SIMPLE ALGORITHM FOR SOIL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL WITH CO-POLARIZED SAR DATA

In this paper, an empirical methodology to retrieve bare soil moisture by Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is developed. The model is based on Advanced Integral Equation Model (AIEM). Since AIEM cannot express cross-polarized backscattering coefficients accurately, we propose an empirical model to retrieve soil moisture for bare farmland only with co-polarized SAR data. The soil moisture can be obtained by solving an equation of HH and VV polarized data without any field measurements. Both simulated and real SAR data are used to validate the accuracy of the model. This method is especially effective in a large area where the surface roughness is difficult to be completely measured.

全极化SAR的方向角纠正在估算裸土含水量时的应用

应用JPL/AIRSAR的L波段全极化数据,分别计算理论模型算法和圆极化算法的方向角,并对全极化SAR数据进行角度纠正,将结果与改进的积分方程模型(AIEM)预测值进行对比。结果表明:HH和VV极化下后向散射系数和同极化比的均方根误差由1.93,1.37,1.89 dB分别下降到1.62,1.24,1.62 dB和1.39,1.19,1.46 dB。证实了在使用全极化SAR数据估算裸土含水量时,进行方向角纠正数据的有效性。