The sensitivity of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to soil moisture is well established,
however, the retrieval of soil moisture from SAR is confounded by the effects of surface …

Synthetic Aperture Radar has shown its large potential for retrieving soil moisture maps at
regional scales. However, since the backscattered signal is determined by several surface …

A new empirical model for the retrieval, at a field scale, of the bare soil moisture content and
the surface roughness characteristics from radar measurements is proposed. The derivation …

Remote sensing (RS) has revolutionized field data collection processes and provided timely
and spatially consistent acquisition of data on the terrestrial landscape properties. This …

Soil moisture is a key factor in the water and heat exchange and energy transformation of
the ecological systems and is of critical importance to the accurate obtainment of the soil …

The characterisation of soil surface roughness is a key requirement for the correct analysis
of radar backscattering behaviour. It is noteworthy that an increase in the number of surface …

In this research work, models for the scattering from rough surfaces and semi-empirical soil
moisture models are presented. Models using the “Bidirectional reflectance distribution …

Soil moisture retrieval from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) using state-of-the-art back\-
scatter models is not fully operational at present, mainly due to difficulties involved in the …

Surface roughness is a key parameter for surface‐atmosphere exchanges of mass and
energy. Only a few field measurements have been performed in arid or semiarid areas …

The aim of this letter is to discuss the influence of radar frequency on the relationship
between surface soil moisture and the nature of radar backscatter over bare soils. In an …