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 Akbar8, Alexandra G Konings9, Kaighin A Mccoll10, Hamed Alemohammad10,11, Carsten Montzka12 and Harald Kunstmann13, (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, 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)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, (9)Stanford University, Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, United States, (10)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, (11)Radiant Earth Foundation, Washington, United States, (12)Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich 52428, Germany, (13)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
