Research Lines
I VALIDATION OF LOW SPATIAL RESOLUTION EARTH OBSERVATION REMOTE SENSING DATA AND PRODUCTS. THE VALENCIA ANCHOR STATION
I.1 Validation Site Characterization
I.2 Development of validation methodologies
• I.2.1 Soil moisture content and vegetation water content
• I.2.2 Vegetation biophysical parameters (fraction of absorbed photosynthetic active radiation -fAPAR, terrestrial chlorophyll, leaf area index -LAI)
• I.2.3 Radiation (including cloud and aerosol effects)
II SOIL & VEGETATION (tbc)
III WATER STUDIES
III.1 Development of a reliable soil moisture network
III.2 Soil moisture upscaling and downscaling techniques
III.3 Impact of soil moisture on land surface - atmosphere interactions
III.4 Remote Sensing for Water Management Optimisation (RESEWAM-O)
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
V RADIATIVE BALANCE STUDIES (CERES, GERB, EarthCARE, SEVIRI)
V.1 top of the atmosphere, atmosphere, surface
V.2 clear sky, all sky
V.3 radiative transfer models