Scatterometer and ScanSAR soil moisture observations of the contiguous United States

Soil moisture has been identified as a land surface parameter of great importance in various fields of application. Based on long-term time series data of various radar sensors, change detection methods for scatterometer and ScanSAR data are presented. After data processing and model parameter estim...

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Main Authors: Pathe, C., Wagner, W., Sabel, D., Bartalis, Z., Doubkova, M., Naeimi, V.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Backscatter
Data processing
Land surface
Moisture measurement
Parameter estimation
Radar detection
Radar measurements
Radar scattering
Soil measurements
Soil moisture
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Summary:Soil moisture has been identified as a land surface parameter of great importance in various fields of application. Based on long-term time series data of various radar sensors, change detection methods for scatterometer and ScanSAR data are presented. After data processing and model parameter estimation, individual radar backscatter measurements are compared to references describing location specific backscatter conditions representing dry and wet surface soil moisture. Using exponential filtering, also profile soil moisture can be calculated. The method have been implemented in a fully automatic data processing chain for soil moisture retrieval for ERS-1/2 and MetOp ASCAT data and Envisat ASAR ScanSAR data. Various validation studies showed good agreement between the remotely sensed soil moisture products and reference data.
ISSN:1097-5659
2375-5318
DOI:10.1109/RADAR.2009.4977125