Title :
A numerical simulation of estimating soil moisture with L-band radiometer
Author :
Shi, Jiancheng ; Li, Q. ; Chen, K.S. ; Jackson, T. ; Njoku, E.G. ; O´Neill, Peggy
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Computational Earth Syst. Sci., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
This study shows 1) a semi-empirical surface emission model and 2) the properties that can be used to improve soil moisture estimation for vegetated surfaces under the change detection concept, based on numerically simulated data using the IEM model
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; microwave measurement; moisture measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; soil; IEM model; L-band radiometer; change detection; semi-empirical surface emission model; soil moisture; vegetated surfaces; L-band; Moisture measurement; Numerical simulation; Radiometry; Rough surfaces; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Surface roughness; Surface soil; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976046
