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Global Monitoring of Soil Moisture for Water Hazards Assessment (GMSM)

Project Leader

Eitzinger Josef, BOKU Project Leader

Duration:

01.04.2009-30.01.2012

Programme:

Austrian Space Programme

Type of Research

Applied Research

Project partners

ARC systems research, Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220 Wien, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

GeoVille Earth observation & GIS applications, Innsbruck, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Technical University Vienna, Institute for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Gußhausstraße 27-29, A-1040 Wien, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Technical University Vienna, Institute of Hydraulics and Water Management, Karlsplatz 13/223, A-1040 Wien, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Universität Salzburg, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, A-1210 Wien, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Hohe Warte 38, 1190 Wien, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Staff

Kubu Gerhard, Project Staff

BOKU Research Units

Institute of Meteorology and Climatology

Funded by

Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Sensengasse 1, 1090 Wien, Austria

Abstract

The overall goal of the proposed project is to advance the use of soil
moisture services based on METOP ASCAT and complementary satellite systems, most importantly SMOS and ENVISAT ASAR, by extending the Hydrology SAF products to Africa and Australia, carrying out extensive calibration and validation (Cal/Val) activities
and by developing novel water hazards applications. The considered applications are
weather forecasting, drought and yield monitoring, hydrologic prediction, epidemiological
modelling, climate change, desertification monitoring and societal risks assessment.

Keywords

climatology; meteorology; hydrology; water supply; groundwater management; irrigation;