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SMOS - ESA's water mission
Laptev Sea ice thickness from SMOS
SMOS versatility offers sea ice mapping
 
20 December 2011   ESA’s SMOS mission is proving to be extremely versatile. Not only does this pioneering satellite offer crucial data on soil moisture and ocean salinity, but it can also map the thickness of ice floating in the polar seas.
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Frozen soil, 26 November 2010 and 2011
SMOS detects freezing soil as winter takes grip
 
14 December 2011   ESA’s SMOS satellite is designed to observe soil moisture and ocean salinity, but this innovative mission is showing that it can also offer new insight into Earth’s carbon and methane cycles by mapping soil as it freezes and thaws.
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7 December 2011   SMOS maps Europe’s dry autumn soils
2 December 2011   Antarctic ice sheet assures SMOS accuracy
22 August 2011   Accolade for water mission technology
22 July 2011   Horn of Africa drought seen from space
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