We are pleased to release the latest version of the cloud-free BEC L4 soil moisture at 1 km over Europe. The L4 soil moisture v4 maps are produced from the synergy of:
- SMOS L1C brightness temperature,
- European Center for Medium Weather Forecast (ECMWF) land surface temperature (LST),
- Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI).
The downscaling technique uses the BEC L3 soil moisture v3 as benchmark.
A detailed explanation of the downscaling algorithm and the resulting product is included in BEC Land Products Description