Title :
SIR-C/X-SAR campaign on Ruegen Island, Germany-first results
Author :
Prietzsch, Corinna ; Bachem, Alexander
Author_Institution :
ZALF-Inst. of Landscape Modeling, Muncheberg, Germany
Abstract :
The analysis of remotely sensed image data, that have been acquired during the SLR-C/X-SAR mission in October 1994 over Ruegen island, Germany, together with the application of a backscattering inversion technique for the retrieval of the soil water content is shown. The results are in agreement with the modeled soil water content and the RMS surface roughness (standard deviation of surface height), if compared to reference data from maps and field measurements. This way a spatial derivation of soil moisture information is possible
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; moisture measurement; remote sensing by radar; soil; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1994 10; Germany; Ruegen Island; SAR; SHF; SIR; SIR-C; X-SAR; X-band; backscattering inversion; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; land surface; microwave radar; radar remote sensing; soil moisture; soil water content; surface roughness; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Backscatter; Content based retrieval; Image analysis; Image retrieval; Information retrieval; Measurement standards; Rough surfaces; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Surface roughness;
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.1996.516317
