Title :
Investigating the performance of radar configurations in crop monitoring
Author :
Del Frate, F. ; Ferrazzoli, P. ; Guerriero, L. ; Strozzi, T. ; Wegmüller, U. ; Cookmartin, G. ; Quegan, S.
Author_Institution :
Ingegneria-DISP, Tor Vergata Univ., Rome, Italy
Abstract :
This paper describes an algorithm aimed at monitoring the soil moisture and the growth cycle of wheat fields using radar data. The algorithm is based on neural networks trained by an electromagnetic model and multitemporal ground data measured on fields taken as a reference. The retrieval procedure is tested using mutitemporal signatures collected at a test site.
Keywords :
agriculture; crops; moisture; neural nets; remote sensing by radar; soil; vegetation mapping; crops; electromagnetic model; multitemporal ground data; mutitemporal signatures; neural networks; radar configurations; radar data; soil moisture; wheat fields; Crops; Neural networks; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Remote monitoring; Soil moisture; Spaceborne radar; Testing; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294611