Sub-canopy soil moisture inversion using repeat pass Shuttle Imaging Radar C polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar interferometric data

Xinwu Li; Huadong Guo; Zhen Li; Huanyin Yue; Quan Chen

doi:10.1117/1.3256001

1 October 2009 Sub-canopy soil moisture inversion using repeat pass Shuttle Imaging Radar C polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar interferometric data

Xinwu Li, Huadong Guo, Zhen Li, Huanyin Yue, Quan Chen

Author Affiliations +

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 3, Issue 1, 033553 (October 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3256001

Abstract

The advances in polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry techniques provide a promising way to extract sub-canopy surface parameters using processed SAR images. In this paper, we evaluate the fully maximum likelihood decomposition model of polarimetric SAR interferometry for sub-canopy soil moisture estimation. We further propose a methodology for sub-canopy soil estimation using repeat pass space-borne SIR-C (Shuttle Imaging Radar C) L-band polarimetric SAR interferometric data. The comparison of the inversion results with the field measurements and the climate data of Hotan region from 1951 to 2006 suggests good inversion potential of the proposed method.

Citation Download Citation

Xinwu Li, Huadong Guo, Zhen Li, Huanyin Yue, and Quan Chen "Sub-canopy soil moisture inversion using repeat pass Shuttle Imaging Radar C polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar interferometric data," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 3(1), 033553 (1 October 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3256001

Published: 1 October 2009

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available