airborne passive microwave response to soil moisture: a case study for the rur catchment sayeh hasan...
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Airborne Passive microwave response to soil moisture: A case study for the Rur catchmentSayeh Hasan(1), Carsten Montzka(1), Heye Bogena(1), Chris Rüdiger(2) and Harry Vereecken(1)
(1) Research Centre Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG 3), Jülich, Germany(2) Monash University, Department of Civil Engineering, Australia
Airborne passive microwave remote sensing in L band provides a feasible option for high resolution mapping of near surface soil moisture that allows both large spatial coverage and resolution. A series of multi-resolution flights was conducted over the Rur Catchment, a TERENO observatory, in the west of Germany. Brightness temperature observed by Polarimetric L-band multibeam radiometer (PLMR) was mapped 3 times at different altitude in descending order (1200m 1000m and 700m). Soil moisture is estimated using the inversion of L-band Microwave Emission of the Biosphere (L-MEB) model, which simulates the L-band microwave emissions produced by the soil–vegetation layer.
Fig 2: Enviscope Partenavia PA68 D-GERY aircraft
Fig 1: Polarimetric L-band multibeam radiometer
Counts Tbraw Tbcal,geo,filt
Tbcal,geo,filt,T
Tbcal,geo,filt,T,angle
Tbcal,geo Tbcal
Calibration: Cold target sky (4K),
warm target box, linear regression
Filtering: RFI
detection, role > 2.5°
Temperature correction:
internal T drift
Angle Normalization
: 38° beam
Geocorrection: DEM, aircraft
movements
Conversion: Prosensing conversion
tools
Plots of
Tbcal,geo,filt,T,angle
Convert to raster, shp, kml format
Data Processing Chain
• Measurements are taken across long temporal scales(several hours)• The geometry of PLMR results in 3 different viewing angles
(±8°, ±22°, ±38°). • PLMR data have to be standardized to a certain temperature and
also to a chosen angle
Brightness Temperature
Fig 3:Data processing chain of PLMR data
Fig 4: a)Brightness temperature map for Rur catchment and the zoom leveled are for altitudes b) 700m, c)1000m,
d)1200m at Selhausen test site
Introduction
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Fig 5: a)Soil moisture map for Rur catchment and the zoom leveled are for altitudes b) 700m, c)1000m,
d)1200m at Selhausen test site
Soil moisture retreived by L-MEB
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L-MEB
ReferenceJ. P. Wigneron, Y. Kerr, P. Waldteufel, K. Saleh, M. J. Escorihuela, P. Richaume, P. Ferrazzoli, P. de Rosnay, R. Gurney, J. C. Calvet, J. P. Grant, M. Guglielmetti, B. Hornbuckle, C. Matzler, T. Pellarin, and M. Schwank, "L-band Microwave Emission of the Biosphere (L-MEB) Model: Description and calibration against experimental data sets over crop fields," Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 107, pp. 639-655, Apr 30 2007. T. J. Jackson, "Multiple Resolution Analysis of L-Band Brightness Temperature for Soil Moisture," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 39,No.1, pp. 151-164, January 2001.
Conclusion
• The consistency between patterns of TB at different resolutions is notable. These patterns are well defined in the 250m resolution and still observed in the 400m resolution although generalized and smoothed .
• Field experiments are a valuable database for the validation of L-band sensors on aircraft or satellites. The observed soil moisture was not significantly different from the In-situ values .
• Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) effect is less at
lower altitudes.
Fig 6:LAI map generated from Rapideye satellite
Outlook
• Parameterization of from LAI is effficient as long as the vegetation is green
• The b parameter strongly depends on the crop type
• LAI was the variable selected to initialize the value of in the SM L-2 algorithm
• Comparison of LAI and VWC values from field work with satellite derieved.
=. LAI +