Five years of soil moisture, ocean salinity and beyond
Paris (ESA) Nov 05, 2014 - ESA's SMOS satellite has clocked up more than one billion kilometers orbiting Earth to improve our understanding of our planet's water cycle. Marking its fifth birthday, all the data collected over land and ocean have been drawn together to show how moisture in the soil and salinity in the ocean change over the year. The Earth Explorer SMOS mission was launched on 2 November 2009 from Ples ... more

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