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**++Climatology from Satellites Group (GCS)++**
**++Research Lines++**
**I ''VALIDATION OF LOW SPATIAL RESOLUTION EARTH OBSERVATION REMOTE SENSING DATA AND PRODUCTS. THE VALENCIA ANCHOR STATION''**
**II ''SOIL & VEGETATION''** (tbc)
**III ''WATER STUDIES''**
**IV ''TERRESTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF GNSS-R, -IR''**
**V ''RADIATIVE BALANCE STUDIES (CERES, GERB, EarthCARE, SEVIRI)''**
**++[The Valencia Anchor Station https://tinyurl.com/yyzc4url]++**
**What is an ''ANCHOR STATION''**? (from Professor H.-J. Bolle † March 2013)
**Rationale**/
**Desirable measurements at ''Anchor Stations''**/
How Representative are the ''Valencia Anchor Stations'' measurements with respect to its surrounding meteorology?
**++Recent Research Projects++**
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**++Capacity Building & Professional Education in Earth Observation**++
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**IV ''TERRESTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF GNSS-R, -IR''**
IV.1 Intercomparison of different GNSS receivers
IV.2 Intercomparison of different configurations (Beidou, Galileo, GPS, GLONASS)
• IV.2.1 soil moisture
• IV.2.2 vegetation
SOMOSTA (SOil MOisture STAtion) Experiment (2014-2016): Intercomparison of L-Band GNSS-R and ELBARA-II passive radiometer soil moisture retrievals with in situ ground measurements at the Valencia Anchor Station. GNSS-R retrieved soil moisture is in good agreement with the soil moisture probes. Both L-band remote sensing techniques show the same variation tendency and are sensitive to the influence of precipitation (Cong et al., 2019)
SOMOSTA (SOil MOisture STAtion) Experiment (2018- ): Intercomparison of CHC_N72 and Trimble GNSS receivers as a previous step to intercomparing their respective soil moisture retrievals both under the different BeiDou, Galileo, GPS and GLONASS constellations (Lopez-Baeza et al., 2018)
Preliminary analysis of the variation pattern of the SNR registered at the RHCP antenna of the CHC-N72 receiver showing amplitudes and initial phases (Lopez-Baeza et al., 2018)
[Lopez-Baeza, Ernesto; Lei Yang, Mutian Han, Julian Tortola, Lili Jing, Cong Yin, Erika Albero, Jose Darrozes, Dongkai Yang, Natalia Garrido, Jose Luis Berne, Manuel Martin-Neira (2018): GNSS-IR Soil Moisture Retrieval at the Valencia Anchor Station . 7th Joint China-ESA GNSS-R Workshop, Beijing, China, 19 Nov 2018]
Results obtained over the successive locations of the CHC-N72 receiver at the Valencia Anchor Station (Yang et al., 2021)
[Lei Yang, Ernesto Lopez-Baeza, Zhouzhou Ma, Xuebao Hong, Dongkai Yang, Lili Jing, Fan Gao, Jose Darozzes (2021): GNSS-R Soil Moisture Inversion Using Robust Kalman Filter Model and Status Update at the Valencia Anchor Station. 10th Joint China-ESA GNSS-R Workshop, Beijing, China, Nov 17-19, 2021]
