Estimation of soil moisture for vegetated surfaces using multi-temporal L-band SAR measurements

Author

Shi, Jiancheng ; Sun, G. ; Hsu, A. ; Wang, J. ; O´Neill, P. ; Ranson, J. ; Engman, E.T.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Comput. Earth Syst. Sci., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1269

Abstract

This paper demonstrates the technique to estimate ground surface and vegetation scattering components, based on the backscattering model and the radar decomposition theory, under configuration of multi-temporal L-band polarimetric SAR measurement. This technique can be used to estimate soil moisture of vegetated surfaces

Keywords

geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; moisture measurement; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; soil; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; UHF radar; backscattering model; hydrology; land surface; measurement technique; multi-temporal L-band radar; radar decomposition theory; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; soil moisture; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetated surface; vegetation; Backscatter; L-band; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Radar theory; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Synthetic aperture radar; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3836-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1997.606419

Filename

606419