SMOS radio frequency interference scenario : status and actions taken to improve the RFI environment in the 1400-1427-MHz passive band Oliva R. auteur aut IRD Daganzo-Eusebio E. auteur aut IRD Kerr Yann auteur aut IRD Mecklenburg S. auteur aut IRD Nieto S. auteur aut IRD Richaume P. auteur aut IRD Gruhier C. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng The European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is perturbed by radio frequency interferences (RFIs) that jeopardize part of its scientific retrieval in certain areas of the world, particularly over continental areas in Europe, Southern Asia, and the Middle East. Areas affected by RFI might experience data loss or underestimation of soil moisture and ocean salinity retrieval values. To alleviate this situation, the SMOS team has put strategies in place that, one year after launch, have already improved the RFI situation in Europe where half of the sources have been successfully localized and switched off. specialized L-band radiometry radio frequency interferences (RFIs) satellite remote sensing Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission 020 126 IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50 5 1427-1439 2012 0196-2892 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00008799 10.1109/tgrs.2012.2182775 0196-2892 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/PAR00008799 IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2012-06-01 2017-08-23 PAR00008799 fre