دورية أكاديمية

A New Reflectivity Index for the Retrieval of Surface Soil Moisture From Radar Data

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: A New Reflectivity Index for the Retrieval of Surface Soil Moisture From Radar Data
المؤلفون: Mehrez Zribi, Myriam Foucras, Nicolas Baghdadi, Jerome Demarty, Sekhar Muddu
المصدر: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol 14, Pp 818-826 (2021)
بيانات النشر: IEEE, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Ocean engineering
LCC:Geophysics. Cosmic physics
مصطلحات موضوعية: Change detection, index of reflectivity (IR), index of surface soil moisture (ISSM), Sentinel-1, surface soil moisture (SSM), radar, Ocean engineering, TC1501-1800, Geophysics. Cosmic physics, QC801-809
الوصف: A new approach based on the change detection technique is proposed for the estimation of surface soil moisture (SSM) from a time series of radar measurements. A new index of reflectivity (IR) is defined that uses radar signals and Fresnel coefficients. This index is equal to 0 in the case of the smallest value of the Fresnel coefficient, corresponding to the driest conditions and the weakest radar signal, and is equal to 1 for the highest value of the Fresnel coefficient, corresponding to the wettest soil conditions and the strongest radar signal. The integrated equation model is used to simulate the behavior of radar signals as a function of soil moisture and roughness. This approach validates the greater usefulness of the IR compared with that of the commonly used index of SSM (ISSM), which assumes that the SSM varies linearly as a function of radar signal strength. The IR-based approach was tested using Sentinel-1 radar data recorded over three regions: Banizombou (Niger), Merguellil (Tunisia), and Occitania (France). The IR approach was found to perform better for the estimation of SSM than the ISSM approach based on comparisons with ground measurements over bare soils.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2151-1535
Relation: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9237103/; https://doaj.org/toc/2151-1535
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3033132
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/a860645f3b9e4e41a9c2c3320e024666
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.860645f3b9e4e41a9c2c3320e024666
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:21511535
DOI:10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3033132