Sensitivity of C-band polarimetric SAR data to the soil surface parameters over bare agriculture fields
Résumé
Soil surface characteristics, namely the soil moisture content and roughness, play an important role in different applications such as hydrology, agronomy or meteorology. Currently, except for RADARSAT-2 which is polarimetric sensor, the current satellite SARs allow acquisitions only with one or two polarizations. There is currently a great challenge in the use of polarimetric parameters in order to estimate surface roughness and soil moisture. Only a few studies have analysed the potential uses of polarimetric SAR data for the estimation of surface roughness and soil moisture over bare agricultural fields ([1], [2], [3] and [4]). The objective of the present study is to investigate the sensitivity of polarimetric parameters at the C-band to bare agricultural soil parameters (soil moisture and surface roughness).