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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/54600

Application of the Sahebi model using ALOS/PALSAR and 66.3 cm long surface profile data

英語

soil moisture

2009-11

Taylor & Francis

International Journal of Remote Sensing

30(22)

6069-6074

Soil moisture is important information for agricultural fields in which erosion of upper soil layers depends upon the soil moisture, and in which the yield depends on soil water content during sowing, growing and harvest periods. Although sensitivity of microwave backscatters to soil moisture is well understood, several factors, such as surface roughness and incidence angle, can interfere with the estimation of soil moisture using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data. In this letter, we evaluate the influence of these variables using Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS)/Phased Array type L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR) data and 66.3 cm long surface profile data using the Sahebi model (Sahebi et al. 2003, Estimation of the moisture content of bare soil from RADASAT-1 SAR using simple empirical models. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24, pp. 2575–2583). The model applied in this study has a root mean square error (RMSE) of only 1.34 dB, which suggests that 66.3 cm long surface profile data are effective for characterization of surface roughness effects on backscattering coefficients.

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Accepted Manuscript

This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(22) 2009, 6069-6074. International Journal of Remote Sensing is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431160902980316

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