An integrated approach to estimate surface soil moisture in agricultural lands
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Geocarto International
Abstract
Sentinel-1 and Landsat-8 data were used to retrieve soil moisture from top soil surface (0–5 cm depth) at agricultural land (area under wheat crop). After pre-processing of satellite data and removal of vegetation influence (σ°veg) using Water Cloud Model (WCM), total backscattering coefficient (σ°total) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were used to simulate backscattering from soil (σ°soil). Modified Dubois Model (MDM) and Topp's Model were used to retrieve soil moisture using ε. Further, modelled soil moisture was evaluated using in situ soil moisture measurements and a Time Domain Reflectometer during Sentinel-1 overpass (24 January, 25 February and 13 March 2018). Statistical tests showed that an integrated approach has potential to improve soil moisture estimates over the vegetated/cropped area for agricultural and hydrological studies.
First Page
1646
Last Page
1664
DOI
10.1080/10106049.2019.1678674
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Recommended Citation
Rawat, K., Singh, S., & Ray, R. (2021). An integrated approach to estimate surface soil moisture in agricultural lands. Geocarto International, 36 (14), 1646-1664. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2019.1678674
