TH3.L7: Soil Moisture From Active and Active/Passive Sensors

Session Type: Oral
Time: Thursday, July 27, 13:40 - 15:20
Location: Room 201 A
Session Chairs: S. Chan, Jet Propulsion Lab and Alejandro Monsivais-Huertero, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico
 
13:40 - 14:00
TH3.L7.1: DECOMPOSITION OF SMAP POLARIZATION RATIO INTO SURFACE SOIL MOISTURE AND VEGETATION DYNAMICS
         Shangnan Li; Jilin University
         Ruzbeh Akbar; Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
         Tianjie Zhao; Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences
         Hui Lu; Tsinghua University
         Somayyeh Talebi; Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences
         Haiteng Weng; Beijing Normal University
         Zengyan Wang; Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences
         Kaighin Mccoll; Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
         Jiancheng Shi; Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences
         Dara Entekhabi; Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
 
14:00 - 14:20
TH3.L7.2: REGRESSION-BASED SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION FROM SMAP POLARIMETRIC RADAR DATA WITH AQUARIUS DERIVED COEFFICIENTS
         Mariko S. Burgin; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
         Jakob J. Van Zyl; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 
14:20 - 14:40
TH3.L7.3: NEW EMPIRICAL MODEL FOR RADAR SCATTERING FROM BARE SOILS
         Nicolas Baghdadi; IRSTEA
         Mohammad Choker; IRSTEA
         Mehrez Zribi; Centre d’Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO)
         Mohammad El Hajj; IRSTEA
         Simonetta Paloscia; CNR-IFAC
         Niko Verhoest; Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Ghent University, Ghent B-9000, Belgium
         Hans Lievens; Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Management, Ghent University, Ghent B-9000, Belgium
         Frédéric Baup; Centre d’Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO)
         Francesco Mattia; CNR-ISSIA
 
14:40 - 15:00
TH3.L7.4: SIMULATING L/L-BAND AND C/L-BAND ACTIVE-PASSIVE MICROWAVE COVARIATION OF CROPS WITH THE TOR VERGATA SCATTERING AND EMISSION MODEL FOR A SMAP-SENTINEL 1 COMBINATION
         Moritz Link; Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
         Dara Entekhabi; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
         Thomas Jagdhuber; German Aerospace Center (DLR)
         Paolo Ferrazzoli; Tor Vergata University of Rome
         Leila Guerriero; Tor Vergata University of Rome
         Martin Baur; University of Bayreuth
         Ralf Ludwig; Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)
 
15:00 - 15:20
TH3.L7.5: COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS FOR SOIL MOISTURE MAPPING AT 1KM RESOLUTION FROM SENTINEL-1 AND MODIS SYNERGY
         Qi Gao; isardSAT
         Mehrez Zribi; Centre d’Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphère (CESBIO)
         Maria José Escorihuela; isardSAT
         Nicolas Baghdadi; IRSTEA, UMR TETIS