Soil moisture estimation using Sentinel-1 radar data The main aim of this diploma thesis was to find and quantify the relationship between the intensity of backscatter from the Sentinel-1 radar data and the volume soil moisture at the level of agricultural fields. The research was conducted in three areas, in the first part there were two vegetation-free fields near the Thessaloniki (Greece), and information about soil moisture was obtained from own measurements using a thermogravimetric method. The second part drew data from the freely available ISMN database and the research was carried out on agricultural fields during the vegetation season in northwest Germany. The third part used soil moisture data from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ) and the area of interest was two grassed areas of the airport and one agricultural field. Correlation was measured by calculating the determination coefficient and by using the linear regression an equation for calculating the soil moisture from the radar backscatter was compiled. High dependence has been confirmed when VV polarization with constant surface roughness were examined. In the case of surfaces with varying roughness and vegetation cover, only low correlation was found, similarly with using VH polarization. Key words: radar, SAR, Sentinel-1, soil...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:373029 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Outrata, David |
| Contributors | Štych, Přemysl, Potůčková, Markéta |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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