A parametric study on passive and active microwave observations over a soybean crop

Author

Wigneron, Jean-Pierre ; Ferrazzoli, Paolo ; Calvet, Jean-Christophe

Author_Institution

Inst. Nat. de la Recherche Agronomique, Avignon

Volume

37

Issue

6

fYear

1999

fDate

11/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2728

Lastpage

2733

Abstract

This work investigates the potential use of passive and active microwave observations to monitor soil moisture and vegetation biomass over a soybean cover. The work is based on a sensitivity analysis from a large set of data generated by radiative-transfer models. Some appropriate configurations are identified. In particular, the combined use of passive data at 1.4 GHz, with multiangle active measurements at 5 GHz, is found to be promising

Keywords

agriculture; geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; soil; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; 1.4 GHz; 5 GHz; SHF; UHF; active microwave; agriculture; biomass; crops; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; legume; microwave radiometry; multiangle active measurements; parametric study; passive method; radar remote sensing; radiative-transfer model; remote sensing; soil moisture; soybean; vegetation mapping; Biomass; Crops; Equations; Land surface; Parametric study; Radar scattering; Remote monitoring; Sensitivity analysis; Soil moisture; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.803421

Filename

803421