A data-driven and physics-based single-pass retrieval of active-passive microwave covariation and vegetation parameters for the SMAP mission
Thomas Jagdhuber1, Narendra N Das2, Dara Entekhabi3, Martin Baur4,5, Moritz Link5,6, Maria Piles7, Ruzbeh Akbar3, Alexandra G Konings8, Kaighin A Mccoll9, Hamed Alemohammad9,10, Carsten Montzka11 and Harald Kunstmann12, (1)Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Water and Carbon Cycle Group, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)University of Augsburg, Geography, Augsburg, Germany, (5)German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Microwaves and Radar Institute, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (6)Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Geography, Munich, Germany, (7)SMOS Barcelona Expert Center, Barcelona, Spain, (8)Stanford University, Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, United States, (9)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, (10)Radiant Earth Foundation, Washington, United States, (11)Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich 52428, Germany, (12)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
