M. Drusch, Initializing numerical weather prediction models with satellite-derived surface soil moisture: Data assimilation experiments with ECMWF's Integrated Forecast System and the TMI soil moisture data set, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol.7, issue.10, p.3102, 2007.
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H. Douville and F. Chauvin, Relevance of soil moisture for seasonal climate predictions: a preliminary study, Climate Dynamics, vol.16, issue.10-11, pp.10-11, 2000.
DOI : 10.1007/s003820000080

Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, J. Wigneron, S. Delwart, F. Cabot et al., The SMOS Mission: New Tool for Monitoring Key Elements ofthe Global Water Cycle, Proc. IEEE, pp.666-687, 2010.
DOI : 10.1109/JPROC.2010.2043032

D. Entekhabi, E. Njoku, P. E. Neill, K. Kellogg, W. Crow et al., The soil moisture active passive (smap) mission, Proc. IEEE, pp.704-716, 2010.

Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, J. Wigneron, J. Martinuzzi, J. Font et al., Soil moisture retrieval from space: the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.39, issue.8, pp.1729-1735, 2001.
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M. Owe, R. De-jeu, and J. Walker, A methodology for surface soil moisture and vegetation optical depth retrieval using the microwave polarization difference index, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.39, issue.8, pp.1643-1654, 2001.
DOI : 10.1109/36.942542

E. Njoku, T. Jackson, V. Lakshmi, T. Chan, and S. Nghiem, Soil moisture retrieval from AMSR-E, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.41, issue.2, pp.215-229, 2003.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808243

L. Li, P. Gaiser, B. Gao, R. Bevilacqua, T. Jackson et al., WindSat Global Soil Moisture Retrieval and Validation, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.48, issue.5, pp.2224-2241, 2010.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2037749

V. Naeimi, K. Scipal, Z. Bartalis, and S. H. Wagner, An Improved Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm for ERS and METOP Scatterometer Observations, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.47, issue.7, pp.1999-2013, 2009.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2011617

A. A. Bitar, D. Leroux, Y. Kerr, O. Merlin, P. Richaume et al., Evaluation of SMOS Soil Moisture Products Over Continental U.S. Using the SCAN/SNOTEL Network, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.50, issue.5, pp.1572-1586, 2012.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2186581

J. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, K. Saleh, M. Escorihuela et al., L-band Microwave Emission of the Biosphere (L-MEB) Model: Description and calibration against experimental data sets over crop fields, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.107, issue.4, pp.639-655, 2007.
DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2006.10.014

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00387991

Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, P. Richaume, J. Wigneron, P. Ferrazzoli et al., The SMOS Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.50, issue.5, pp.1384-1403, 2012.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2184548

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00677899

V. Masson, J. Champeau, F. Chauvin, C. Meriguet, and R. Lacaze, A Global Database of Land Surface Parameters at 1-km Resolution in Meteorological and Climate Models, Journal of Climate, vol.16, issue.9, pp.1261-1282, 2003.
DOI : 10.1175/1520-0442-16.9.1261

D. Carr, R. Kahn, K. Sahr, and T. Olsen, Isea discrete global grids, Stat. Comput. Stat. Graph. Newlett, vol.8, pp.2-3, 1997.

W. Wagner, G. Lemoine, and H. Rott, A Method for Estimating Soil Moisture from ERS Scatterometer and Soil Data, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.70, issue.2, pp.191-207, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00036-X

C. Gruhier, P. De-rosnay, Y. Kerr, E. Mougin, E. Ceschia et al., Evaluation of AMSR-E soil moisture product based on ground measurements over temperate and semi-arid regions, Geophysical Research Letters, vol.16, issue.10, p.10405, 2008.
DOI : 10.1029/2008GL033330

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/ird-00413233

C. Rudiger, J. C. Calvet, C. Gruhier, T. Holmes, R. De-jeu et al., An Intercomparison of ERS-Scat and AMSR-E Soil Moisture Observations with Model Simulations over France, Journal of Hydrometeorology, vol.10, issue.2, pp.431-447, 2009.
DOI : 10.1175/2008JHM997.1

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/ird-00394903

C. Draper, J. Walker, P. Steinle, R. De-jeu, and T. Holmes, An evaluation of AMSR???E derived soil moisture over Australia, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.113, issue.4, pp.703-710, 2009.
DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2008.11.011

C. Gruhier, P. De-rosnay, S. Hasenauer, T. Holmes, R. De-jeu et al., Soil moisture active and passive microwave products: intercomparison and evaluation over a Sahelian site, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol.14, issue.1, pp.141-156, 2010.
DOI : 10.5194/hess-14-141-2010

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00463919

T. Jackson, M. Cosh, R. Bindlish, P. Starks, D. Bosch et al., Validation of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Soil Moisture Products, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.48, issue.12, pp.4256-4272, 2010.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2051035

C. Matzler, Passive microwave signatures of landscapes in winter, Meteorol. Atmospheric Phys, vol.54, pp.1-4, 1994.

R. Armstrong and M. Brodzik, A twenty year record of global snow cover fluctuations derived from passive microwave remote sensing data, Proc. 5th Conf. Polar Meteorol. Oceanography, pp.113-117, 1999.

T. Jackson, Profile soil moisture from space measurements, J. Irrigat. Drainage Divis., ASCE, vol.106, pp.81-92, 1980.

C. Albergel, C. Rüdiger, D. Carrer, J. Calvet, N. Fritz et al., An evaluation of ASCAT surface soil moisture products with in-situ observations in Southwestern France, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol.13, issue.2, pp.115-124, 2009.
DOI : 10.5194/hess-13-115-2009

R. Oliva, E. Daganzo-eusebio, Y. Kerr, S. Mecklenburg, S. Nieto et al., SMOS Radio Frequency Interference Scenario: Status and Actions Taken to Improve the RFI Environment in the 1400–1427-MHz Passive Band, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.50, issue.5, pp.1427-1439, 2012.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2182775

C. Albergel, P. De-rosnay, C. Gruhier, J. Munoz-sabater, S. H. Isaksen et al., Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using global ground-based in situ observations, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.118, pp.215-226, 2012.
DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.017

M. Drusch, Initializing numerical weather prediction models with satellite-derived surface soil moisture: Data assimilation experiments with ECMWF's Integrated Forecast System and the TMI soil moisture data set, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol.7, issue.10, p.3102, 2007.
DOI : 10.1029/2006JD007478

H. Douville and F. Chauvin, Relevance of soil moisture for seasonal climate predictions: a preliminary study, Climate Dynamics, vol.16, issue.10-11, pp.10-11, 2000.
DOI : 10.1007/s003820000080

Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, J. Wigneron, S. Delwart, F. Cabot et al., The SMOS Mission: New Tool for Monitoring Key Elements ofthe Global Water Cycle, Proc. IEEE, pp.666-687, 2010.
DOI : 10.1109/JPROC.2010.2043032

D. Entekhabi, E. Njoku, P. E. Neill, K. Kellogg, W. Crow et al., The soil moisture active passive (smap) mission, Proc. IEEE, pp.704-716, 2010.

Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, J. Wigneron, J. Martinuzzi, J. Font et al., Soil moisture retrieval from space: the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.39, issue.8, pp.1729-1735, 2001.
DOI : 10.1109/36.942551

M. Owe, R. De-jeu, and J. Walker, A methodology for surface soil moisture and vegetation optical depth retrieval using the microwave polarization difference index, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.39, issue.8, pp.1643-1654, 2001.
DOI : 10.1109/36.942542

E. Njoku, T. Jackson, V. Lakshmi, T. Chan, and S. Nghiem, Soil moisture retrieval from AMSR-E, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.41, issue.2, pp.215-229, 2003.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808243

L. Li, P. Gaiser, B. Gao, R. Bevilacqua, T. Jackson et al., WindSat Global Soil Moisture Retrieval and Validation, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.48, issue.5, pp.2224-2241, 2010.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2037749

V. Naeimi, K. Scipal, Z. Bartalis, and S. H. Wagner, An Improved Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm for ERS and METOP Scatterometer Observations, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.47, issue.7, pp.1999-2013, 2009.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2011617

A. A. Bitar, D. Leroux, Y. Kerr, O. Merlin, P. Richaume et al., Evaluation of SMOS Soil Moisture Products Over Continental U.S. Using the SCAN/SNOTEL Network, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.50, issue.5, pp.1572-1586, 2012.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2186581

J. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, K. Saleh, M. Escorihuela et al., L-band Microwave Emission of the Biosphere (L-MEB) Model: Description and calibration against experimental data sets over crop fields, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.107, issue.4, pp.639-655, 2007.
DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2006.10.014

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-00387991

Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, P. Richaume, J. Wigneron, P. Ferrazzoli et al., The SMOS Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.50, issue.5, pp.1384-1403, 2012.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2184548

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00677899

V. Masson, J. Champeau, F. Chauvin, C. Meriguet, and R. Lacaze, A Global Database of Land Surface Parameters at 1-km Resolution in Meteorological and Climate Models, Journal of Climate, vol.16, issue.9, pp.1261-1282, 2003.
DOI : 10.1175/1520-0442-16.9.1261

D. Carr, R. Kahn, K. Sahr, and T. Olsen, Isea discrete global grids, Stat. Comput. Stat. Graph. Newlett, vol.8, pp.2-3, 1997.

W. Wagner, G. Lemoine, and H. Rott, A Method for Estimating Soil Moisture from ERS Scatterometer and Soil Data, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.70, issue.2, pp.191-207, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00036-X

C. Gruhier, P. De-rosnay, Y. Kerr, E. Mougin, E. Ceschia et al., Evaluation of AMSR-E soil moisture product based on ground measurements over temperate and semi-arid regions, Geophysical Research Letters, vol.16, issue.10, p.10405, 2008.
DOI : 10.1029/2008GL033330

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/ird-00413233

C. Rudiger, J. C. Calvet, C. Gruhier, T. Holmes, R. De-jeu et al., An Intercomparison of ERS-Scat and AMSR-E Soil Moisture Observations with Model Simulations over France, Journal of Hydrometeorology, vol.10, issue.2, pp.431-447, 2009.
DOI : 10.1175/2008JHM997.1

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/ird-00394903

C. Draper, J. Walker, P. Steinle, R. De-jeu, and T. Holmes, An evaluation of AMSR???E derived soil moisture over Australia, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.113, issue.4, pp.703-710, 2009.
DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2008.11.011

C. Gruhier, P. De-rosnay, S. Hasenauer, T. Holmes, R. De-jeu et al., Soil moisture active and passive microwave products: intercomparison and evaluation over a Sahelian site, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol.14, issue.1, pp.141-156, 2010.
DOI : 10.5194/hess-14-141-2010

URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00463919

T. Jackson, M. Cosh, R. Bindlish, P. Starks, D. Bosch et al., Validation of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Soil Moisture Products, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.48, issue.12, pp.4256-4272, 2010.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2051035

C. Matzler, Passive microwave signatures of landscapes in winter, Meteorol. Atmospheric Phys, vol.54, pp.1-4, 1994.

R. Armstrong and M. Brodzik, A twenty year record of global snow cover fluctuations derived from passive microwave remote sensing data, Proc. 5th Conf. Polar Meteorol. Oceanography, pp.113-117, 1999.

T. Jackson, Profile soil moisture from space measurements, J. Irrigat. Drainage Divis., ASCE, vol.106, pp.81-92, 1980.

C. Albergel, C. Rüdiger, D. Carrer, J. Calvet, N. Fritz et al., An evaluation of ASCAT surface soil moisture products with in-situ observations in Southwestern France, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol.13, issue.2, pp.115-124, 2009.
DOI : 10.5194/hess-13-115-2009

R. Oliva, E. Daganzo-eusebio, Y. Kerr, S. Mecklenburg, S. Nieto et al., SMOS Radio Frequency Interference Scenario: Status and Actions Taken to Improve the RFI Environment in the 1400–1427-MHz Passive Band, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol.50, issue.5, pp.1427-1439, 2012.
DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2182775

C. Albergel, P. De-rosnay, C. Gruhier, J. Munoz-sabater, S. H. Isaksen et al., Evaluation of remotely sensed and modelled soil moisture products using global ground-based in situ observations, Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.118, pp.215-226, 2012.
DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.017