SMOS rSIR-enhanced brightness temperature maps on Greenland and Antarctica, v1.0

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This dataset contains the twice-daily enhanced resolution brightness temperature (TB) maps from the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission on Greenland and Antarctica. Please read the README-TB.TXT file for more information.

creationAug 31, 2024revisionSep 22, 2024publicationSep 22, 2024
Temporal CoverageApr 1, 2010Mar 31, 2024

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The rSIR image reconstruction algorithm (Long and Daum, 1998; Long and Brodzik, 2016) was applied to SMOS L1C data (version 724) at 37.5°-42.5° incidence angle from 2010-04-01 to 2024-03-31. These maps were further used to derive SMOS melt (wet/dry) status on both ice sheets.

For more information, see the referenced preprint (Zeiger et al., 2024, https://cnrs.hal.science/hal-04623759, in review in RSE)

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