Title :
Integrated approach for effective permittivity estimation of multi-layered soils at L-Band
Author :
Demontoux, Francois ; Jonard, Francois ; Bircher, Simone ; Razafindratsima, Stephen ; Schwank, Mike ; Wigneron, Jean-Pierre ; Kerr, Yann H.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de l´Integration du Materiau au Syst., Bordeaux Univ., Bordeaux, France
Abstract :
Microwave remote sensing instruments are an adequate way to provide soil moisture information at large scale. Microwave remote sensing data are linked to the electromagnetic properties of soil. In that context, the objective of this study is to develop an integrated approach to estimate effective electromagnetic properties of soils layers at different scale using ground-penetrating radar (GPR), L-band radiometer, dielectric laboratory measurements, modelling approaches and in situ measurements of essential state variables.
Keywords :
remote sensing by radar; soil; L-band radiometer; dielectric laboratory measurements; effective permittivity estimation; ground-penetrating radar; microwave remote sensing data; microwave remote sensing instruments; multilayered soils; soil electromagnetic properties; soil moisture information; Ground penetrating radar; Microwave radiometry; Microwave theory and techniques; Permittivity measurement; Remote sensing; Soil; Soil measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, QC
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947162
