ESA's SMOS water mission goes live

ESA's SMOS satellite completed its six-month commissioning this week and formally began operational life. This milestone means the mission is now set to provide much-needed global images of soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the water cycle.

Contact information	n/a
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/smos/SEMD97U889G_0.html
Source of information	ESA
Keyword(s)	SMOS, water cycle
Subject(s)	HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID
Geographical coverage	EU
News date	21/05/2010
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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