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Robert Mendelsohn, Full Professor, Yale University:

Our purpose was to explain why agriculture flourished in some areas but not in others. In order to investigate the accuracy and precision of the satellite products, we compared them against the world’s best network of in situ stations (United States cooperative network of over 5000 quality controlled observations). Findings indicated that there is an excellent correspondence between the satellite and in situ derived observations. Moreover, when we compared both satellite and in situ data with economic indicators, the satellite observations often had a stronger correlation with the economic indicators. This was a very strenuous test, and we were pleasantly surprised at the high quality of the satellite climate products: they clearly are top notch.

Professor Samuel Shen, Senior Fellow of the U.S. National Research Council at NASA

I’m writing to congratulate you on the important product you have produced, the global weekly soil wetness index derived from the SSMI satellite data. This is the first soil wetness product that is derived from the SSMI satellite data. The product has many applications, ranging from the assessment of the drought potential for farmers to forecasting of crop commodity prices for financial industries.

Dr. Konstantin Vinnikov, Senior Scientist, University of Maryland::

About ten years ago I thought about remotely sensing soil moisture from satellite observations in the microwave spectrum. Even then, it was apparent that only the microwave frequencies allow us to see through clouds. Consequently, when I learned that a young scientist, Alan Basist [co- founder of Commodity Hedgers, Inc] had developed an unique system of using the microwave frequencies to not only see soil moisture, but surface temperature, precipitation, snow and vegetation cover, I immediately thought of Galileo and his telescope.

I am a Lead Economist at the Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank, where I have worked for 10 years now. My work focuses on the economics of water and climate change in developing countries. Part of my responsibility is to develop tools for policy makers and government officials, in order to advance the understanding of how water and climate affect the livelihood of people in these countries.