User workshop and 4th progress meeting held in Noordwijk

A Soil Moisture User workshop was held from 28th to 29th April 2016 at the premises of ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, following a two day progress meeting of the CCI Soil Moisture team (PM 4).

The goals of the workshop were to update key users on the latest status and future plans, provide hands-on information about the EODC facilities and its role within the CCI, support cross ECV activities and learn from  experiences to further improve the dataset. The research interests of the 25 workshop participants that came from the U.S., China and Europe cover most of the GEO societal benefit areas with a focus on climate, water, agriculture, disasters and weather. The outcomes of the workshop and user feedback will be taken into account for future product updates.