Sensitivity of the radar signal to soil moisture: variation with incidence angle, frequency, and polarization

This study focuses on the variations of the radar sensitivity to soil moisture (d/spl sigma//sup o//dm/sub /spl upsi//) with the radar configuration parameters (frequency, polarization, and angle). An analysis of variance shows that only the polarization significantly influences d/spl sigma//sup o//...

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Published inIEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 781 - 783
Main Authors Champion, I., Faivre, R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.05.1997
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Applied geophysics
Backscatter
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Frequency estimation
Internal geophysics
Polarization
Radar measurements
Radar remote sensing
Radar scattering
Rough surfaces
Sampling methods
Soil measurements
Soil moisture
Soils
Surficial geology
Vaucluse France
France
Western Europe
soil moisture
Europe
variance analysis
polarization
soils
radar methods
frequency
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Summary:This study focuses on the variations of the radar sensitivity to soil moisture (d/spl sigma//sup o//dm/sub /spl upsi//) with the radar configuration parameters (frequency, polarization, and angle). An analysis of variance shows that only the polarization significantly influences d/spl sigma//sup o//dm/sub /spl upsi//, which is larger at cross-polarization than at like-polarized configurations.
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ISSN:0196-2892
1558-0644
DOI:10.1109/36.582001