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2013
December
**++Teaching Subjects++**
Postgraduate Course on ''New Observation and Watching Systems in Meteorology and Climatology''
**Some Teaching Publications**
**++Research Lines++**
**''I Validation of low spatial resolution remote sensing data and products (GERB, SMOS, EPS/MetOp, SMAP)''**
**''II Radiative balance studies (GERB, CERES, SEVIRI, EarthCARE)''**
**''III Soil moisture from passive microwaves (SMOS)''**
**++Valencia & Alacant Anchor Stations++**
**What is an ''ANCHOR STATION''**? (from Professor H.-J. Bolle)/
**Rationale**/
**Desirable measurements at ''Anchor Stations''**/
How Representative are the ''Alacant and the Valencia Anchor Stations'' Measurements of their Respective Surrounding Meteorology?
Proposal for a ''Water Cycle Observatory'': The VALENCIA and the ALACANT ANCHOR STATIONS, Meteorological Reference Stations for Remote Sensing Data and Products
**Publications**
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**++Involvement in Satellite Earth Observation Missions++**
**SMOS (''Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity'')**/
**SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign Activities at the Valencia Anchor Station**
**Scientific Team**
**Purpose**
**Activities
**SM Measurements**
**Vegetation Measurements**
**Soil texture**
**Airborne Operations during the SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign (Tauriainen, 2008)**
**Modelling**
**Publications**
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**Projects**
**EarthCARE (''Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer'')**
**Publications**
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**Projects**
**GERB (''Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget'')**/
**Publications**
2011
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**Projects**
**CERES (''Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System'')**/
**Publications**
2012
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**Projects**
**EPS/MetOp (''EUMETSAT Polar System / MetOp'')**/
**Publications**
**Projects**
**++Other Significant Research Projects and Contracts++**
**Publications**
**++Field Campaigns++**
**++Supervision of Research Academic Work++**
**++Selected Significant Publications++**
**++Photographic Album: A Sample++**/
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**Vegetation Measurements**
From our detailed vegetation map (generated at 1:2000 scale), vegetation over the 10 x 10 km2 area shows a scarce diversity of vegetation species. Within the area, the major vegetation uses are vineyard, almond- and olive-trees, coniferous forests, matorral shrubs (Thymus vulgaris, Rosmarinus officinalis, Quercus coccifera, Genista scorpius, Ulex parviflorus, Ramnus licioides, Stipa tenacissima, Juniperus communis), and very very scarce areas of cereals (Zea mays and Avena sativa).
Vegetation parameter sampling is not needed to be too intensive. However, accurate estimation of vegetation stage should be achieved through simple measurements over well chosen areas:
� Vegetation height
� Phenologic stage (number of leaves in vineyards/plant, etc) in some fields
� Digital photographs giving general information on the phenology (in orchards)
� LAI measurements in shrubs and matorral areas
� Alometric parameter sampling in tree areas to relate plant dimensions to vegetation characteristics which are required as inputs for the retrieval models
� Vegetation water content sampling
LAI and FVC maps over the area (August 2006, courtesy of EOLAB)
For each of the dominant vegetation types, the sampling to be performed will consist of: branches and leaves of almond, olive, Holm Oak and pine trees, and complete individuals of shrubs. In these samples we will measure all the dimensional parameters and laboratory analysis to estimate biomass.