Title :
Estimation of soil moisture with repeat-pass L-band radiometer measurements
Author :
Shi, Jiancheng ; Njoku, E.G. ; Chen, K.S. ; Jackson, T. ; O´niell, P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of computational Earth Syst. Sci., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
This study demonstrates the capability of estimating soil moisture using repeat-pass L-band radiometer. It shows (1) evaluation of the effects of the surface roughness and vegetation in the repeat-pass measurements and (2) development of a technique to estimate soil moisture.
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; moisture; radiometry; soil; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; hydrology; repeat-pass L-band radiometer measurements; repeat-pass measurements; soil moisture estimation; surface roughness; vegetation; L-band; Moisture measurement; Optical surface waves; Radiometry; Rough surfaces; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Surface roughness; Surface topography; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293793
