@article{fdi:010081591,
  title = {{T}he {AACES} field experiments : {SMOS} calibration and validation across the {M}urrumbidgee {R}iver catchment},
  author = {{P}eischl, {S}. and {W}alker, {J}. {P}. and {R}udiger, {C}. and {Y}e, {N}. and {K}err, {Y}ann and {K}im, {E}. and {B}andara, {R}. and {A}llahmoradi, {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{F}ollowing the launch of the {E}uropean {S}pace {A}gency's {S}oil {M}oisture and {O}cean {S}alinity ({SMOS}) mission on 2 {N}ovember 2009, {SMOS} soil moisture products need to be rigorously validated at the satellite's approximately 45 km scale and disaggregation techniques for producing maps with finer resolutions tested. {T}he {A}ustralian {A}irborne {C}al/val {E}xperiments for {SMOS} ({AACES}) provide the basis for one of the most comprehensive assessments of {SMOS} data world-wide by covering a range of topographic, climatic and land surface variability within an approximately 500 x 100 km(2) study area, located in {S}outh-{E}ast {A}ustralia. {T}he {AACES} calibration and validation activities consisted of two extensive field experiments which were undertaken across the {M}urrumbidgee {R}iver catchment during the {A}ustralian summer and winter season of 2010, respectively. {T}he datasets include airborne {L}-band brightness temperature, thermal infrared and multi-spectral observations at 1 km resolution, as well as extensive ground measurements of near-surface soil moisture and ancillary data, such as soil temperature, soil texture, surface roughness, vegetation water content, dew amount, leaf area index and spectral characteristics of the vegetation. {T}his paper explains the design and data collection strategy of the airborne and ground component of the two {AACES} campaigns and presents a preliminary analysis of the field measurements including the application and performance of the {SMOS} core retrieval model on the diverse land surface conditions captured by the experiments.},
  keywords = {{AUSTRALIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{H}ydrology and {E}arth {S}ystem {S}ciences},
  volume = {16},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1697--1708},
  ISSN = {1027-5606},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.5194/hess-16-1697-2012},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081591},
}