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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 50, 5 (2012) 1427-1439
SMOS radio frequency interference scenario : status and actions taken to improve the RFI environment in the 1400-1427-MHz passive band
R. Oliva ( ) 1, E. Daganzo-Eusebio 2, Y.H. Kerr 3, S. Mecklenburg 4, S. Nieto 1, P. Richaume 3, Claire Gruhier 3
(2012)

The European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is perturbed by radio frequency interferences (RFIs) that jeopardize part of its scientific retrieval in certain areas of the world, particularly over continental areas in Europe, Southern Asia, and the Middle East. Areas affected by RFImight experience data loss or underestimation of soilmoisture and ocean salinity retrieval values. To alleviate this situation, the SMOS team has put strategies in place that, one year after launch, have already improved the RFI situation in Europe where half of the sources have been successfully localized and switched off.
1:  Agence Spatiale Européenne (ESA)
ESA
2:  European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)
ESA - European Space Agency
3:  Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère (CESBIO)
CNRS : UMR5126 – Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] – CNES – Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées – INSU – Université Paul Sabatier [UPS] - Toulouse III
4:  European State Research Institute (ESRIN)
ESA
Life Sciences/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems

Environmental Sciences/Environmental Engineering
L-band radiometry – radio frequency interferences (RFIs) – satellite remote sensing – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission.
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