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Definition

AGB

Above Ground Biomass

CATDS

Centre Aval de Traitement des Données SMOS, french processing centre dedicated to SMOS L3 and L4 products

CEC

CATDS Expertise Centre, which are are the scientific-side of the CATDS

CEC-OS

CATDS Expertise Centre dedicated to Ocean Salinity, and more generally to products over Ocean

CEC-SM

CATDS Expertise Centre dedicated to Soil Moisture, and more generally to products over Land

CESBIO

Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère, the french laboratory in charge of the CEC-SM

CPDC

CATDS Processing and Dissemination Centre, the CATDS facility which routinely produce and disseminate L3 and L4 products

CNES

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, the french space agency

DPGS

Data Processing Ground Segment, the ESA facility in charge of the SMOS L1 and L2 products

ESA

European Space Agency

IFREMER

Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer, the french institute in charge of the CPDC

LOCEAN

Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques, the french laboratory in charge of the CEC-OS

LOPS

Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, a french laboratory involved in the CEC-OS

OS

Ocean Salinity

SM

Soil Moisture

SMAP

Soil Moisture Active and Passive, name of an US satellite which acquire data similar to SMOS

SMOS

Soil Moisture & Ocean Salinity, name of the satellite

TB

Brightness Temperature

VOD

Vegetation Optical Depth