Description: Das Projekt "Global Monitoring of Soil Moisture for Water Hazards Assessment (GMSM)" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH (FFG). Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Wasserbau und Ingenieurhydrologie (E222).In the last few years significant progress towards operational soil moisture services based on spaceborne microwave sensors has been made. The first global soil moisture dataset derived from ERS-1/2 scatterometer measurements was released in 2002. The first near-real-time operational soil moisture service was started by EUMETSAT in May 2008 based on METOP ASCAT, which is the successor instrument of the ERS-1/2 scatterometer. Austria has made important contributions to these developments. The algorithms for retrieving soil moisture from the C-band scatterometers on board of ERS-1/2 and METOP have been developed by TU Wien. Within EUMETSAT& 8217; Satellite Application Facility in Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (Hydrology SAF) the Austrian meteorological service (ZAMG) coordinates the soil moisture activities and is responsible for building up operational services for value-added METOP ASCAT soil moisture products. The overall goal of the proposed project is to advance the use of soil moisture services based on METOP ASCAT and complementary satellite systems, most importantly SMOS and ENVISAT ASAR, by extending the Hydrology SAF products to Africa and Australia, carrying out extensive calibration and validation (Cal/Val) activities and by developing novel water hazards applications. The considered applications are weather forecasting, drought and yield monitoring, hydrologic prediction, epidemiological modelling, climate change, desertification monitoring and societal risks assessment.
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Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Kalibrierung ? Meteorologie ? Sensor ? Hochwasser ? Bodennutzung ? Gewässergefährdung ? Satellit ? Dürre ? Prognose ? Desertifikation ? Australien ? Flutwelle ? Wasserknappheit ? Epidemiologie ? Gewässergrund ? Klimamodell ? Monitoring ? Risikoanalyse ? Wettervorhersage ? Bodenfeuchte ? Wasser ? Modellierung ? Afrika ? Satellitenfernerkundung ? Globale Aspekte ? Katastrophe ? Klimawandel ? Soziale Aspekte ? Wasserwirtschaft ? Risikobewertung ? Hydrologie ? METOP ASCAT ? SMOS ? ENVISAT ASAR ? Validierung ? Naturgefahren und Naturrisiken ?
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Englisch/English
Time ranges: 2009-04-01 - 2012-01-30
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