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  Characterization of rape field microwave emission and implications to surface soil moisture retrievals

Schlenz, F., Fallmann, J., Marzahn, P., Loew, A., & Mauser, W. (2012). Characterization of rape field microwave emission and implications to surface soil moisture retrievals. Remote Sensing, 4, 247-270. doi:10.3390/rs4010247.

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Schlenz, F., Author
Fallmann, J., Author
Marzahn, P., Author
Loew, A.1, 2, Author           
Mauser, W., Author
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1Terrestrial Remote Sensing / HOAPS, The Land in the Earth System, MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society, ou_913559              
2CRG Terrestrial Remote Sensing, Research Area A: Climate Dynamics and Variability, The CliSAP Cluster of Excellence, External Organizations, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, DE, ou_2025291              

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 Abstract: In the course of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission calibration and validation activities, a ground based L-band radiometer ELBARA II was situated at the test site Puch in Southern Germany in the Upper Danube Catchment. The experiment is described and the different data sets acquired are presented. The L-band microwave emission of the biosphere (L-MEB) model that is also used in the SMOS L2 soil moisture algorithm is used to simulate the microwave emission of a winter oilseed rape field in Puch that was also observed by the radiometer. As there is a lack of a rape parameterization for L-MEB the SMOS default parameters for crops are used in a first step which does not lead to satisfying modeling results. Therefore, a new parameterization for L-MEB is developed that allows us to model the microwave emission of a winter oilseed rape field at the test site with better results. The soil moisture retrieval performance of the new parameterization is assessed in different retrieval configurations and the results are discussed. To allow satisfying results, the periods before and after winter have to be modeled with different parameter sets as the vegetation behavior is very different during these two development stages. With the new parameterization it is possible to retrieve soil moisture from multiangular brightness temperature data with a root mean squared error around 0.045-0.051 m 3/m 3 in a two parameter retrieval with soil moisture and roughness parameter Hr as free parameters. © 2012 by the authors.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2012-01
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.3390/rs4010247
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 4 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 247 - 270 Identifier: ISSN: 2072-4292