Title :
Hydrological modeling integrated with multifrequency SAR data on the Pesa and Virginio basins of Montespertoli site
Author :
Ballerini, P. ; Catani, F. ; Moretti, S. ; Paloscia, S. ; Pampaloni, P. ; Sigismondi, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Earth Sci., Firenze Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The potential of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in observing land surface characteristics has been investigated during MAC´91 carried out in summer 1991 over several European test-sites and the X-SAR/SIR-C experiment in 1994. The Italian experimental area (Montespertoli) has been imaged by the AIRSAR at P-, L- and C-bands and by the Shuttle SIR-C at L-, C- and X-bands. Calibrated polarimetric data have been analyzed and the backscattering coefficient of single fields has been retrieved. Some correlations with the geophysical parameters, which are part of the hydrological cycle, have been successfully established. In this paper the first integration between parameters retrieved from SAR data and hydrological modeling has been tested
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; radar applications; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; soil; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; AIRSAR; C-band; Italy; L-band; Montespertoli; P-band; Pesa; SHF UHF microwave imaging; SIR-C; Virginio basin; X-SAR; X-band; backscattering radar scattering; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; land surface; multifrequency SAR; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; test site; Backscatter; Data analysis; Information retrieval; Land surface; Rivers; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Soil moisture; Surface roughness; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521136
