The EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility (SAF) on support to operational hydrology and water management (H - SAF) was established by the EUMETSAT Council in July 2005 and the Development phase started on 1st September 2005.
H - SAF membership includes 12 EUMETSAT member or cooperating States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey) and ECMWF. The H - SAF is hosted by the Italian Met Service.
In the framework of the H - SAF the interest for new satellite products focuses on:
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ECMWF is a contributor to the core soil moisture product and is represented in the H - SAF Steering Group and the Project Team.
Visiting Scientist reports:
- Gruhier C., Albergel C., de Rosnay P., Hasenauer S., Zeiner B., 2010: "Comparison between H - SAF large scale surface soil moisture, H - SAF assimilated soil moisture and SMOS level 2 soil moisture". (H - SAF_CDOP_VS11_02.pdf)
- Pellarin T., de Rosnay P., Albergel C., Abdalla S., Al Bitar A., 2013: "Root-zone soil moisture index complementary validation at global scale based on triple collocation method. Comparison with State-Of-The-Art global scale root-zone soil moisture products." (H - SAF_CDOP2_VS12_02.pdf)
ECMWF H - SAF products:
- SM-DAS-2 (H14): ASCAT near-real-time root zone soil wetness index product description and previews
- Presentation of SM-DAS-2, SM-DAS-3 (H27/H140): ASCAT root zone soil wetness index data record product description and previewsand future H SAF root-zone soil moisture products
- How to read and plot SM-DAS-2 and SM-DAS-3
- SM-DAS-2 / H14 documentation:
- Product User Manual (SAF_HSAF_PUM-14.pdf)
- Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (SAF_HSAF_ATBD-14_0_2.pdf)
- Product Validation Report (SAF_HSAF_PVR-14.pdf)
- Data Output Format (SAF_HSAF_DOF_H14_v1.2.pdf)