Computer Science Applications; Earth and Planetary Sciences (all)
Abstract :
[en] The upcoming launch of the L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite mission Radar Observing System for Europe L-band SAR (ROSE-L) will enable multi-frequency SAR observations when combined with existing C-band satellite missions (e.g., Sentinel-1). Due to the different penetration depths of the SAR signals, multi-frequency SAR offers great potential for field-scale agricultural monitoring and the estimation of soil and plant parameters. The SARSense campaign, conducted between June and August 2019 at the Selhausen agricultural test site near Jülich, Germany, has yielded a comprehensive dataset that includes both air- and space-borne C- and L-band SAR data, extensive in-situ field measurements of soil and plant parameters as well as unmanned aerial systems (UAS)-based multispectral and thermal infrared measurements and cosmic neutron sensing observations. The study provides both, an insight into the strengths and limitations of the acquired dataset as well as an analysis of the different behaviour of C- and L-band backscattering on changing soil moisture and plant parameters for taproot crops and cereals.
Mengen, David; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
Montzka, Carsten; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
Jagdhuber, Thomas; German Aerospace Center, Microwaves and Radar Institute, Germany ; University of Augsburg, Institute of Geography, Augsburg, Germany
Fluhrer, Anke; German Aerospace Center, Microwaves and Radar Institute, Germany ; University of Augsburg, Institute of Geography, Augsburg, Germany
Brogi, Cosimo; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
Baum, Stephani; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences: Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Jülich, Germany
Schüttemeyer, Dirk; European Space Agency, Mission Science Division, Netherlands
Bayat, Bagher; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
Bogena, Heye; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
Coccia, Alex; Metasensing BV, Netherlands
Masalias, Gerard; Metasensing BV, Netherlands
Trinkel, Verena; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences: Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Jülich, Germany
Jakobi, Jannis; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
Jonard, François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie ; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany ; Universite catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Belgium
Ma, Yueling; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
Mattia, Francesco; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), Bari, Italy
Palmisano, Davide; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), Bari, Italy
Rascher, Uwe; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences: Plant Sciences (IBG-2), Jülich, Germany
Satalino, Giuseppe; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), Bari, Italy
Schumacher, Maike; Aalborg University, Geodesy and Surveying, Aalborg, Denmark
Koyama, Christian; Tokyo Denki University, School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo, Japan
Schmidt, Marius; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)
Funding text :
We gratefully acknowledge funding by the European Space Agency (ESA) under Contract No. 4000125444/18/NL/LF and by the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) through the German Aerospace Center for the AssimEO project (50EE1914A/B). Special thanks go to European Copernicus Satellite Program for providing free access to Sentinel-1 SAR data; the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for the ALOS-2 SAR data; MetaSensing for providing the airborne SAR recordings and the FLEXSense campaign (ESA Contract No. 4000125402/18/NL/NA)
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