Scientists from CCI Soil Moisture project contribute to the latest BAMS special issue

The latest Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) includes contributions from researchers active in the CCI Soil Moisture project. From page 30 to 34 they provide an overview of the state of soil moisture for 2011 and explain the ECV merging strategy for active and passive soil moisture data. The report is available for download from the BAMS publication site.

References:

De Jeu, R, W. Dorigo, R. Parinussa, W. Wagner and D. Chung (2012) Soil Moisture, State of the Climate in 2011, Special supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 93, No.7, S30-S34.
 
De Jeu, R, W Dorigo, R. Parinussa, W. Wagner, Y Liu, D. Chung and D. Fernandez-Prieto (2012) Sidebar 2.2: Building a climate record of soil moisture from historical satellite observations, State of the Climate in 2011, Special supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 93, No.7, S32-S33.