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Mathematical models are widely used today to study the intricate physical processes and interactions among the different components of the Earth’s system. Such models are often used synergistically with Earth Observation (EO) data allowing to derive spatiotemporal estimates of key parameters characterising land surface interactions. This synergy allows combining the horizontal coverage and spectral resolution of EO data with the vertical coverage and fine temporal continuity of those models. SimSphere is a mathematical model belonging to the Soil Vegetation Atmosphere Transfer (SVAT) models. As a software toolkit, it has been developed in Java and it is used either as a stand-alone application or synergistically with EO data. The model use is constantly expanding worldwide both as an educational and as a research tool. Herein we present recent advancements introduced to SimSphere. We have …