Satellite remote sensing applications for surface soil moisture monitoring: A review

L Wang, JJ Qu - Frontiers of Earth Science in China, 2009 - Springer
Surface soil moisture is one of the crucial variables in hydrological processes, which
influences the exchange of water and energy fluxes at the land surface/atmosphere …

Advances in soil moisture retrieval from synthetic aperture radar and hydrological applications

KC Kornelsen, P Coulibaly - Journal of Hydrology, 2013 - Elsevier
The sensitivity of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to soil moisture is well established,
however, the retrieval of soil moisture from SAR is confounded by the effects of surface …

Satellite remote sensing for water erosion assessment: A review

A Vrieling - Catena, 2006 - Elsevier
Water erosion creates negative impacts on agricultural production, infrastructure, and water
quality across the world. Regional-scale water erosion assessment is important, but limited …

Potential of wireless sensor networks for measuring soil water content variability

HR Bogena, M Herbst, JA Huisman… - Vadose Zone …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Soil water content (SWC) plays a key role in partitioning water and energy fluxes at the land
surface and in controlling hydrologic fluxes such as groundwater recharge. Despite the …

Evaluation of a low-cost soil water content sensor for wireless network applications

HR Bogena, JA Huisman, C Oberdörster… - Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Wireless sensor networks are a promising new in situ measurement technology for
monitoring soil water content changes with a high spatial and temporal resolution for large …

Four decades of microwave satellite soil moisture observations: Part 1. A review of retrieval algorithms

L Karthikeyan, M Pan, N Wanders, DN Kumar… - Advances in Water …, 2017 - Elsevier
The satellite based passive (radiometer) and active (radar) microwave sensors enhanced
our ability to retrieve soil moisture at global scales. It has been almost four decades since …

Monitoring of wheat crops using the backscattering coefficient and the interferometric coherence derived from Sentinel-1 in semi-arid areas

N Ouaadi, L Jarlan, J Ezzahar, M Zribi… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Radar data at C-band has shown great potential for the monitoring of soil and canopy hydric
conditions of wheat crops. In this study, the C-band Sentinel-1 time series including the …

Global soil moisture patterns observed by space borne microwave radiometers and scatterometers

RAM De Jeu, W Wagner, TRH Holmes, AJ Dolman… - Surveys in …, 2008 - Springer
Within the scope of the upcoming launch of a new water related satellite mission (SMOS) a
global evaluation study was performed on two available global soil moisture products. ERS …

Spatially enhanced passive microwave derived soil moisture: Capabilities and opportunities

S Sabaghy, JP Walker, LJ Renzullo… - Remote Sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Low frequency passive microwave remote sensing is a proven technology for providing soil
moisture estimates, but the coarse resolution of its data restricts the range of applications …

Hydraulic parameter estimation by remotely-sensed top soil moisture observations with the particle filter

C Montzka, H Moradkhani, L Weihermüller… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
In a synthetic study we explore the potential of using surface soil moisture measurements
obtained from different satellite platforms to retrieve soil moisture profiles and soil hydraulic …