Joint assimilation of SMOS brightness temperature and GRACE terrestrial water storage observations for improved soil moisture estimation

Manuela Girotto, University of California Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States, Rolf H Reichle, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Gabrielle J.M. De Lannoy, KU Leuven, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Leuven, Belgium and Matthew Rodell, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Sciences Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States