Publications

• Kerr, Y. H. (1998). The SMOS Mission: MIRAS on RAMSES. A proposal to the call for Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission. Toulouse (F), CESBIO: 50p.

Mission

• Kerr, Y. H., P. Waldteufel, J. P. Wigneron, J. M. Martinuzzi, J. Font and M. Berger (2001). “Soil moisture retrieval from space: The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 39(8): 1729-1735.

• Waldteufel, P., J. Boutin and Y. Kerr (2003). “Selecting an optimal configuration for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity Mission.” Radio Science 38(3).

• Kerr Y., P. Waldteufel, J.-P. Wigneron, F. Cabot, J. Boutin, M.-J. Escorihuela, J. Font, N. Reul, C. Gruhier, S. Juglea, S. Delwart, M. Drinkwater, A. Hahne, M. Martin-Neira, S. Mecklenburg, “The SMOS mission: new tool for monitoring key elements of the global water cycle”, Proceedings of the IEEE, 98(5), 666-687, doi:10.1109/JPROC.2010.2043032, 2010.

Rationale

• Kerr, Y. H. (2007). “Soil moisture from space: Where are we?” Hydrogeology Journal 15(1): 117-120.

Modelling

• Kerr, Y. H. and E. G. Njoku (1990). “A Semiempirical Model For Interpreting Microwave Emission From Semiarid Land Surfaces As Seen From Space.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 28(3): 384-393.

• Wigneron, J. P., Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, K. Saleh, M. J. Escorihuela, P. Richaume, P. Ferrazzoli, P. de Rosnay, R. Gurney, J. C. Calvet, J. P. Grant, M. Guglielmetti, B. Hornbuckle, C. Matzler, T. Pellarin and M. Schwank (2007). “L-band Microwave Emission of the Biosphere (L-MEB) Model: Description and calibration against experimental data sets over crop fields.” Remote Sensing of Environment 107(4): 639-655.

• Escorihuela, M. J., Y. H. Kerr, P. de Rosnay, J. P. Wigneron, J. C. Calvet and F. Lemaitre (2007). “Simple model of the bare soil microwave emission at L-band.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 45(7): 1978-1987.

• Wigneron, J. P., A. Chanzy, Y. H. Kerr, H. Lawrence, J. C. Shi, M. J. Escorihuela, V. Mironov, A. Mialon, F. Demontoux, P. de Rosnay and K. Saleh-Contell (2011). “Evaluating an Improved Parameterization of the Soil Emission in L-MEB.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 49(4): 1177-1189.

• Schwank, M., J. P. Wigneron, E. Lopez-Baeza, I. Volksch, C. Matzler and Y. H. Kerr (2012). “L-Band Radiative Properties of Vine Vegetation at the MELBEX III SMOS Cal/Val Site.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1587-1601.

• Peischl, S., J. P. Walker, D. Ryu, Y. H. Kerr, R. Panciera and C. Rudiger (2012). “Wheat Canopy Structure and Surface Roughness Effects on Multiangle Observations at L-Band.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1498-1506.

Probing depth

• Raju, S., A. Chanzy, J. P. Wigneron, J. C. Calvet, Y. Kerr and L. Laguerre (1995). “Soil-Moisture And Temperature Profile Effects On Microwave Emission At Low-Frequencies.” Remote Sensing of Environment 54(2): 85-97.

• Holmes, T. R. H., P. de Rosnay, R. de Jeu, R. J. P. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, J. C. Calvet, M. J. Escorihuela, K. Saleh and F. Lemaitre (2006). “A new parameterization of the effective temperature for L band radiometry.” Geophysical Research Letters 33(7).

• Escorihuela, M. J., A. Chanzy, J. P. Wigneron and Y. H. Kerr (2010). “Effective soil moisture sampling depth of L-band radiometry: A case study.” Remote Sensing of Environment 114(5): 995-1001.

Topography impact

• Mialon, A., L. Coret, Y. H. Kerr, F. Secherre and J. P. Wigneron (2008). “Flagging the topographic impact on the SMOS signal.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 46(3): 689-694.

• Wigneron, J. P., T. Schmugge, A. Chanzy, J. C. Calvet and Y. Kerr (1998). “Use of passive microwave remote sensing to monitor soil moisture.” Agronomie 18(1): 27-43.
• Wigneron, J. P., P. Waldteufel, A. Chanzy, J. C. Calvet and Y. Kerr (2000). “Two-dimensional microwave interferometer retrieval capabilities over land surfaces (SMOS mission).” Remote Sensing of Environment 73(3): 270-282.
• Wigneron, J. P., J. C. Calvet, P. De Rosnay, Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, K. Saleh, M. J. Escorihuela and A. Kruszewski (2004). “Soil Moisture Retrievals From Biangular L-Band Passive Microwave Observations.” Ieee Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 1(4): 277-281.
• Saleh, K., Y. H. Kerr, P. Richaume, M. J. Escorihuela, R. Panciera, S. Delwart, G. Boulet, P. Maisongrande, J. P. Walker, P. Wursteisen and J. P. Wigneron (2009). “Soil moisture retrievals at L-band using a two-step inversion approach (COSMOS/NAFE’05 Experiment).” Remote Sensing of Environment 113(6): 1304-1312.
• Font, J., A. Camps, A. Borges, M. Martin-Neira, J. Boutin, N. Reul, Y. H. Kerr, A. Hahne and S. Mecklenburg (2010). “SMOS: The Challenging Sea Surface Salinity Measurement From Space.” Proceedings of the Ieee 98(5): 649-665.
• Kerr, Y. H., P. Waldteufel, P. Richaume, J. P. Wigneron, P. Ferrazzoli, A. Mahmoodi, A. Al Bitar, F. Cabot, C. Gruhier, S. E. Juglea, D. Leroux, A. Mialon and S. Delwart (2012). “The SMOS Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1384-1403

• CAL/VAL papers

• Gruhier, C., P. de Rosnay, S. Hasenauer, T. Holmes, R. de Jeu, Y. Kerr, E. Mougin, E. Njoku, F. Timouk, W. Wagner and M. Zribi (2010). “Soil moisture active and passive microwave products: intercomparison and evaluation over a Sahelian site.” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 14(1): 141-156.Ground instruments
• Al Bitar, A., D. Leroux, Y. H. Kerr, O. Merlin, P. Richaume, A. Sahoo and E. F. Wood (2012). “Evaluation of SMOS Soil Moisture Products Over Continental US Using the SCAN/SNOTEL Network.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1572-1586.
• Jackson, T. J., R. Bindlish, M. H. Cosh, T. J. Zhao, P. J. Starks, D. D. Bosch, M. Seyfried, M. S. Moran, D. C. Goodrich, Y. H. Kerr and D. Leroux (2012). “Validation of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Soil Moisture Over Watershed Networks in the U.S.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1530-1543.
• Albergel, C., P. de Rosnay, C. Gruhier, J. Munoz-Sabater, S. Hasenauer, L. Isaksen, Y. Kerr and W. Wagner (2012). “Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using global ground-based in situ observations.” Remote Sensing of Environment 118: 215-226.
• Bircher, S., J. E. Balling, N. Skou and Y. H. Kerr (2012). “Validation of SMOS Brightness Temperatures During the HOBE Airborne Campaign, Western Denmark.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1468-1482.

Campaigns

• de Rosnay, P., J. C. Calvet, Y. Kerr, J. P. Wigneron, F. Lemaitre, M. J. Escorihuela, J. M. Sabater, K. Saleh, J. L. Barrie, G. Bouhours, L. Coret, G. Cherel, G. Dedieu, R. Durbe, N. E. D. Fntz, F. Froissard, J. Hoedjes, A. Kruszewski, F. Lavenu, D. Suquia and P. Waldteufel (2006). “SMOSREX: A long term field campaign experiment for soil moisture and land surface processes remote sensing.” Remote Sensing of Environment 102(3-4): 377-389.

• Lemaitre, F., J. C. Poussiere, Y. H. Kerr, M. Dejus, R. Durbe, P. de Rosnay and J. C. Calvet (2004). “Design and test of the ground-based L-band radiometer for estimating water in soils (LEWIS).” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 42(8): 1666-1676.

• Mialon, A., J. P. Wigneron, P. de Rosnay, M. J. Escorihuela and Y. H. Kerr (2012). “Evaluating the L-MEB Model From Long-Term Microwave Measurements Over a Rough Field, SMOSREX 2006.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1458-1467.

• Schwank, M., J. P. Wigneron, E. Lopez-Baeza, I. Volksch, C. Matzler and Y. H. Kerr (2012). “L-Band Radiative Properties of Vine Vegetation at the MELBEX III SMOS Cal/Val Site.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1587-1601.

Applications

Hurricanes

Reul, N., J. Tenerelli, B. Chapron, D. Vandemark, Y. Quilfen and Y. Kerr (2012). “SMOS satellite L-band radiometer: A new capability for ocean surface remote sensing in hurricanes.” Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 117.

Interception

• Wigneron, J. P., J. C. Calvet and Y. Kerr (1996). “Monitoring water interception by crop fields from passive microwave observations.” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 80(2-4): 177-194.

Long time series

• Pellarin, T., J. P. Wigneron, J. C. Calvet, M. Berger, H. Douville, P. Ferrazzoli, Y. H. Kerr, E. Lopez-Baeza, J. Pulliainen, L. P. Simmonds and P. Waldteufel (2003). “Two-year global simulation of L-band brightness temperatures over land.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 41(9): 2135-2139.

• Pellenq, J., J. Kalma, G. Boulet, G. M. Saulnier, S. Wooldridge, Y. Kerr and A. Chehbouni (2003). “A disaggregation scheme for soil moisture based on topography and soil depth.” Journal of Hydrology 276(1-4): 112-127.

• Merlin, O., A. Al Bitar, J. P. Walker and Y. Kerr (2010). “An improved algorithm for disaggregating microwave-derived soil moisture based on red, near-infrared and thermal-infrared data.” Remote Sensing of Environment 114(10): 2305-2316.

• Merlin, O., C. Rudiger, A. Al Bitar, P. Richaume, J. P. Walker and Y. H. Kerr (2012). “Disaggregation of SMOS Soil Moisture in Southeastern Australia.” Ieee Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50(5): 1556-1571.