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REMOTE SENSING FOR LAND & RESOURCES    2016, Vol. 28 Issue (4) : 1-9     DOI: 10.6046/gtzyyg.2016.04.01
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Active microwave scattering models used in soil moisture retrieval
LI Li, WANG Di, PAN Caixia, NIU Huanna
College of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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As an important component of the surface water cycle, soil moisture content monitoring has become one of the research hotspot in such fields as hydrology, meteorology, agriculture and ecological environment. In precision irrigation, drought monitoring and crop estimations, soil moisture content monitoring has shown especially significant practical significance. The close relationship between microwave scattering intensity and soil moisture makes the active microwave remote sensing technology one of the most effective methods for monitoring soil moisture with high spatial resolution. The lack of high performance microwave scattering models is a main factor restricting the application of soil moisture retrieval. For the bare soil surface and vegetation cover surface, microwave scattering models are analyzed firstly. Then the influence factors of soil moisture retrieval are discussed. And when the application examples are shown, the calibration methods for main influence factors are analyzed and summarized.
Keywords glacier lake      outburst      potential hazard      remote sensing     
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Issue Date: 20 October 2016
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