
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Six years of the new SMOS SSS maps in the Mediterranean Sea now available!
A new methodology using a combination of debiased non-Bayesian retrieval, DINEOF (Data Interpolating Empirical Orthogonal Functions) and multifractal fusion has been used to obtain 6 years of SMOS Sea...
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Remote sensing of ocean surface currents: a review of what is being observed...
Ocean currents play a key role in Earth’s climate – they impact almost any process taking place in the ocean and are of major importance for navigation and human activities at sea. Nevertheless, their...
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New methodology to estimate Arctic sea ice concentration from SMOS combining...
Monitoring sea ice concentration is required for operational and climate studies in the Arctic Sea. Technologies used so far for estimating sea ice concentration have some limitations, for instance the...
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BEC joins public condemnation of the use of violence against Catalan people
Demonstrations against the violence all over Catalonia, October 3rd, 2017 On October 1st, 2017, many Catalans waited in front of the voting stations to participate in a referendum to decide the future...
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Celebration of BEC 10th Anniversary
Past June 19th we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the Barcelona Expert Center. We were honored of counting with the presence of the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing and...
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Advanced SSS products now available with global coverage!
Objectively Analysed SSS for the period May 27th to June 4th, 2014 In a continuous effort to improve the quality of our data and provide a better service to our users, we have made a new brand of...
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Debiased non-Bayesian retrieval: A novel approach to SMOS Sea Surface Salinity
We are pleased to inform you that our paper “Debiased non-Bayesian retrieval: A novel approach to SMOS Sea Surface Salinity” has recently appeared in Remote Sensing of Environment. In the paper, we...
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SMAP SSS provided by REMSS: v1.0 vs v2.0
Fig. 1: Outliers distribution (red dots) is homogeneous in both versions. The nearest points to the coast are also excluded from statistics. Since last September, Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) is...
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SMOS 7th Anniversary
On November 2nd, 2016, SMOS mission accomplished a new feat: the mission has now been operating for seven years! Designed for a nominal lifetime of three years plus an extension of two years, SMOS has...
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Can SMOS observe mesoscale eddies in the Algerian basin?
The circulation in the Algerian Basin is characterized by the presence of fresh-core eddies that propagate along the coast or at distances between 100-200 km from the coast. Significant improvement in...
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New operational SSS products: version 2.00
L4 SSS product. To product it, the new OA debiased SSS product is fused with OSTIA SST daily. The animation corresponds to a period from February to July 2015. In a continuous effort to bring the...
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Preliminary SWDI maps using the BEC L4 soil moisture product
The Water Resources Research Group of the University of Salamanca has developed a new agricultural drought index, the so-called Soil Water Deficit Index (SWDI) [1], [2], based in soil moisture and...
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A big tour sampling the North Atlantic ocean
In march 2013 an international experiment, the Salinity Processes in the Upper ocean Regional Study (SPURS), was carried out with the goal of performing a wide range of mesoscale and submesoscale...
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New Sea Surface Salinity products in High Latitude Ocean Areas
New experimental SMOS Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) maps at high latitudes, including Arctic Ocean open water regions, have been computed at BEC using a new methodological approach that substantially...
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New Research: Ocean Currents at BEC
Ocean currents are a key element for the understanding of many oceanic and climatic phenomena and their knowledge is crucial for navigation and operational applications. Following the official...
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The SMOS-BEC (SMOS-BARCELONA EXPERT CENTER ON RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION AND OCEAN SALINITY) was created in July 2007 by agreement between CSIC (Spanish Research Council) and UPC (Technical University of...
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