Title :
Accuracy of soil moisture determination by means of passive microwave remote sensing method. Modeling and experiments
Author :
Liberman, Boris ; Milshin, Alexander
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
Some results of passive microwave remote sensing application for the determination of surface (20-30 cm layer) soil moisture and general water content in 1 m layer are presented. Model estimation of accuracy dependence on different soil parameters, vegetation biomass, errors of calibration, etc. are given. Results of comparison between remote sensing data and contact data, obtained in different regions are analyzed. The algorithms for data processing were elaborated in Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics Russian Academy of Sciences, and developed in Institute of Geoinformatics Ltd., software and microwave radiometers in centimeter and decimeter wavebands for experiments were elaborated in Institute of Geoinformatics Ltd
Keywords :
UHF measurement; geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; microwave measurement; moisture measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; soil; UHF radiometry; hydrology; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; model; modelling; passive microwave remote sensing method; remote sensing; soil moisture; Biomass; Data processing; Estimation error; Land surface; Passive microwave remote sensing; Remote sensing; Rough surfaces; Soil moisture; Surface roughness; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International
Conference_Location :
Lincoln, NE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3068-4
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516649
