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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**
2008
2007
2006
2005
2003
2002
**++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**
2011
2010
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
**Projects**
**EarthCARE (''Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer'')**
**Publications**
2012
2011
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
2001
**Projects**
**GERB (''Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget'')**/
**Publications**
2011
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2000
**Projects**
**CERES (''Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System'')**/
**Publications**
2012
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2000
**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++**/
2014
2013
2012
2008
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**Airborne Operations during the SMOS Validation Rehearsal Campaign (Tauriainen, 2008)**
The flight measurements will be performed using the TKK Short Skyvan research aircraft. The payload for the SMOS Validation Rehearsal campaign will consist of the following instruments:
� L-band radiometer EMIRAD provided by the Technical University of Denmark (TUD)
� HUT-2D L-band imaging interferometric radiometer provided by TKK
� PARIS GPS reflectrometry system provided by IEEC
� IR sensor provided by the Finnish Institute of Maritime Research (FIMR)
� a low resolution digital video camera
Skyvan and its payload
Skyvan transit from Valencia Airport to the Valencia Anchor Station site and operations
Flight lines over the study area including operational and forthcoming stations:
■ VAS
� SM stations (operative)
o SM stations (to be deployed)/
Flight measurements over the VAS site should be followed by sea water measurements for instrument calibration. Therefore the flight should be extended before landing at the Valencia airport to cover a short track over the Mediterranean. The Valencia buoy from the Spanish Port System (Puertos del Estado) could be of interest (tbc)
The Skyvan will be kept at the
Air Nostrum facilities
in the Valencia Manises Airport (see Google location)