Soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using TOPSAR data
Three empirical and theoretical radar backscatter models were examined in this study to characterise radar backscatter of TOPSAR data over coastal lowland of Sadong Simunjan River Basin, Sarawak, Malaysia. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the relationship between radar backscatter of...
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| author | Hashim, Mazlan Sim, Peter Hock Seng Wan Kadir, Wan Hazli Ngap, Dollah Salam |
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| description | Three empirical and theoretical radar backscatter models were examined in this study to characterise radar backscatter of TOPSAR data over coastal lowland of Sadong Simunjan River Basin, Sarawak, Malaysia. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the relationship between radar backscatter of TOPSAR data to degree of wetness of drained peat-land. The analysis of these models were examined using varying terrain-and-sensor related parameters namely surface roughness, dielectric constant, incidence angle, polarization and frequency, respectively. The results of this study indicate good relationship between moisture content and radar backscatter (RMSE < 5.0) in empirical model. However, this relationship is found rather restricted in the theoretical models due to its sensitivity to very moist to wet nature of the study area. |
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| spelling | my.utm.eprints-18542010-06-01T02:59:01Z http://eprints.utm.my/1854/ Soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using TOPSAR data Hashim, Mazlan Sim, Peter Hock Seng Wan Kadir, Wan Hazli Ngap, Dollah Salam Q Science (General) G Geography (General) Three empirical and theoretical radar backscatter models were examined in this study to characterise radar backscatter of TOPSAR data over coastal lowland of Sadong Simunjan River Basin, Sarawak, Malaysia. The main objective of this paper is to analyse the relationship between radar backscatter of TOPSAR data to degree of wetness of drained peat-land. The analysis of these models were examined using varying terrain-and-sensor related parameters namely surface roughness, dielectric constant, incidence angle, polarization and frequency, respectively. The results of this study indicate good relationship between moisture content and radar backscatter (RMSE < 5.0) in empirical model. However, this relationship is found rather restricted in the theoretical models due to its sensitivity to very moist to wet nature of the study area. 2001-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/1854/1/soil2001mazlan.pdf Hashim, Mazlan and Sim, Peter Hock Seng and Wan Kadir, Wan Hazli and Ngap, Dollah Salam (2001) Soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using TOPSAR data. Malaysian Journal of Remote Sensing & GIS, July, 2 . pp. 51-62. ISSN 1511-7049 |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) G Geography (General) Hashim, Mazlan Sim, Peter Hock Seng Wan Kadir, Wan Hazli Ngap, Dollah Salam Soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using TOPSAR data |
| title | Soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using TOPSAR data |
| title_full | Soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using TOPSAR data |
| title_fullStr | Soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using TOPSAR data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using TOPSAR data |
| title_short | Soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using TOPSAR data |
| title_sort | soil moisture estimation of drained peat area using topsar data |
| topic | Q Science (General) G Geography (General) |
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