TY - JOUR
T1 - Electromagnetic characterization of soil-litter media – Application to the simulation of the microwave emissivity of the ground surface in forests
AU - Demontoux, F.
AU - Le Crom, B.
AU - Ruffié, G.
AU - Wigneron, J.P.
AU - Grant, J.P.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In order to improve our knowledge of the emitted signal of forests at L-band (1.4 GHz) we focused this study on permittivity measurements of heterogenic natural media such as soil or litter consisting of plant debris and organic matter. This study was done in the context of the upcoming SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) satellite mission that will attempt to map surface soil moisture from L-band (1.4 GHz) passive microwave measurements. In the field of passive microwaves, very little information exists about the behaviour of the L-band signal of forests especially when litter is included in the soil-vegetation system. To date very few analyses have investigated the dielectric behaviour of the litter layer and its influence on the microwave emission of forests is generally neglected. © 2008 EDP Sciences.
AB - In order to improve our knowledge of the emitted signal of forests at L-band (1.4 GHz) we focused this study on permittivity measurements of heterogenic natural media such as soil or litter consisting of plant debris and organic matter. This study was done in the context of the upcoming SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) satellite mission that will attempt to map surface soil moisture from L-band (1.4 GHz) passive microwave measurements. In the field of passive microwaves, very little information exists about the behaviour of the L-band signal of forests especially when litter is included in the soil-vegetation system. To date very few analyses have investigated the dielectric behaviour of the litter layer and its influence on the microwave emission of forests is generally neglected. © 2008 EDP Sciences.
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U2 - 10.1051/epjap:2008168
DO - 10.1051/epjap:2008168
M3 - Article
SN - 1434-6060
VL - 44
SP - 303
EP - 315
JO - European Physical Journal D. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
JF - European Physical Journal D. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
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