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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | SMOS Mission Oceanographic Data Exploitation |
| Research Area | Water |
| Project Acronym | SMOS |
| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Brian Ward (IE); Anneke Ten Doeschate |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.27905, -9.05795 |
| Lead Funding Entity | COST |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 14/01/2011 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 31/05/2015 |
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| Project Keywords | Oceanographic data; European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS); Sea Surface Salinity maps; Data availability |
| Project Abstract | This COST Action aims at coordinating the European studies concerning the oceanographic data exploitation of the European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite mission. Recently launched in November 2009, SMOS will provide for the first time Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) maps over the oceans. The monitoring of ocean salinity, a variable of renowned importance in the broader scientific context of the climate change analysis, underlines the European relevance of the Action. The overall goal targeted by the network is the synergy of the European efforts in the interpretation of the measurements and their applications, profiting from the imminent availability of SMOS data. This COST Action will coordinate European teams working on two major research areas. The first one will focus on the improvement and development of SMOS-derived data products. The second will assess the added value of such products in operational oceanography, process and climate studies. This Action is the ideal framework to capitalize the often fragmented efforts of the identified experts working in these research areas. |