SMOS Pilot-Mission Exploitation Platform (Pi-MEP): A hub for validation and exploitation of ESA SMOS Sea Surface Salinity data

Roberto Sabia, Telespazio-Vega for European Space Agency, Frascati, Italy, Reul Nicolas, IFREMER, Plouzané, France, Sebastien Guimbard, IFREMER, France, Susanne Mecklenburg, European Space Agency, Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes, Villanueva De La Can, Spain and Henri Laur, European Space Agency/ESRIN, EO Ground Segment and Mission Operations Department, Frascati, Italy