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Evaluation of the soil moisture prediction accuracy of a space radar using simulation techniques

Author
Stiles, J. A.
Published
May 1, 1981.
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1 electronic document
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Dobson, M. C., Ulaby, F. T., Moore, R. K., and Holtzman, J. C.
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Summary
Image simulation techniques were employed to generate synthetic aperture radar images of a 17.7 km x 19.3 km test site located east of Lawrence, Kansas. The simulations were performed for a space SAR at an orbital altitude of 600 km, with the following sensor parameters: frequency = 4.75 GHz, polarization = HH, and angle of incidence range = 7 deg to 22 deg from nadir. Three sets of images were produced corresponding to three different spatial resolutions; 20 m x 20 m with 12 looks, 100 m x 100 m with 23 looks, and 1 km x 1 km with 1000 looks. Each set consisted of images for four different soil moisture distributions across the test site. Results indicate that, for the agricultural portion of the test site, the soil moisture in about 90% of the pixels can be predicted with an accuracy of = + or - 20% of field capacity. Among the three spatial resolutions, the 1 km x 1 km resolution gave the best results for most cases, however, for very dry soil conditions, the 100 m x 100 m resolution was slightly superior.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19820018873.
Accession ID: 82N26749.
NASA-CR-166801.
NAS 1.26:166801.
RSL-TR-429-1.
E82-10351.
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