Ms. Katrin Schneeberger Profile

Katrin Schneeberger

at ETH Zurich

SPIE Involvement:

Author

Publications (4)

Proceedings Article | 17 March 2003 Paper

Multifrequency ground-based radiometer and in-situ measurements of soil moisture at high temporal resolution

Katrin Schneeberger, Christian Stamm, Christian Maetzler, Hannes Fluehler, Eberhard Lehmann, Jochen Willneff

Proceedings Volume 4879, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462376

KEYWORDS: Radiometry, Soil science, Temperature metrology, Dielectrics, Radiography, Surface roughness, Temporal resolution, Microwave radiation, L band, Reflectometry

Read Abstract +

We compare methods used to measure the water content near the soil surface. The primary objective of this project is to link remotely sensed surface water contents to the soil water regime, in particular to the regime of structured soils. We attempt to use the dynamics of spatially averaged surface water contents measured with microwave radiometry to predict preferential infiltration and drainage. Under field conditions the so-called macropore flow plays an important role in the infiltration and drainage behavior of a soil, as well as in the mass transfer of all kinds of solutes to larger soil depths. These rapid processes are only detectable during the first few hours after a rainfall event, when most of the larger pores are still water filled. The main focus of our project lies in an areal integration of such processes on a field scale. For this reason, we depend on areal data with a high temporal resolution that allow to characterize the soil water dynamics. In this study we report on a field experiment with two different ground-based radiometers (1.4 GHz and 11.4 GHz, respectively) centered at a 5 m × 10 m bare soil plot. The brightness temperature measured with passive microwave sensors contains information on surface water content that is already spatially averaged. Furthermore the water content was measured in-situ with time domain reflectometry probes (TDR) assembled at five depths. In the same depths we measured matric potential (pressure head of soil water) and soil temperature. These data were recorded every 30 min from May to July 2002. In addition, we determined the moisture profile over the top 15 cm using neutron radiography. Transmission radiographs of soil slabs vertically taken from the surface horizon allow for a high spatial resolution of the water distribution. In order to characterize the surface roughness of the soil on a mm-scale we used optical measurement techniques. We illustrate the implications of the results from this field campaign on the dynamics of surface water content.

Proceedings Article | 17 March 2003 Paper

Estimating soil hydraulic properties from time series of remotely sensed and in-situ measured topsoil water content

Christian Stamm, Katrin Schneeberger, Hannes Fluehler, Christian Maetzler

Proceedings Volume 4879, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462382

KEYWORDS: Soil science, Water, Radiometry, Data modeling, Remote sensing, Agriculture, Climatology, Physics, Applied physics, Environmental sensing

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 10 January 2003 Paper

Digital surface models for the estimation of hydraulic properties of soils

Katrin Schneeberger, Jochen Willneff

Proceedings Volume 5013, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.473079

KEYWORDS: Soil science, Calibration, Distortion, Radiometry, Microwave radiation, Cameras, Surface roughness, Water, Dielectrics, Target detection

Read Abstract +

Proceedings Article | 28 January 2002 Paper

Influence of soil structure on topsoil water dynamics observed by a groundbased 11.4 GHz microwave radiometer: first results

Katrin Schneeberger, Christian Stamm, Christian Maetzler, Hannes Wydler, Hannes Fluehler

Proceedings Volume 4542, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454204

KEYWORDS: Soil science, Radiometry, Reflectivity, Microwave radiation, Temperature metrology, Water, Climatology, Hydrology, Visualization, Photography

Read Abstract +

View contact details

UPDATE YOUR PROFILE

Is this your profile? Update it now.

Sign into your SPIE.org account

Don’t have a profile and want one?

Create an account on SPIE.org

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years