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National Partners:
In the context of SMOS data processing (Level 2, Level 3 CATDS), we are strongly collaborating with the following national teams:
1. Centre d'Etude Spatiales de la BIOsphère (CESBIO)
The principal investigator of the SMOS mission is Yann Kerr Head of the CESBIO. We closely collaborate with his team on SMOS data processing from level 1 to 3 & 4 (CATDS).
Yann KERR
Director of CESBIO, Principal Investigator on the SMOS project
Address:CESBIO (CNES/CNRS/UPS/IRD),
18, avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France Phone (+33) 5 61 55 85 22 Fax (+33) 5 61 55 85 00 E-mail yann.kerr@cesbio.cnes.fr
2. Laboratoire d'océanographie et du Climat:Expérimentation et Approches Numétriques (LOCEAN) In the context of SMOS mission, we work closely with the teams of Dr Jacqueline Boutin and Dr Gilles Reverdin. Jaqueline is responsible for one of the three ESA SMOS Level 2 Expert Support Laboratory and she is member of the CATDS scientific pilot group. Gilles brings his oceanographer expertise for SSS in situ data analysis. In particular, LOCEAN contributes to the GLOSCAL project by deploying numerous surface drifters and provide the community with their qualified data for the cal/val activities of SMOS. As well, IPSL as organised the french SMOS cal/val campaign flights CAROLS. As well, we started to exchange with Jerôme Vialard who is specialist in Air-sea interactions in the tropical oceans, with emphasis on the Indian Ocean.
3. Laboratoire d'Etude en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale (LEGOS) Dr Thierry Delcroix is in charge of an "SSS Observation Service" that aims at collecting, validating, archiving and distributing in situ SSS measurements derived from Voluntary Observing Ship programs. He is a specialist of SSS in the Tropical Pacific, participate to the GLOSCAL project and is also member of the CATDS scientific pilot group. The SSS Observation Service has an "Observatoire de Recherche en Environnement" (ORE) label. It also represents the French contribution to the international Global Ocean Surface Underway Data (GOSUD) program. As well, we have collaborations with Fabien Durand, in particular with respect SSS in the Indian Ocean and the Bengale bay. Thierry DELCROIX
Directeur de Recherche, IRD
Mailing address : LEGOS, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
Tel: 00-33 -5-61-33-30-01 - Fax: 00-33-5-61-25-32-05 E-mail: Thierry.Delcroix @ legos.obs-mip.fr 4. Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS) We collaborate with LATMOS (Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales) laboratory (Danièle Hauser & G. Caudal) for the CAL/VAL of SMOS and the developement of electromagnetic models for L-band sea surface emissivity. In particular, LATMOS is in charge of the CAROLS (Cooperative airborne radiometer for ocean and land studies) campaigns, one of the french ocean cal/val activity for SMOS. Danièle HAUSER 01 80 28 50 23 daniele.hauser@upmc.frAdresse physique 11 Boulevard d'Alembert 78280 Guyancourt et Tour 45-46,3e-4e étage UPMC 4, Place Jussieu 75005 Paris 5. Laboratoire de Physique des Océans (LPO/IFREMER) Providing reliable in situ surface temperature and salinity data over the world ocean within short delays is critical for the calibration and validation of SMOS. In situ data are used to set quality flags of the satellite data and they are needed to improve the algorithms and monitor potential sensor errors. The SMOS calval project GLOSCAL contributes to the in-situ array and produces global validated datasets and gridded fields of sea surface salinity and temperature. Fabienne Gaillard with the collaboration from Emilie Brion is in charge of the GLOSCAL project. Fabienne GAILLARD IFREMER/LPO BREST Tél : 02 98 22 42 88 (N° interne : 4288) Fax : 02 98 22 44 96 E-mail : Fabienne.Gaillard@ifremer.fr Internationnal Partners: 6. Institut de Cièncias del Mar/ Barcelona Expertise Center (ICM/CSIC-BEC) Jordi Font is co-PI of SMOS mission and head of the Barcelona Expertise Center, Expert support Lab on SMOS level 2 and host the CP3/4, the spanish Level 3 & 4 ground segment. Jordi FONT Institut de Ciencies del Mar Email: jfont@icm.csic.es CMIMA - CSIC http://www.icm.csic.es Dept. Physical Oceanography Tel: +34 93 230 95 12/00 Passeig Maritim, 37-49 Fax: +34 93 230 95 55 08003 Barcelona 7. UNIVERSITAT POLITÉCNICA DE CATALUNYA (UPC) Adriano Camps is a specialist of interferometry and radiometry, he actively participated to SMOs mission preparation and his team contributes to the BEC. Adriano J. CAMPS Carmona Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Signal Theory and Communications Department Campus Nord UPC D4-016 C/Jordi Girona, 1-3 08034 Barcelona (Spain) camps@tsc.upc.edu Phone1: (+34) 934054153 Phone2: (+34) Fax: (+34) 934017232 8. Coastal Ocean Observing Center at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Doug VANDEMARK and Joe Salisbury University of New Hampshire 9. Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center Johnny A. JOHANNESSEN
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