The sarsense campaign: Air‐ and space‐borne c‐ and l‐band sar for the analysis of soil and plant parameters in agriculture

Mengen, D.; Montzka, C.; Jagdhuber, T.; Fluhrer, A.; Brogi, C.; Baum, S.; Schüttemeyer, D.; Bayat, B.; Bogena, H.; Coccia, A.; Masalias, G.; Trinkel, V.; Jakobi, J.; Jonard, François; Ma, Y.; Mattia, F.; Palmisano, D.; Rascher, U.; Satalino, G.; Schumacher, M.; Koyama, C.; Schmidt, M.; Vereecken, H.

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The sarsense campaign: Air‐ and space‐borne c‐ and l‐band sar for the analysis of soil and plant parameters in agriculture

Mengen, D.; Montzka, C.; Jagdhuber, T. et al.

2021 • In Remote Sensing, 13 (4), p. 1-28

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Airborne campaign; C‐band; L‐band; Plant parameters; ROSE‐L; SAR; Soil moisture; Agricultural robots; Antennas; Crops; Soils; Synthetic aperture radar; Analysis of soils; Backscattering signals; Satellite mission; Scattering mechanisms; Temporal and spatial; Thermal infrared; Unmanned aerial systems; Space-based radar

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[en] With the upcoming L‐band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite mission Radar Ob-serving System for Europe L‐band SAR (ROSE‐L) and its integration into existing C‐band satellite missions such as Sentinel‐1, multi‐frequency SAR observations with high temporal and spatial resolution will become available. The SARSense campaign was conducted between June and August 2019 to investigate the potential for estimating soil and plant parameters at the agricultural test site in Selhausen (Germany). It included C‐ and L‐band air‐ and space‐borne observations accompanied by extensive in situ soil and plant sampling as well as unmanned aerial system (UAS) based multi-spectral and thermal infrared measurements. In this regard, we introduce a new publicly available SAR data set and present the first analysis of C‐ and L‐band co‐ and cross‐polarized backscattering signals regarding their sensitivity to soil and plant parameters. Results indicate that a multi‐fre-quency approach is relevant to disentangle soil and plant contributions to the SAR signal and to identify specific scattering mechanisms associated with the characteristics of different crop type, especially for root crops and cereals. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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Mengen, D.; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio‐and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG‐3), Jülich, 52428, Germany

Montzka, C.; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio‐and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG‐3), Jülich, 52428, Germany

Jagdhuber, T.; German Aerospace Center, Microwaves and Radar Institute, Wessling, 82234, Germany, Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, 86135, Germany

Fluhrer, A.; German Aerospace Center, Microwaves and Radar Institute, Wessling, 82234, Germany, Institute of Geography, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, 86135, Germany

Brogi, C.; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio‐and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG‐3), Jülich, 52428, Germany

Baum, S.; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio‐ and Geosciences: Plant Sciences (IBG‐2), Jülich, 52428, Germany

Schüttemeyer, D.; Mission Science Division, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, 2201, Netherlands

Bayat, B.; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio‐and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG‐3), Jülich, 52428, Germany

Bogena, H.; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio‐and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG‐3), Jülich, 52428, Germany

Coccia, A.; Metasensing BV, Noordwijk, 2201, Netherlands

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