SMOS cal-val activities over West Africa

• SMOS-AMMA ESA cal-val proposal (ID 3257, 2005):
  esa_smos-amma.pdf
  
  
• SMOS-AMMA TSCA/CNES proposal (2005-2009):
  tosca-cnes_smos-amma.pdf
  
  

2- Internal Meetings (Top):

2009

Meeting CESBIO, 3 February 2009

SMOS-AMMA cal-val over the three meso scale sites (minutes)

2008

Meeting CESBIO: SMOS-AMMA cal-val at the Gourma site (CESBIO, 14 October 2008): SMOS-AMMA-cv1.pdf

3- Ground measurements networks (Top):

There are three meso scale sites instrumented for soil moisture monoring, in Mali, Niger, Bénin.

Several paper are submitted to the AMMA-CATCH special issue to be published in journal of hydrology in 2009 concerning these sites.

4- References (Top):

References:

2009

de Rosnay P., C. Gruhier, F. Timouk, E. Mougin, P. Hiernaux, L. Kergoat, V. LeDantec" Multi-scale soil moisture measurements at the Gourma meso-scale site in Mali", J. of Hydrol., doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.015, 2009

de Rosnay P., M. Drusch, A. Boone, G. Balsamo, B. Decharme, P. Harris, Y. Kerr, T. Pellarin, J. Polcher and J.-P. Wigneron, "The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Experiment coupled to the Community Microwave Emission Model: ALMIP-MEM", J. Geophys. Res., 114 doi:10.1029/2008JD010724, 2009

Pellarin T., J.P. Laurent, B. Cappelaere, B. Decharme, L. Descroix, D. Ramier, 2009 : Hydrological modelling and associated microwave emission of a semi-arid region in South-western Niger, Journal of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.12.003, 2009

Zribi M., M. Pardé, P. de Rosnay, F. Baup, N. Boulain, L. Descroix, T. Pellarin, E. Mougin, C. Ottlé, B. Decharme, "ERS Scatterometer surface soil moisture analysis of two sites in south and north of the Sahel region of West Africa" doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.11.046, J. of Hydrol., 2009

2008

Gruhier C., P. de Rosnay, Y. Kerr, E. Mougin, E. Ceschia, J.-C. Calvet, “Evaluation of AMSR-E soil moisture products based on ground soil moisture measurements over temperate and semi-arid regions”, Geophysical Research Letter, 35, doi:10.1029/2008GL03330, 2008

d'Orgeval T., J. Polcher, P. de Rosnay, "Sensitivity of the West African hydrological cycle in ORCHIDEE to infiltration processes", Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 1387-1401, 2008

Pellarin, T., A. Ali, F. Chopin, I. Jobard, J.-C. Bergès, 2008 : Using spaceborne surface soil moisture to constrain satellite precipitation estimates over West Africa. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 35, L02813, doi:10.1029/2007GL032243, 2008

2007

Baup F., E. Mougin, P. Hiernaux, A. Lopes, P. de Rosnay, I. Chênerie, \u201cRadar signatures of sahelian surfaces in Mali using ENVISAT-ASAR data\u201d, IEEE TGRS, pp2354-2363, doi: 10.1109/TGRS. 2007893824, 2007

Baup F., E. Mougin, P. de Rosnay, F. Timouk, I. Chênerie \u201cSurface soil moisture estimation over the AMMA Sahelian site in Mali using ENVISAT/ASAR data\u201d Remote sens Env., Vol 109(4), pp473-481, 2007

ECMWF Tech Memo:

De Rosnay, P., M. Drusch, A. Boone, G. Balsamo, B. Decharme, P. Harris, Y. Kerr, T. Pellarin, J. Polcher, J.-P. Wigneron, 2008: The AMA Land Surface Model Interco;parison Experiment coupled to the Community Microwave Emission Model: ALMIP-MEM, ECMWF Technical Memorandum 565, July 2008 (pdf)

Conferences and Workshop:

2009

de Rosnay P., Grippa M., Pellarin T., et al. The AMMA-CATCH Soil Moisture measurement Network in West Africa (pdf)

SMOS Validation and Retrieval Team (SVRT) Workshop, 11-13 March 2009, Lisbon, Portugal

Gruhier C., de Rosnay P., Kerr Y., Kergoat L., Evaluation of microwaves soil moisture products based on two years of ground measurements a Sahelian region (poster).

Grippa M., P. de Rosnay, T. Pellarin, C. Gruhier, F. Timouk, S. Galle, B. Cappelaere, J.
Demarty, C. Peugeot, M. Zribi, E. Mougin, L. Kergoat, F. Baup, Y. Kerr, T. Lebel: The AMMA-CATCH Soil Moisture measurement Network (poster)

2008

EGU:

de Rosnay P., A. Boone, M. Drusch, G. Balsamo, T. Pellarin, J.-P. Wigneron, EGU General Assembly; Vienna, 13-18 April 2008 «ALMIP-MEM: AMMA Land surface Models Inter-comparison Project - Microwave Emission Model

Gruhier C., P. de Rosnay, L. Kergoat, E. Mougin, EGU General Assembly; Vienna, 13-18 April 2008 Evaluation of soil moisture products from several sensors over a semi-arid region based on ground soil moisture measurements

Gruhier C., P. de Rosnay, Wigneron, J.-P., EGU General Assembly; Vienna, 13-18 April 2008 « Surface soil moisture retrieval based on brightness temperature from AMSR-E over a semi-arid region

IGARSS:

de Rosnay P., M. Drusch, J.-P. Wigneron, T. Holmes, G. Balsamo, A. Boone, C. Rüdiger, J.-C. Calvet, Y. Kerr, IGARRS IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, Boston, 6-11 July 2008 "Soil Moisture Remote Sensing for Numerical Weather Prediction: L-band and C-band Emission Modeling over Land Surfaces, the Community Microwave Emission Model (CMEM)"

Workshops:

International workshop on Microwave Remote Sensing for Land Hydrology , 20-22 October 2008, Oxnard, California, Pellarin T., de Rosnay P., Grippa M., Baup F., Boubkraoui S., Cappelaere B., Descroix L., Galle S., Gruhier C., Hiernaux P., Kergoat L., Laurent J.-P., LeDantec V., Mougin E., Sault-Piccard S., Timouk F., Vischel T., Zribi M. "Soil moisture measurements and microwave remote sensing in West Africa"

ESA-ECMWF SMOS progress meeting 1 st April 2008, ECMWF, de Rosnay P. et al. ALMIP-MEM Intercomparison and validation of multi-model approach with AMSR-E brightness temperatures

2007

AMMA conf:

de Rosnay, P., Boone, A., Drusch, M., Holmes, T., Wigneron, J.-P., Balsamo, G., Pellarin, T., AMMA 2nd International conference, Karlsruhe, Germany, 26-30 Nov 2007, Oral presentation: Modelling approach for remote sensing validation of ALMIP soil moisture products. The AMMA Land surface Models Inter-comparison Project - Microwave Emission Model (ALMIP-MEM)

Baup, F., Mougin, E., de Rosnay, P., Hiernaux, P., AMMA 2snd International conference, Karlsruhe, Germany, 26-30 Nov 2007, poster: Mapping surface soil moisture over the Malian mesoscale site by using ENVISAT ASAR data

Gruhier, C., P. de Rosnay, L. Kergoat, P. Richaume, Y. Kerr, E. Mougin, F. Timouk, AMMA 2snd International conference, Karlsruhe, Germany, 26-30 Nov 2007, poster presentation: Evaluation of AMSR soil moisture and Vegetation water content products based on ground soil moisture network measurements in Mali

AGU:

Gruhier, C., P. de Rosnay, P. Richaume, Y. Kerr, C. Rüdiger, G. Boulet, J.P. Walker, E. Mougin, E. Ceschia, J.-C. Calvet, AGU joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico, 22-25 May 2007 poster presentation: Large scale evaluation of AMSR soil moisture products based on ground soil moisture network measurements

EGU:

Gruhier, C., P. de Rosnay, P. Richaume, Y. Kerr, C. Rüdiger, J.P. Walker, E. Mougin, E. Ceschia, J.-C. Calvet, EGU General Assembly; Vienna, 15-20 April 2007. poster presentation: Large scale evaluation of AMSR soil moisture products based on ground soil moisture network measurements

2006

EGU:

de Rosnay P., Baup F., Timouk F., Le Dantec V., Kergoat L., Lavenu F., Mougin E., EGU General Assembly; Vienna, 2-7 April 2006. Poster presentation: "Multi-scale soil moisture monitoring in the Gourma meso scale site: from local station network to remote sensing approaches"

Baup F., Mougin E., de Rosnay P.. Timouk F., Lavenu F., Chenerie I., EGU General Assembly; Vienna, 2-7 April 2006. Poster presentation: "Surface soil moisture estimation of sahelian rangelands (Mali) using ENVISAT ASAR data"

Workshop:

AMMA workshop, Nov 2006, Toulouse France session organisation: Land surface, remote sensing and modelling de Rosnay et al., Soil Moisture Remote Sensing over the Gourma Mesoscale Site

2005

SMOS cal-val Workshop:

SMOS Validation and Retrieval Team, 1st meeting ; Avila, Spain, 21-24 November 2005. Presentation: de Rosnay et al. "Multiscale validation of SMOS brightness temperatures and products over West Africa: SMOS-AMMA"

5- Contacts (Top):

Principal Investigator: Manuela Grippa (Manuela.Grippa@cesbio.cnes.fr)

Other contacts:
Thierry Pellarin (thierry.pellarin@hmg.inpg.fr)
Patricia de Rosnay (Patricia.Rosnay@ecmwf.int)