CHEERS Experiment in Tuscany: a comparison between L-band and C and X-bands capability in measuring soil moisture

Author

Paloscia, S. ; Macelloni, G. ; Pampaloni, P. ; Ruisi, R. ; Santi, E.

Author_Institution

Ist. di Ricerca sulle Onde Elettromagnetiche, CNR, Firenze, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

22

Abstract

An experiment for the measurement of hydrological parameters by means of microwave radiometers was carried out in an agricultural area close to Florence, in Tuscany. The aim of the experiment was to compare the performances of different frequencies in estimating the soil moisture. The influence of moisture profile on the SMC retrieval at different frequencies was also considered. An algorithm able to retrieve SMC using both Tb at C-band (Θ=20°) and PI at X-band (Θ=50°) was tested and results have been compared with the soil moisture measured on ground and by the L-band sensor

Keywords

hydrological techniques; microwave measurement; moisture measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; soil; C-band; CHEERS Experiment; Florence; Italy; L-band; SMC retrieval; Tuscany; X-band; agricultural area; microwave radiometers; soil moisture; Area measurement; Frequency estimation; Hydrologic measurements; Hydrology; L-band; Microwave measurements; Moisture measurement; Sliding mode control; Soil measurements; Soil moisture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976045

Filename

976045