Assessing pine barrens soil moisture regimes using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) techniques

Author

Edwards, M.A. ; Winslow, M.

Author_Institution

Nat. Oceanic Atmos. Adm., Silver Spring

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

1828

Lastpage

1831

Abstract

The evaluation of soil moisture parameters within various soil regimes is somewhat difficult and challenging. Spatial and temporal invariability often complicates this process. The following study presents a format in which the spatial and temporal variations that govern upper surface (0-5 cm) soil moisture regimes within ecologically sensitive regions such as "Pine Barrens" can be studied. Based on in situ measurements, coupled with satellite derived analysis, radar backscatter, surface roughness, incidence angles, relative beam modes, and nominal area coverage, comparable soil moisture data between simulated and measured values within the upper surface (0-5 cm) soil moisture regime can be analyzed.

Keywords

backscatter; geophysical techniques; moisture; soil; synthetic aperture radar; Long Island; New York; Pine Barrens soil moisture regimes; SAR techniques; incidence angles; nominal area coverage; radar backscatter; relative beam modes; surface roughness; synthetic aperture radar; upper soil surface; Area measurement; Coupled mode analysis; Moisture measurement; Optical coupling; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Surface roughness; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423177

Filename

4423177