The SMOS Mission: New Tool for Monitoring Key Elements ofthe Global Water Cycle

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  2010

• Venue

  Proceedings of the IEEE

• Publication date

  2010-04-12

• Fields of study

  Geography, Computer Science, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1109/JPROC.2010.2043032
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